Dr. Anna Ampaw
|Scientist|Founder|Speaker|
A SCIENTIST
A synthetic chemist by training, Dr. Anna has over 10 years of research experience in the fields of carbohydrate chemistry, cryobiology, and medicinal chemistry. She is the author of several peer-reviewed publications and has presented her work at numerous international conferences.
A FOUNDER
Dr. Anna is the founder of the non-profit organization Empowering Female Minds in STEM (EFeMS). EFeMS’ mission is to help African women thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) by equipping them with the necessary tools and resources needed to succeed in their various fields.
A SPEAKER
Dr. Anna delights in sharing her knowledge and experiences with others. She has been invited to speak on career panels, to various non-profit organizations and has been featured on CBC radio as a guest scientist.
LATEST MEDIA FEATURE
DR. ANNA AMPAW ON HOW HER IDENTITY SHAPED HER JOURNEY TO SUCCESS
“Do your best and let God do the rest,” said Dr. Anna Ampaw. Her life motto perfectly encompasses her journey from a young, faithful Ghanian-Canadian girl to a woman working through her Postdoctoral Fellowship in medicinal chemistry at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM).
Born in Nova Scotia to Ransford Ampaw, an MBA graduate of Dalhousie University who immigrated from Ghana, and Eva Ampaw, a self-taught seamstress with her own clothing line, Dr. Ampaw and her sister were instilled with strong Ghanaian-Christian values that she has carried throughout her academic career.
Dr. Ampaw completed her master’s of chemistry at Dalhousie University, where she researched inhibiting β-phosphoglucomutase, a protein that converts glucose-1-phosphate to glucose-6-phosphate. Since this mechanism was understudied, her approach was to design inhibitors to trap the enzyme in its transition state and observe how it undergoes the mechanism.
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