Position:
Research Fellow
Dr. Ezekiel Acquaah is an Environmental and Climate Scientist and aResearch Fellow with the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Environmental Management from the University of South Africa, MPhil in Environmental Science from the University of Ghana and BSc Chemistry from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He has both industrial and tertiary education experience within the circles of environmental/climate change management, water quality/resources management, occupational health and safety and research development management. Industrially, he worked with some environmental consulting firm including Shef Consortium Ltd and briefly with Sal Consult that consulted for industries including Shell Ghana Ltd, Fan Milk Ltd and Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc. He also worked briefly with the Environmental Unit of the Tema Oil Refinery and with Ghana Standards Authority before joining the University of Ghana where he began with research development management, a position he held for over ten years. With his academic career, he began as a teaching assistant with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He served as a part-time lecturer with the Wisconsin International University College where he taught climate change impacts and environmental policy and was also part of the team that developed a short course and a Master of Science (MSc) Programme in Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management for the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development. In addition to currently being a Research Fellow with the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies of the University of Ghana, he also serves as a reviewer to international journals including the Earth Systems and Environment Journal and the Africa Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. He is also a fellow of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA).His research interests are environmental management, climate change management, water quality and resources management, green energy and occupational health and safety.He is part of a collaborative research team working on the project “Standards for official statistics on Climate-Health Interactions”
Educational History
- PhD, Environmental Management, University of South Africa, 2022
M.Phil.Environmental Science, University of Ghana, Ghana, 2008
BSc Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 2004
Research Interest
Climate change management and modelling
Environmental management and sustainability
Water quality and resources management,
Green energy
Occupational health and safety.
Trainings and Professional Development
- Training for Supervisors of Doctoral Candidates in African Universities, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2024
Introduction to Epidemiology for Global Health, University of Washington, 2023
Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), 2022
Project Management, University of Washington, 2021.
Leadership and Management, University of Washington, 2021
Fundamentals of Implementation Science, University of Washington,2020
Monitoring and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2020
Current Collaborative Research
Standards for official statistics on Climate-Health Interactions
Publications
Book Chapters
Acquaah, Ezekiel,Adiku, Samuel G. K., Narh, Stephen & Tettey, Abigail (2019). Climate Change: Variability and Biophysical Land Use in Ghana. Afram Publications (Ghana) Ltd., University of Ghana, pp 1 – 19, 173 – 187. Available at the University of Ghana Balme Library and the Office of Research, Innovation and Development.
Acquaah, Ezekiel & Mammie Nortey (2016). Holistic quality dairy production for smallholder farmers and processors in Ghana. Yen-Timtim Publications, pp 1 – 11. Available at the Nutrition and Food Science department of the University of Ghana.
Peer Review Journal Articles
- Acquaah, E. K.,Mearns, K. & Agyepong, A. (2024). Assessing The Resilience of Adaptation Measures: Conceptual Frameworks for A Case Study of Ghana’s Keta Sea Defense System African Journal of Climate Change and Resource Sustainability, 3(1), 259-271. https://doi.org/10.37284/ajccrs.3.1.2160.
- Parry-Hanson Kunadu, Angela & F. Aboagye, Eurydice & K. Colecraft, Esi & E. Otoo, Gloria & Y. B. Adjei, Maame & Acquaah, Ezekiel & Afrifah-Anane, Ernest & J. N. Amissah, Joris. (2019). Low Consumption of Indigenous Fresh Dairy Products in Ghana Attributed to Poor Hygienic Quality. Journal of Food Protection. 82. 276-286. 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-146. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-18-146
- Adjei MYB, Amissah JGN, Parry-Hanson Kunadu A, Acquaah E, Colecraft E, et al. (2018). Drivers-of-Liking (DOL) for Boiled Milk among Women of Reproductive Age and Children Aged between One and Five Years in Per-Urban Communities in Ghana. J Food Sci Nut 4: 034. Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.24966/FSN-1076/100034 ; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7839381
- Acquaah E.K. and Carboo, Physico-Chemical and Bacteriological Quality of the Weija and Kpong Dam (2015). Journal of Ghana Science Association, pg 1-15. Available online at: https://www.academia.edu/33728970/GSA_pdf
Conference Proceedings
Acquaah, E. K., Mearns, K. & Agyepong, A. (2023). Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation programmes using adaptation frameworks of interaction and outcomes. Book of Abstracts, CBAS Biennial Science and Development Conference, University of Ghana, Legon
Teaching
ESCI 701: Environmental Management
ESSC 601: Sustainability: Principles and Practices
Supervision
Supervises MPhil and PhD Students