About

Prof. Abu Yaya obtained his first degree in Chemistry in 2002 at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He was then awarded a EU scholarship to do his masters in Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal and Aalborg University, Denmark. And he was subsequently awarded a CNRS, scholarship in France where he obtained his PhD in Nanomaterials Physics at the Institute of Materials in Nantes, University of Nantes, France in 2011.

He was again awarded a six month Postdoctoral fellowship at Cambridge University, UK, where he worked on the development of electroporcelain insulators from local raw materials in Ghana.

Education

PHD - Nanomaterials Physics, University of Nantes, France

MSC/MPHL - Material Science and Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal 

                        Material Science and Engineering,  Aalborg University, Denmark

BSC - Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Research Interest

• Atomistic materials modelling
• Polymer/Nano composite materials
• Nanomaterials 

Keywords: nanomaterials

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ho8Nyv4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao