Dr Gloria Naa Dzama Addico is Senior Research Scientist and the Head of Department of the Environmental Biology and Health Division of the CSIR- Water Research Institute. She is also an Ordinand Priest Trainee attached to the Most Holy Trinity Cathedral Anglican Church, Accra. She attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi where she obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Natural Resources Management (Watershed Management and Fisheries Option) and Master of Philosophy Degree in Biological Science in 1989 and 2000 respectively.

She also studied Limnology at the Institute of Limnology, Gaisberg, Austria and the Czech Academy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic in 1993. In 2004, she pursued a Doctoral studies at the University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom at the Department of Biology and was awarded a double Certificate; Post-graduate Certificate in Research Methods and PhD in Biological Science, Ecotoxicity of Cyanobacteria in 2006 and 2008 respectively, becoming the first Ghanaian to be awarded a PhD in Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins Studies.

She was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Hull, UK from 2008-2010 and a Visiting Academic at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom for six months from April to September, 2011. She was awarded a Governmental Citation based on recommendation from the Ghana Government Scholarship Secretariat followed by a Commendation from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for her pioneering research work on Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins as part of her PhD.

Currently Dr Addico is again a Visiting Scientist at the University of Hull working on Developing a Rapid Diagnostics Determination of Cyanotoxins. She has several International Journal Publications to her credit and a book published in Germany. Recently, she was nominated as the Chairperson of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School. She has just completed a Master of Arts Degree in Ministry at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon. She serves as a Board Committee Member of the Human Resource Management Committee of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and the Economic and Development Committee of the Coastal Development Authority. Her major interests are Environmental Ecology and Management, Biodiversity and Cyanotoxins as affects living organisms especially man.