Eureka E. Ahadjie Adomako [BSc, MPhil (Ghana), MPhil, (Cambridge), PhD, (Aberdeen)]

Dr. Eureka Emefa Ahadjie Adomako is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana with research interests in plant physiological ecology, conservation and environmental studies. Her journey to becoming an academic began in September 1993 when, having obtained a First Class B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree in Botany (with Zoology) from the University of Ghana (UG), she served as a National Service Person in the then Department of Botany, now Plant and Environmental Biology, assisting with undergraduate teaching and research in the Tissue Culture Laboratory.

She gained admission to the University of Cambridge, in September 1995, on a Cambridge-Commonwealth Scholarship, to pursue a Masters Degree in Environment and Development, which led to her research on the role of sacred groves in biodiversity conservation. She returned a year later to the UG Department of Botany and served as a Graduate Assistant, while pursuing a second Masters (MPhil in Botany) degree with research focus on the contribution of trees to soil fertility improvement in traditional agroforestry systems.

Before joining the UG faculty as a Lecturer in August 2003, Dr. Eureka Adomako worked for two years as Senior Programme Coordinator with Conservation International-Ghana, where she coordinated inter alia the organization’s country programme on the bushmeat crisis, as part of efforts to curb the global trade in endangered wildlife species. She served for five years (2001 -2005) as Quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz competition – a nationally televised programme, which seeks to demystify the study of science and foster healthy competition among Senior High Schools in Ghana.

In October 2005, she was awarded a Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship for doctoral studies – PhD in Plant Science – at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and graduated in November 2008. She returned to the University of Aberdeen (UoA) in October 2010 as a Commonwealth Academic Fellow and was concurrently appointed Honorary Research Fellow in UoA’s School of Biological Sciences for the duration of the fellowship.

In line with her doctoral studies, Dr. Eureka Adomako’s research activities/publications have focused on the environmental and plant physiological factors influencing global variations in the concentrations of arsenic and other heavy metals in agricultural soils and grain food staples, notably rice. She has, in addition, taught and supervised student research on a range of topics in the areas of Production Ecology, Synecology and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. Her future research prospects aim at exploring the potential of trees in addressing the issues of biodiversity loss, climate change, food and nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods.

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R^G Profile:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eureka-Adomako

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ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-1248