Frederick Asante

Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of British Columbia and PhD student with a strong background in teaching and research, notably as a Proficient in data analysis and communication, I excel in conducting lab and field experiments, fostering student engagement, and implementing participatory research methods to drive impactful results.

• Moore Inclusive Conservation Lab (ICL), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 09/2024, present
• Plant and Ecosystem (PLECO) Research Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 01/2023, present
• Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre/ARNET (MARE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 10/2021, present
• Systems Ecology and Resource Management (SERM) Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 01/2020, present

• WHMIS for Workers, Canadian Centre for Occupational Hazards and Safety, 02/2025
• Workplace Violence Prevention Training, University of British Columbia (UBC), 11/2024
• Privacy and Information Security Fundamentals I & II, UBC, 11/2024
• Preventing and Addressing Workplace Bullying and Harassment, UBC, 11/2024
• New Worker Safety Orientation, UBC, 11/2024

• Canada, Since 08/31/2024
• Netherlands, 6 months - Work
• Belgium, >2 years (Education & work)
• Portugal, 1 year (Internship)
• Sri Lanka, 6 months (Education)
• Italy, 6 months (Education)
• Ivory Coast, 2 weeks (Visa application)

0000-0001-9114-826X, 58284335400

• Asante, F., Sam, N.C., Correia, A.M., Campioli, M., Yeboah, J., Ofori, S.A., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Asare, N.K., Unravelling the impact of climate change and environmental variability on mangrove sediment carbon dynamics, Science of the Total Environment, 948, 174837, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174837
• Asante, F., Bento, M., Broszeit, S., Bandeira, S., Chitará-Nhandimo, S., Amoné-Mabuto, M., & Correia, A. M., Marine macroinvertebrate ecosystem services under changing conditions of seagrasses and mangroves, Marine Environmental Research, 189, 106026, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106026
• Asante, F., Hugé, J., Asare, N. K., & Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Does mangrove vegetation structure reflect human utilization of ecosystem goods and services?, IScience, 26, 6, 106858, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106858
• Ofori, S. A., Asante, F., Boatemaa Boateng, T. A., & Dahdouh-Guebas, F., The composition, distribution, and socio-economic dimensions of Ghana’s mangrove ecosystems, Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118622, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118622
• Ofori, Samuel Appiah Ofori, Jean Hugé, Setondé Constant Gnansounou, Arimatéa C. Ximenes, Frederick Asante, et al., Leveraging mangroves to advance climate action in Africa: zooming in on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Journal of Environmental Management, In submission since 03/2025
• Samuel A. Ofori, Frederick Asante, Tessia Ama Boatemaa Boateng, Alvin Adu-Asare, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas., Mapping the Decline: Spatio-Temporal Changes in Ghana’s Mangrove Ecosystems and Pathways for Sustainable Restoration, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Under review since 02/2025

• 11/2016, Beach Cleaning, Fisheries and Aquatic Science Society (FASS), UCC, Cape Coast
• 02/2015, Waste Awareness Campaign, Environmental Science Students Association (ENSSA) and FASS, UCC

• Frederick, A., Jean, H., Asare, N. K., & Farid, D-G., Assessing the regeneration status of the Ankobra mangrove system, Ghana, VLIZ Marine Science Day, 03/2021, Online event, Book of abstracts (In Page 25) – VLIZ Special Publication 85, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee – Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Oostende, Belgium
• Frederick, A., Jean, H., Asare, N. K., & Farid, D-G., Benchmarking the value of mangrove ecosystem goods and services in Ghana, Young Researchers Overseas Day (Fourth Edition), 12/2020, Book of abstracts (In Page 29), Kaowarsom
• Frederick, A., The role of sediment transport in organic matter dynamics of the Kakum mangrove estuarine system, Conference On Fisheries and Coastal Environment (CFCE), 09/27/2017 - 09/29/2017, Erata Hotel, Accra, Ghana, https://ccm.ucc.edu.gh/announcement/conference-fisheries-and-coastal-environment-cfce

• Article Publication, University Foundation of Belgium, 03/2023, AS-0445
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for master, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 09/2019 to 09/2021
• Erasmus+ traineeship after graduation grant, ULB, 10/2021 to 2022
• Ghana Education Trust Fund Scholarship (GETFund), 09/2019
• Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR), University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 09/2019
• Overall Best Graduating Student, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Cape Coast, 2016/2017 academic year

• Peer-reviews for Elsevier journals
• Peer-reviews for Springer Nature journals