Professor Samuel Kojo Kwofie

Prof. Samuel Kojo Kwofie is a Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ghana and the Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST).  

Prof. Kwofie is a Life Member of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK. He previously served as a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University, funded by the Isaac Newton Trust, and Visiting College Research Associate at Wolfson College. He was also a CAPREx Research Fellow at Cambridge University, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Alborada Trust.

Prof. Kwofie is a former Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, USA. He also served as a Distinguished Visiting International Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Engineering Science, Coastal Carolina University (CCU), Conway, SC, USA, and currently serves on the Board of the Engineering Program at CCU.

He teaches and supervises graduate students at both the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens and the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana. His research supervision spans areas such as bioinformatics, drug discovery, machine learning and computational bioengineering. His current researches focus involves viral metagenomics using next-generation sequencing and discovery of natural product-derived lead compounds for neglected tropical diseases. Also, he is a research collaborator with the Noguchi/H3AfricaBioNet Consortium and has co-organized and facilitated the H3ABioNet funded bioinformatics workshops.

Prof. Kwofie has trained numerous researchers and students in bioinformatics and computational biology skills in Ghana. He has been a pioneer in applying artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, bioinformatics and computational bioengineering to novel drug discovery and diagnostics.

He is also deeply committed to STEM outreach, particularly for young female students, and has led initiatives in selected schools across the country. Additionally, he has a strong interest in leveraging technology to combat gender-based violence (GBV), particularly technology-facilitated GBV.