Julius Hagan is a senior lecturer University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He earned his BSc in agriculture at the University of Cape Coast in 2003, and a PhD in animal breeding and genetics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana in 2010. He served as a senior research assistant at the University of Cape Coast in 2004. He became a lecturer in 2011 and was subsequently promoted to a senior lecturer in 2014. He is currently the head of department. His research interests range from the incorporation of heat-tolerant or thermo-regulatory genes in exotic layers for improved egg production under warm and humid environments in Ghana and the tropics; conservation of local animal genetic resources for food security. He is also interested in assessing the growth and reproductive performance of local livestock species. Julius Hagan has authored more than 20 scientific articles in internationally reputable peer-reviewed journals, as well as several articles in local and international conference proceedings. He was awarded the 3rd best young professional scientist in Africa in 2013 by CTA. He is a fellow of Science and Technology for Society (STS, 2016).

Marian A. Nkansah had her secondary education at the St. Roses’ Girls’ Secondary School (now St. Roses’ Girls’ Senior High School, at Akwatia in the Eastern Region of Ghana from 1993-1995. From 1998 to 2002, she studied and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at KNUST. She undertook a course of study in Environmental Chemistry from 2003-2005 in the same University and was awarded a Master of Science Degree upon completion. She was awarded a PhD in Environmental Chemistry by the University of Bergen (Norway), where she studied from 2009-2012. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department Chemistry (KNUST). She has a considerable number of publications to her credit and has rendered services to her community in various ways. She teaches Practical Chemistry, Nuclear/Radiochemistry, Chemistry and Society, and Petroleum Chemistry. Marian has been a faculty member since January 2007. Her research interests span a wide range of fields including finding solutions to environmental problems associated with levels and fate of toxic substances like heavy/trace metals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in matrices