Popular Ghanaian quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann, has been promoted from her rank as a senior lecturer. Now, the University of Ghana lecturer will play the role of an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

She went on to serve as the head of the same department between 2006 and 2012, and between 2014 and 2016. Dr Elsie Effah Kaufmann is mostly known for her role as the principal quiz mistress of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).

Her teaching and research focus on Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials and the application of Biomedical Engineering concepts to the solution of problems in the Ghanaian context. She is currently the President of the Ghana Society of Biomedical Engineers.