Caleb Ofori Boateng (PhD)

Dr. Caleb Ofori-BoatengPosition: Senior Research Scientist

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Caleb is a wildlife management expert specializing in amphibian and reptile research and conservation.

He holds a doctoral degree (PhD) in Wildlife Management, a certificate in Tropical Ecology and Conservation and BSc. in Natural Resources Management.

His pioneering research on the amphibians of Ghana has resulted in the discovery of new species to science, including Phrynobatrachus intermedius (Rödel & Ofori Boateng et al. 2009).

His current research focuses on biodiversity informatics as well as the ecology, genetics and conservation of West Africa’s amphibians.

About us

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is one of the 13 institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). It is located at Fumesua near Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It started as a research unit within the Forestry Department in 1962. It was fully established as a research institute and named FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FPRI) under the then Ghana Academy of Sciences in 1964 and in 1968 placed under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

Contact us

The Director
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, P. O. Box UP 63 KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana

Tel :+233-(0)3220-60123/60373
Fax :+233-(0)3220-60121
Email : [email protected]