Marian Asantewah Nkansah obtained her BSc and MSc Degrees in Chemistry from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana in 1998 and 2005 respectively. She holds a PhD in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Bergen (Norway). Marian is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at KNUST, and teaches Practical Chemistry, Nuclear/Radiochemistry, Chemistry and Society, and Petroleum Chemistry. Marian has been a faculty member since January 2007 and her research interests span a wide range of fields including finding solutions to environmental problems associated with levels and fate of toxic substances like heavy/trace metals, persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food, water, soil, rocks, sediments and other environmental samples and the interaction of these pollutants with each other in the environment. She is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Member of the Executive Committee of the Global Young Academy (GYA). Marian was named the inaugural recipient of the FM Al-Kharafi TWAS Prize in 2016 and was recently selected as a fellow of the Next Einstein's Forum. She is committed to the mentorship of university students and serves as a role model for young girls at the basic level of their education. She is currently the Warden of Africa Hall of residence at KNUST.