President of the CSIR College of Science and Technology (CCST)
Prof. Mark Appiah is currently the President of the CSIR College of Science and Technology (CCST). He is also a Cooperate Director at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),Ghana. He was the Deputy Director of CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG) (from July2017 – July 2019) and served as a vice chair of the Institute’s principal governing Board.As the Deputy Director, he guided the institute’s efforts in research initiatives and initiated and supported the implementation of the master’s program in Bioeconomy and Natural Resources Management at CSIR between 2012 and 2018. The Program was affiliated to the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Prof Appiah has also initiated and led in the implementation of several national and international forestry and education collaborative projects funded by agencies such as the Academy of Finland, International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), the World Bank and the Finnish Foreign Ministry. Prof. Appiah’s project activities have contributed positively to forestry education, forest management, agroforestry management and biodiversity conservation in Ghana. He is the author or co-author of over 45 publications on topics related to the above-mentioned areas of academic interests. Prof Appiah holds an Adjunct Professorship in Tropical Forestry at the university of Eastern Finland. He is a member of several Professional Organizations including the Society for Ecological Restoration (since 2016), the Finnish University Partnership for International Development – UniPID (since 2006), the African Forest Forum (AFF) (since 2008), and The Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration (since 2010). Prof Appiah has also been a member of several boards including the Board of Directors, the FinCEAL Regional Advisory Group. (FinCEAL stands for Developing Finnish Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation between Europe, Africa, and the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region). It is financially supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture).Prof. Appiah attended the University College of Education, Mampong Campus, where he received his Diploma in Agricultural Education 1992-1995. He went on to earn Master of Science (MSc) degree in Land use in Developing Countries at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, formerly called The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL) (1997-1999), and a Ph.D. in in Tropical Silviculture from the University of Helsinki, Finland (1999-2003).
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