Dr. John Kenneth Mensah obtained his PhD in Bio-Organic Chemistry from the University of Houston in Texas in 2000. After graduation, Dr. Mensah then received postdoctoral training in Developmental Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas and in Cancer Biology at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Presently, Dr. Mensah is a senior lecturer in Chemistry at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. His research interest is an interdisciplinary blend of Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. The dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of Dr. Mensah’s research is evidenced by co- authored papers which span a broad range of topics, from basic to translational and applied science. His current research focus is on the assessment of the antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of secondary metabolites isolated from pure cultured fungi endogenous to Ghana. Dr. Mensah has mentored many undergraduate and graduate students in both the USA and in Ghana.

His research interest is an interdisciplinary blend of Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology.