Stephen Maranatha Asiedu

Maranatha

- PhD Candidate at King's College London
- Visiting Researcher at Imperial College London
- Former Teaching Assistant @KNUST

Causality is not a property of the world, but a way of making sense of the world.

About

I am a Postgraduate Research Student at King's College London, UK, passionate about explorations using Machine Learning to solve real world problems. I am a member of the King's Distributed AI group, aligned with the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe and Trusted AI (STAI CDT) .

My research focuses on developing causal machine learning methods to analyze complex biomolecular data. I aim to uncover how genes and molecular pathways interact to drive biological processes, with applications in predictive healthcare, stratified medicine, and biomarker discovery. I am primarily supervised by David Watson

Interests

NEWS

I successfully passed my PhD upgrade on July, 2025. My research proposal was approved to continue with my PhD studies.

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My paper was accepted and I presented it at the 2025 International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) ML for Genomics Exploration Workshop (MLGenX) in Singapore.

Paper Title:

Multi-omic Causal Discovery using Genotypes and Gene Expression.
Link to paper on arxiv

My Research Abstract was accepted to be presented at the 2022 Ghana Data Science Summit (IndabaX) in Accra Ghana.

Poster Title:

Optimizing Time Spent in Road Traffic Via the Use of Smart Traffic Lights.
Read more on IndabaX Ghana's papers webpage

I was awarded the Google Travel Grant at IndabaX Ghana - Ghana Data Science Summit 2022
This was during an event held at Academic City University College in Accra, Ghana.

My Team won the Best in Show at the CodeDay event organised in Ghana, KNUST - Kumasi.

Project:

Won with a shooting game built over 24 hours.
Read about CodeDay

Education

King's College London

February 2024 - January 2028

London, United Kingdom

Degree: PhD Computer Science
Research: Causal Machine Learning for Biomolecular Systems.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

September 2018 - August 2022

Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

Degree: BSc Mathematics [First Class Honors]
Some courses: Differential & Integral Equations, Optimization, Scientific Computing, Algebra, Topology, etc.

Work Experience

Teaching Assistant (National Service Personnel)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

November 2022 - present

Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

Achievement: Teaching Assistant for Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations for Undergraduate
Skills: Teaching, Machine Learning, NginX, PostgreSQL, Drupal, Scientific Computing, Python.

Advisory Board Member for Ashanti Region, Ghana.

Youth Engagement Center (Ghana Library Authorithy)

June 2022 - present

Ashanti Region, Ghana.

Achievement: Advised and organised youth centered entrepreneural and or tech skills developments seminars with funding from UNICEF
Skills: Leadership, Budgetting, Entrepreneurship, Coaching, Advisor.

Software Developer (Web) & Research Assistant

Werld Analytics

October 2021 - present

Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa.

Achievement: Developed stunning Websites for companies and assisted in the documentation of reserches by clients
Skills: Data Analysis, Python, R, React, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Django, LaTex, etc.

Personal & Hobbies

I am a Christian, I host a solo podcast called Personal Christianity. In my free time, I love to compose Poems and Music. I love to produce Design and I'm a true fan of Art especially Nature's very own Crafted Beauty. I enjoy knowing more about History.