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Dr. E. A. Dzikunoo

Dr. E. A. Dzikunoo
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Elikplim Abla Dzikunoo (PhD) is a geologist who specializes in the applications of near surface and borehole geophysics for use in hydrogeological studies and interpretation of airborne data for structural and lithologic delineations.  Geology was not her dream career, but having stumbled on it in university; she fell in love with how practical it is.  Elikplim has been fortunate to receive funding, first from the Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana as part of a capacity building project to pursue an MPhil in Structural Geology where her research included applications of geophysics.  After her MPhil she again received funding for her PhD research from DANIDA to work on developing a 3D Geological model of the Nasia basin, northeastern Ghana using multiple geophysical datasets. This formed part of a broader project aimed at developing sustainable groundwater resources for the area. As an early career researcher, she has authored 3 papers and a few conference abstracts. She also reviews manuscripts for peer-review journals.

Having been a student of the department for many years, she identified that there was a gap between theory and practical, such that many of the students graduated without having the requisite skills to seamlessly fit into the work environment. Together with a colleague, they set up the Praxis Field School with funding from the Danida Alumni Network; the first of its kind to be organized in the Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana. The school serves as both an enterprise with potential for growth and an opportunity to share knowledge.

She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Earth Science, University of Ghana teaching geophysics and GIS/RS related courses.  

She is married and her hobbies include baking, cooking and reading novels. 

 

Below are a list of my current publications and projects I have been engaged in:

Publications

Journal Publications

  • Dzikunoo, E. A., Kazapoe, R. W., Agbetsoamedo, J.E., (In Review) An integrated             structural and geophysical approach to defining the structures of part of the                 Nangodi greenstone belt, northeastern Ghana.
  • Dzikunoo, E.A., Vignoli, G., Jorgensen, F., Yidana, S.M., Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2020).

New regional stratigraphic insights from a 3D geological model of the Nasia sub-basin, Ghana, developed for hydrogeological purposes and based on reprocessed B-field data, originally collected for mineral exploration. Solid Earth Journal, 11, 349 – 361.

  • Yidana, S.M., Dzikunoo, E.A., Aliou, A-S., Adams, R.M., Chegbeleh L.P., Anani, C.              (2020). The geological and hydrogeological framework of the Panabako,    Kodjari and Bimbilla formations of the Voltaian supergroup – Revelations        from groundwater hydrochemical data. Applied Geochemistry, 115, 104533.

 

Conference abstracts and Proceedings

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., Vignoli, G., Jorgensen, F., Yidana, S.M., Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2019).

3D Geological Modelling using multi-scale Electromagnetic, Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Borehole data – applications over the Nasia sub-basin, Northern Ghana. Book of Abstracts for the 1st Annual National Conference of the Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, Kumasi – Ghana. November 2019

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., Vignoli, G., Jorgensen, F., Yidana, S.M., Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2018). 

A 3D Geological Model of the Nasia sub-basin, Northern Ghana – Interpretations from the inversion results of reprocessed GEOTEM data. Book of Abstracts for the 7th International Workshop on Airborne Electromagnetics, Kolding – Denmark, June 2018

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., Vignoli, G., Jorgensen, F., Yidana, S.M., Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2019).

3D Geological Modelling using multi-scale Electromagnetic, Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Borehole data – applications over the Nasia sub-basin, Northern Ghana. Book of Abstracts for the 1st Annual National Conference of the Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, Kumasi – Ghana. November 2019

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., Vignoli, G., Jorgensen, F., Yidana, S.M., Banoeng-Yakubo, B. (2018). 

A 3D Geological Model of the Nasia sub-basin, Northern Ghana – Interpretations from the inversion results of reprocessed GEOTEM data. Book of Abstracts for the 7th International Workshop on Airborne Electromagnetics, Kolding – Denmark, June 2018

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., (2016). Another Look at Geological Structures of Part of the

Nangodi Belt, North-Eastern Ghana: An Integrated Structural and Geophysical Approach. Book of Abstracts for the 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town – South Africa.

  • Dzikunoo, E.A., (2014). Structural Analysis of Part of the Nangodi Belt, North-

Eastern Ghana: An Integrated Structural and Geophyscal Approach. Book of Abstracts for the YES congress 2014 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Projects

  • February 2021: Finalist, Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Programme - Ghana
  • September 2019: Recipient of a DANIDA Alumni Activity Grant for organizing a geophysics field school dubbed, “Praxis, translating theory into practice for effective training of geoscientists and environmentalists”