U. of Ghana-Cornell Seed Fund Matchmaking.xlsx

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2	• This list aims to help interested prospective applicants from U. of Ghana and Cornell to identify colleagues with similar research interests; it aims to facilitate potential collaborations for seed grant applications. • Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of possible partners. If you do not see a potential colleague's name on this list, it does not mean they are not eligible; it simply means they have not added their name to the list. This should not prevent you from reaching out to these colleagues directly. • Please add your name to the list below if you are interested in finding potential partners and check back often for updates and to identify potential collaborators. • If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at Cornell -- Sebnem Ozkan (globalhubs@cornell.edu); at U. of Ghana -- Eric Osei-Assibey (EOSEI-ASSIBEY@ug.edu.gh).
3	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	EMAIL	TITLE	UNIVERSITY	DEPARTMENT	WEBPAGE	RESEARCH INTERESTS	Additional notes you would like to share with potential partners (optional)

4	Linda	Amoah	lamoah@nogucji.ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	DEPARTMENT	https://noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-linda-e-amoah/	Malaria transmission and gametocyte biology, protein expression, antimalarial drug assays and mode of action studies, diagnostics
5	Dorcas	Osei-Safo	dosei-safo@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Chemistry		Natural Product Chemistry, Medicinal Plant Research, Drug Discovery
6	Emmanuel	Abbey	enabbey@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Economics		The Impact of Climate Change on Health Outcomes; Experimental Studies Using Firm-Level Data
7	Evans	Asenso	easenso@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Agricultural Engineering		Soil biodiversity, soil management for sustainable agriculture, impact of climate change on soil health and quality, crop productivity and sustainability measures, soil remediation techniques, blue carbon stocks, Irrigation/fertigation
8	Frederica	Partey	fpartey@noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	NMIMR - Immunology	https://noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/frederica-d-partey/	Humoral and cellular immunity to infectious diseases, vaccine immunity, maternal and neonatal immunity,microbiome and immunity
9	Emelia	Oppong Bekoe	eoppongbekoe@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine		Natural Product Drug Discovery, Monongraph Development and Herbal Medicines Standardization, Ethnopharmacology, Wound Healing, Bioactivity Guided Investigations
10	Jacob	Ulzen	julzen@ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Forest and Horticultural Crops Research Centre		Plant- Soil Microbes Interaction; Plant Nutrition;Integrated Soil Fertility Management; Carbon stocks in forest and arable soils; Mycorrhizal ecology; Biological Nitrogen fixation
11	Ahmed Badawi	Mustapha	abmustapha@ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Institute of Africa Studies	https://ias.ug.edu.gh/content/dr-ahmed-badawi-mustapha	Islam and Muslim societies, particularly in Africa, the interconnectedness of politics and religion, religious infrastructure, militant organisations, political/ethnic violence and conflicts, radical ideologies, counter-extremism and decoloniality
12	ROGER	ATINGA	raatinga@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT	https://ugbs.ug.edu.gh/department/health-services-management	Social and energy justice and primary healthcare delivery, health technology assessment, health suppy chain, health systems strenghening, public health policy, health security
13	Tristan	Ivory	ti92@cornell.edu	Assistant Professor	Cornell	Global Labor and Work (School of Industrial and Labor Relations)		Social, economic, and geographic mobility (inter- and intragenerational); social inequality, educational outcomes	I have an existing research project in Ghana (and Kenya and South Africa) on educational inequality and could use outside project associates
14	GLADYS	DZANSI	gdzansi@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery		HIV/AIDS, Palliative Care, Nursing
15	Nancy	Duah Quashie	nduah@noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Epidemiology	https://noguchi.ug.edu.gh/fellows/dr-nancy-o-duah-quashie/	Antimalarial drug resistance/efficacy studies, extracellular vesicles and development of protozoan drug resistance, parasitic diarhoeal diseases, drug discovery targetting parasite kinases and transporters
16	Augustine Larweh	Mahu	almahu@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Mathematics	https://www.ug.edu.gh/mathematics/people/dr-augustine-larweh-mahu	Dynamics of Yang-Mills theories and quantum gravity.
17	Sylvia Esther	Gyan	sgyan@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Sociology		Adolescent Reproductive health, Maternal Health, Migration and Health
18	Dora	Neina	dneina@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Soil Science
19	Annabella	Osei-Tutu	aopare-henaku@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Psychology; Physical Edu. & Sports		Mental Health and Well-Being Across the Lifespan
20	John Kwame	Boateng	jkboateng@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor		Adult Education and Human Resource Studies	www.ug.edu.gh	Instructional management, curriculum development and improvement, scholarship of teaching and learning, educational technologies, adult learning
21	Philip	Afeadie	pafeadie@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	History
22	Patrick	Amoateng	pamoateng@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Pharmacology and Toxicology		Neuropsychopharmacology, Natural Product Drug Discovery for Neuropsycho-active agents
23	Catherine	Segbefia	cisegbefia@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Child Health, Univeristy of Ghana Medical School		Paediatric hematology and oncology, Clinical education
24	Luguterah	Austin Wontepaga	aluguterah@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Physical Education and Sport Studies		Sports Policy, sports for the aged, sports as a tool for social intervention.
25	Kwabena	Danquah	kdanquah@noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Senior Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Clinical Pathology	noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Interplay of infectious agents and cancer (cancer & microbiome) and Neurogenerative diseases, application of AI and bioinformatics for cancer diagnosis and cancer drug discovery,
26	Bella Bello	Bitugu	bbbitugu@ug.edu.gh	Senior lecturer	U. of Ghana	Physical Education and Sport Studies		Sport as a tool for peace and sustaibale development, Physical activity and health, Sociology of sports
27	Chika	Mba	cmba@ug.edu.gh	Senior Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Institute of Africa Studies	https://ias.ug.edu.gh/content/dr-chika-c-mba	African Philosophy; decolonisation; global justice; academic freedom
28	Araba	Osei-Tutu	aazosei-tutu@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Teacher Education	https://www.ug.edu.gh/teacher-education/people/dr-araba-z-osei-tutu	African-Centered methodologies, Literacy, Curriculum Development and implementation, decolonization, equity and social justice, indegenous language and cultural transmission
29	Kwame	Osei-Poku	kosei-poku@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	English (Literature)
30	Eyram	Fiagbedzi	eekfiagbedzi@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Music		Ethnomusicology - histories, music performances practices, innovations and sustainability of music cultures.
31	Joshua Jebuntie	Zaato	jjzaato@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Political Science		Public Private Partnerships, Good Governance, Policy Reforms
32	Rachel	Thompson	rthompson@ug.edu.gh	Senior Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Language Centre
33	Joanna	Modupeh Hodasi	jmodupehhodasi@ug.edu.gh	Dr.	U. of Ghana	Physics		Photonics, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Fibers, Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Ultra short pulse generation, and Supercontinuum generation in optical fibers, Optical Microscopy.
34	Donatus Yaw	Atiglo	datiglo@ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Regional Institute for Population Studies	https://www.rips-ug.edu.gh	Population-environment-sustainable development, migration & development, social resilience to climate and coastal hazards
35	Ebenezer Forkuo	Amankwaa	efamankwaa@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Geography and Resource Development	https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography.ug/people/dr-ebenezer-forkuo-amankwaa	Housing and infrastructure (water, energy, waste management); Youth, informality, mobility and livelihoods; Environmental health; Climate change, education, and well-being; Disaster risk reduction science	I have climate change projects ongoing in schools and hospitals in Ghana
36	Joana	Larry-Afutu	jolarry-afutu@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Psychology		Mental health and psychosocial support, Trauma Psychology, Military Psychology
37	Kwame Sarpong	Appiah	ksappiah@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Crop Science	https://www.ug.edu.gh/cropscience/people/dr-kwame-sarpong-appiah	Plant-Plant Interaction, Weed Ecology, Agronomy
38	Isaac	kyere	ikyere@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	History
39	Sherry	Johnson	sajohnson@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Veterinary Medicine		Zoonosis/One health - Rft Valley fever, Brucellosis / other transboundary animal diseases	Economic and social History, migration , mining, Banking and African Agricultural issues
40	Peidong	Sun	ps786@cornell.edu	Associate Professor	Cornell	History		China, PRC history, CCP history, CCP Mind, Cultural Revolution, and Xi Jinping Generation
41	NANCY	HENAKU	nhenaku@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	English
42	Adwoa	Asante-Poku	aasante-poku@noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Senior Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Bacteriology		One health, Mycobacterial infections (Tuberculosis, Buruli ulcer, other Non-tuberculous mycobacteria), Neglected tropical Diseases ( Trachoma), Microbiome studies, Sexually transmitted infections
43	Freda	Intiful	fdintiful@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Dietetics/Nutrition
44	Jerry Joe	Harrison	jjharrison@ug.edu.gh	Dr.	U. of Ghana	Chemistry (Structural Biology Specialty)
45	Eric Dominic	Forson	edforson@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Physics		Earth Resource (Groundwater and Minerals) exploration using geoscientific datasets (geophysics, remote sensing, geochemical) and geodata analytics (machine learning and deep learning)
46	Gebremedhn G.	Hagoss	ghagoss@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Physics		Understand, predict, and design novel materials using first-principles simulations, with primary focus on materials for energy-related applications. Additionally 2D materials for photocatalysis.
47	Ebenezer	Annan	ebannan@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Materials Science and Engineering (interested in Energy systems and Water Treatment)
48	John	Boiquaye	jboiquaye@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Mathematics	https://www.ug.edu.gh/mathematics/people/dr-john-boiquaye	Non-commutative geometry, category theory and Hopf Algebras and its applications
49	Mercy	Bobuafor	mbobuafor@ug.edu.gh	Dr.	U. of Ghana	Linguistics
50	Charles	Amo-Agyemang	camo-agyemang@ug.gh.edu	Dr Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Political Science		The politics of indigineity, Environmental politics, Resilience and Anthropocene,Sustainable futures,Decolonial and postcolonial theory
51	John Kofie	Anoku	JAnoku@ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)	https://isser.ug.edu.gh/	SME development; technological innovation; digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) applications; and Socio-economic development issues
52	Benjamin	Agyei-Tuffour	bagyei-tuffour@ug.edu.gh	Associate Professor	U. of Ghana	Materials Science and Engineering (Renewable Energy and Lithium ion Batteries)	www.ug.edu.gh/mse
53	Emmanuel	Adu-Danso	ekadu-danso@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Economics		Education and Earnings Inequalities
54	Phyllis Bernice	Kwarteng Donkor	pbkwartengdonkor@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Teacher Education
55	Afua Asabea	Amoabeng	aamoabeng@ug.edu.gh	Senior Medical Officer	U. of Ghana	Health Services /Public Health
56	Samuel	Aduse Poku	sadusepoku@ug.edu.gh	Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Plant and Environmental Biology		Plant Stress Physiology, Research into Underutilized Crop Species in Ghana, The Application of Plant Tissue Culture and Other Propagation Methods for the Propagation of Recalcitrant Crops.
57	Daniel	Oduro	doduro@ug.edu.gh	Dr.	U. of Ghana	Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science		Zoonoses, ticks and tick borne infections
58	Francis	Agyekum	fragyekum@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Medicine and Therapeutics		Coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular disease prevention
59	Josephine Mpomaa	kyei	jmkyei@ug.edu.gh	Senior lecturer	U. of Ghana	Public Health Nursing
60	Philip	Attuquayefio	pattuquayefio@ug.edu.gh	Senior Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	International Affairs & Diplomacy		Modern Technology and Human Security
61	Ewurama	Owusu	edampaduowusu@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	U. of Ghana	Medical Laboratory Sciences		Infectious Diseases; Global Health; Clinical Trials; Medical Diagnostics
62	Dorotheah	Obiri	dobiri@noguchi.ug.edu.gh	Research Fellow	U. of Ghana	NMIMR - Immunology	Dr. Dorotheah Obiri	maternal health, immunology of infectious diseases, biomarker discovery for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, placental biology and immunology
63	Isaac	Ntitima
64	Peace Korshiwor	Amoatey	pkamoatey@ug.edu.gh	Senior Lecturer	Univ. of Ghana	Department of Agricultural Engingineering
65	Beth	Lyon	mbl335@cornell.edu	Clinical Professor of Law	Cornell	Law	https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/beth-lyon/	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing and Eradicating Xenophobia	A network of scholars in the U.S. and Spain are coding speech on "X" for xenophobic and pro-foreigner speech to train models to automate tracking in those country contexts. We're interested in working with scholars in other countries to create comparative tracking maps.
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