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Cornelius Akpabli Kwame

Cornelius Akpabli Kwame
Associate Professor
akpabli@ug.edu.gh

 

EDUCATION
BSc. (with Education) Cape Coast, 1973. MSc. (Chemistry), Ghana, 1977.

M. Phil (CUNY) 1988. Ph.D  Chemistry (CUNY) 1988.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • Fulbright Award 1983-1988, and Association of African Universities Award 1983-1988, for Graduate Studies in U.S.A.

  • Best Lecturer Award: 1993/94 by class of 1999, University of Ghana Medical Students’ Association.

  • Inclusion in the Biographical Records in Who’s Who in the World , 14th Edition, 1997 by The Marquis Who’s Who Publications Board.

  • Outstanding Achievement Award in ‘2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century’, 1998 by The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Contribution of local industries and other human activities in Accra-Tema area of Ghana to Environmental Pollution, especially water pollution.
  • Effect and fate of some agrochemicals (insecticides and herbicides) in agroecosystems. Bio diesel from vegetable oils .

SOME SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1."Comparison of Two Detection Methods in Thin Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Some Herbicides in a Coastal Savana Soil in Ghana", S. Afful, C. K. Akpabli and P. O. Yeboah, and S.A. Dogbe, West African Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 12. 1-7, 2007.

2. Impact of Industrial and Domestic Wastes on the Quality of Water in the Odaw River in Accra, Ghana, C.K. Akpabli and N.P.A.K. Taylor, Ghana Journal of Chemistry, 6(1), 27-38, 2004.

3."Studies on Depletion of Some Triazine Herbicides in Two Soil Ecosystems", S. Afful, C. K. Akpabli and P. O. Yeboah, JAST, Vol. 8, Nos. 1 & 2, 2003.
                         
4. "Comparison of Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) and Gas Chromatograph Determination of Propoxur Residues in a Cocoa Ecosystem", P.O. Yeboah, S. Lowor and C. K. Akpabli, African Journal of Science and Technology (AJST), Vol.4, No. 2, pp. 24-28, 2003
 
5."Detection and Determination of Pesticides Using Thin Layer Chromatography- Part II: Retention Factors", P.O. Yeboah, S. Lowor and C. K. Akpabli, JAST, Vol. 7, pp. 84-89, 2002