Lady Asantewah Boamah Adomako is a microbiologist at the CSIR Water Research Institute with over 10 years’ experience. She holds an M.Phil. in Environmental Science from the University of Ghana, Legon and is a member of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiologists and the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World. Her research interests include antimicrobial resistance in the environment and surveillance of infectious pathogens in wastewater and drinking water. With strong technical expertise in the areas of water, sanitation, environmental health, and quantitative and qualitative data collection, she has been a team member in many projects including the Environmental Surveillance for infectious pathogens, the WHO Integrated Tricycle project on global surveillance on extended-spectrum beta-lactamases producing Escherichia coli in humans, animals and the SaniPath project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates. Lady has a passion for teaching, thus she has mentored and trained many students and interns at the CSIR Water Research Instituate and the Brighter Investment Mentorship Programme, Ghana. After successfully completing the WHO/TDR Africa Regional Structured Operational Research Initiative (SORT IT) course on building sustainable operational research capacity to tackle antimicrobial resistance, she also serves as a junior mentor for Ghana SORT IT course.