Professor Frederick Ato Armah is a Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Science and former Director of the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Prof Armah is an interdisciplinary scientist with deep interest in the natural and human dimensions of environment and health. His professional expertise includes data science, innovation ecosystems, multivariate environmental statistics; global environmental change mitigation and adaptation; environmental and natural resource management, remediation and policy; human health risk assessment; climate change—human health nexus; pollution of environmental media and biota; and socio-ecological systems. He has extensive experience in teaching, research and collaboration with partners in both developed (Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, United States of America) and developing countries (Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Kenya, Tanzania). He has served as a consultant to numerous organisations and government agencies both local and international including the World Bank, United Nations Environment, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), CADMUS Group United States of America, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kreditanstalt Für Wiederaufbau (KfW German Development Bank), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)—African Union’s Specialized Agency for Capacity Development.
Prof Armah has worked at all levels of the educational ladder (basic, secondary, tertiary) in Ghana starting from 1995. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific articles in reputable international journals, 30 technical reports, 90 conference presentations, 5 working papers, 5 policy briefs as well as 2 book chapters and 2 encyclopaedia entries. Some of his scholarly research works have appeared in high-impact factor journals such as Scientific Reports (Nature), Environmental Health Perspectives, Environment International, Environmental Research, PLOS one, Frontiers in Environmental Science, EcoHealth, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Population and Environment, Water MDPI, International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, Exposure and Health, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Journal of Environmental Science & Health Part A, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Wetlands Ecology and Management, Ocean and Coastal Management, and GeoJournal.
Prof Armah is a member of several professional organisations including the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, International Society for Environmental Information Sciences, Earth Systems Governance, International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability, United Kingdom. He is a member of various communities of practice including the Climate Change and Forestry Adaptation Communities of Practice: Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR), Canada and Too Big to Ignore (TBTI): Global Response Cluster of the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER). He has attended over 90 seminars/workshops/conferences/webinars organised in eleven countries across the globe. Prof Armah has given numerous guest lectures at high-ranking universities including the University of Toledo, United States; the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Pennsylvania State University, United States.
A number of establishments that track scholarly achievement consistently rank Prof Frederick Ato Armah among the most visible, topmost scientists in Ghana and beyond. In 2017, Publons ranked him as one of the top one percent of reviewers in multidisciplinary academic fields. In 2018 and 2019, Publons ranked him again as one of the top one percent of global reviewers in the field of Environment/Ecology. In 2020, Prof Armah won the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in Environmental Sciences, together with co-authors on the Sixth Edition of the UN Global Environment Outlook Report. This award recognises the best in professional and scholarly publishing by celebrating the authors, editors, and publishers whose landmark works have made significant advancements in their respective fields of study each year.
