Mr. Emmanuel Ansah
Chief Technician
Mr. Emmanuel Ansah is a Chief Laboratory Technician and environmental research specialist with over twenty years of professional experience. In 2025, he submitted his PhD thesis for examination, with doctoral research centred on ecological risk assessment, particularly the characterization and remediation of complex mixtures of legacy and emerging contaminants across environmental compartments. He possesses advanced proficiency in the implementation and application of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 laboratory quality management standards, including method validation, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures, laboratory accreditation requirements, and the development and enforcement of standardized analytical protocols. He is an experienced project manager with expertise spanning ecotoxicology, environmental impact assessment, hydrobiology, water resources management, limnology, environment, health and safety (EHS), nature-based solutions, and climate change science.
Research Areas
His research addresses complex environmental challenges, including emerging contaminants and green pharmaceuticals, e-waste pollution, ecosystem services, coastal and groundwater pollution, urban sanitation, environmental auditing, water and sediment quality assessment, strategic environmental assessment, aquatic ecological biomarkers, and laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
Projects Affiliated With
- The Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM) Programme, City University of Hong Kong
- Building Capacity to Crosslink Coastal Pollution with Climate Change (BC5)
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
- Supporting Policy Regulations and Interventions to Negate Aggravated Global Diarrheal Disease Due to Future Climate Shocks (SPRINGS)
- 2025 State of the Environment Report (SOE) Report - Economic Development and Resource Use Thematic Group, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)
Publications
- Assessment of the Impact of Solid Waste Disposal on the Portability of Surface Water and Groundwater Using Water Quality Index (WQI) in Kpassa, Nkwanta North District of Ghana.
- Substantially underestimated PFAS pollution in diverse Ghana’s land-use types revealed by a refined TOP assay
- Demographics, insufficient wastewater infrastructure, and electronic waste recycling imperil urban tropical rivers
- Levels and Distribution of Heavy Metals in Weija Reservoir, Accra, Ghana
- Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Lower Volta River, Ghana, West Africa: The Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Urban Development Nexus