EBENEZER ADOM MENSAH

A PhD candidate in the Center for Photochemical Sciences, where I focus on the incorporation of metal ions into polymers to develop photoresponsive materials. My goal is to contribute to the development of sustainable and solutions that improve quality life and environmental health through research and future industrial contribution. In addition to my research, I serve as a graduate teaching assistant managing undergraduate general chemistry lab.

• National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana
• Ghana Students’ Chemical Society, KNUST- Ghana
• Science Students’ Association, KNUST, Ghana
• Ohio Photochemical Society

• Chemistry of Inorganic and Bio-inorganic materials
• Polymer and Materials Science

• Teaching & Laboratory Demonstrator, Department of Science, Adanwomase Senior High School, Ghana, 11/2018, present, Teaching of High School Chemistry, Laboratory Demonstrator Preparing candidates (final year students) for West Africa Examination Council Chemistry Practical.
• Field Assistant, The International Potato Center (CIP), Kumasi, Ghana, 08/2017, 10/2018, Assisted in the Hybridization of Sweet Potatoes to produce new genotypes, assisted in planting, harvesting, and Maintaining Sweet Potatoes Farm.
• Laboratory and Research Assistant, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Building and Road Research Institute (CSIR-BRRI), Ghana, 08/2016, 07/2017, Researched and prepared presentations on new materials and ways to improve the quality of materials used in road and building construction. Chemical analysis of water, sand, and gravels used for building and roads construction in Ghana.
• Laboratory Assistants (Internship), Perseus Mining Ghana Limited, Ghana, 05/2015, 08/2015, Chemical analysis of water samples from bore holes made around tailing dams and streams around the mining site
• Laboratory Assistant (Internship), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Ghana, 05/2014, 08/2014, Designed and provided experimental analysis of new crop species to determine parameters such as moisture content, ash content, crude fibre, protein content, pH, solubility, and water biding capacity. Assisted in the organization of seminars to farmers on improved farming practices and on new crop species released by the institute scientist

• Alexis Dee Ostrowski PhD. , Professor of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Science, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. alexiso@bgsu.edu
• Joseph Coy Furgal PhD. ,Professor of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Science, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. furgalj@bgsu.edu
• Julie Peterson PhD. , Professor of Chemistry, Center for Photochemical Science, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. jupeter@bgsu.edu
• Nathaniel Owusu Boadi, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technolgy, +233200122036, noboadi@gmail.com

• Organized Vacation Classes for Senior and Junior High student
• Spearheaded advocacy in STEM education for women in deprived rural communities in Ghana
• Active member of the Adanwomase Child and Youth Development Centre (Compassion Ghana)