Mantelab KNUST

People

The group

Mantelab is built around postgraduate researchers. Most of our work is done by students in the Department of Pharmacology at KNUST.

Leading the lab

  • Priscilla Kolibea Mante

    Principal Investigator

    Professor, Department of Pharmacology, KNUST

Researchers

  • Christian Ndu

    Researcher

    PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Abigail Hohoayi

    Researcher

    PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Sumaiya Bandile Amidu

    Researcher

    PhD candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • George Opoku

    Researcher

    MPhil candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Herbert Oppong

    Researcher

    MPhil candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Mawudzigua Foli Mensah

    Researcher

    MPhil candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Winfred Bema Boakye

    Researcher

    MPhil candidate, Department of Pharmacology

  • Collins Acheampong Ofori

    Researcher

    MPhil candidate, Department of Pharmacology

Alumni

Former members of Mantelab now contributing to research, academia, healthcare and industry.

Kingsley Essel Arthur

MPhil · 2025

Assistant Lecturer

Department of Pharmacology; Head, Office of Experiential Studies, Department of Pharmacy Practice

Jemima Ntewusu

MPhil · 2025

Pharmacist

Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana

Prince Dagadu Okyere

MPhil · 2025

Chief Technician

Department of Pharmacology, KNUST, Ghana

Bernard Sefah

MPhil · 2024

Dr. Nana Ofori Adomako

PhD · 2024

Postdoctoral Fellow

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Dr. Nana Kofi Kusi-Boadum

MPhil · 2022

Science Communication Manager

Johnson & Johnson MedTech, California, USA

Dr. Yvonne Yirenkyiwaa Esseku

PhD · 2023

Rector

Ghana College of Pharmacists, Ghana

Dr. Mavis Boakye-Yiadom

PhD · 2021

Head of Department

Centre for Plant Medicine Research, Mampong- Akuapem, Ghana

Dr. Ebenezer Kwesi Biney

Research Intern · 2023

Pharmacist

Dr. Evans Aryeh

Research Intern · 2025

MS Candidate

University of Oxford, UK