Professor Matthew Glover Addo is a Professor of Microbiology in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology and the current Dean of the Faculty of Biosciences. Born on the 2nd of May, 1965, he gained admission into the then University of Science and Technology (UST), now Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, to pursue a four-year degree programme in Biological Sciences. He completed the BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences programme in 1992. In 1992/93 Academic year, Prof. Addo was retained at the Biological Sciences Department for his National Service as a Teaching Assistant.

In August 1993 and after his National Service, he was awarded a Norwegian Government Scholarship to study Biotechnology where he obtained both the Candidatus Magesterii (BSc) and Candidatus Scientiarum (MSc) in 1996 and 1998 respectively in Biotechnology at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Prof. Addo was appointed as a lecturer in 2002 and in 2008, obtained a French Government Scholarship to study for the joint Doctor of Science/Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the prestigious Université Paris Sud IX, Paris, France (now University of Paris-Saclay) and KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana respectively. He completed the doctorate programme in May, 2011.

During the doctorate research programme he designed an efficient screening method for the identification of genes involved in the mitochondrial genome stability using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism. He worked with the Functions and Dysfunction of Mitochondrial group of the Institute of Genetics and Microbiology where for the first time, he identified four (4) new nuclear genes (Y105E8A.23, dnj-10, atad-3, and phi-37) involved in mitochondrial stability.

He has been conducting research in mitochondrial genome stability using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism; microbial profile and antibiotic usage with patients with chronic wounds and Urinary Tract Infections in some health facilities in Ghana. He is  also researching on haematological predictors of malaria infection, using modelling and also identification of biomarkers of infectious bites capable of assessing the human parasite-vector interactions in order to develop sero-survellance tools for estimating transmission intensity; as well as conducting a baseline study of the quality of drinking water delivery systems in some Metropolis in Ghana as well as investigating into some resident microorganisms causing spoilage in some locally produced non-alcoholic beverages and some street foods in Ghana.

He has refereed a number of articles for publication in journals such as the Journal of Biotechnological Research, Clinical Biotechnology and Microbiology, International Journal of Pathogen Research, International Journal of Current Research, AAS Open Research Journal, Malaria Research and Treatment, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, Microbiology Research Journal International, African Journal of Microbiology Research and International Journal of Biology among others.

He was voted as the Best Senior Member (Teaching) by the College of Science in its maiden Excellence Award in 2018.

Prof. Addo, is an academic with considerable experience in university teaching, collaborative research, vast institutional management experience, board room experience and headship/membership of high-profile Boards.