1st Edition
Pathogen Removal Mechanisms in Macrophyte and Algal Waste Stabilization Ponds PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Biography
Professor Mrs. Esi Awuah obtained her bachelor’s degree at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi with a major in Microbiology.
In 1981, she received a WHO award in connection with the Water and Sanitation Decade to do her masters in Environmental Science at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY) Syracuse, New York, USA and obtained her Master of Science in 1985.
In 1998, she obtained a fellowship from the Netherlands Government to pursue a PhD degree within the Water and Sanitation Sector Capacity building program in the Department of Civil Engineering, KNUST Kumasi, Ghana at UNESCO-IHE, Delft Netherlands.
She is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of Civil Engineering Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
She is also the Head of Department of Environment and Technology at the Institute of Science and Technology for Africa at KNUST, Kumasi and the Environmental Consultant for the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Her research areas
- Environmental quality assessment
- Wastewater treatment/Solid waste management
- Water supply and sanitation
- Ecological city development
She is a member of the following organizations
- Third World Organization of Women in Science (TWOWS)
- Ghana Science Association
- Ghana National Association of University Teachers
