Nationality Ghanaian | Occupation Biomedical Engineer | |
Known for Quiz mistress for the National Maths and Science Awards Fellow of the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation | ||
Elsie Effah Kaufmann is a Ghanaian Biomedical Engineer and quiz mistress for the National Maths and Science Quiz.
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Education
Kaufmann enrolled in secondary education at the Aburi Girls' Senior High School. She proceeded to the University of Pennsylvania for her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), a Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) and PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
Career
Kaufmann was a Research Supervisor at the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University in New Jersey, United States of America (USA) from May 1998 to June 2001; after being a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, United States of America. She was also a Senior Lecturer and the first Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana (2006-2012, 2014-2016).
Awards and recognition
Kaufmann was a fellow of the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation.