Education

[BSc, (Ghana), PhD, (Australia)]

Research Interest

1. Cosmochemistry

2. Geochemistry

3. Geohazards

4. Geoscience education

Publications

• Sapah, M. S. (2023). Africa’s Impact Cratering History and Meteorite Record: Implications for Planetary and Space Science studies on the Continent, (ed. A. Froehlich), Space Fostering African Societies Vol5. Springer. 
• Sapah, M. S., Asiedu, D. K., & Loh, Y. A. (2023). Geoscience education in Ghana: Status and Recommendations. Episodes Journal of International Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2023/023012 
• Sapah, M. S.  (2023). Have you seen a falling star? Everyday Science for Schools, Vol-10-no.-2-2023-7.
• Sapah, M. S. (2023). Starlink: SpaceX’s new internet service could be a gamechanger in Africa. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/starlink-spacexs-new-internet-service-could-be-a-gamechanger-in-africa-200746 
• Sapah, M. S.(2023). Ghana needs more astronomers, astrophysicists, aerospace engineers and astronauts – how to develop them, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/ghana-needs-more-astronomers-astrophysicists-aerospace-engineers-and-astronauts-how-to-develop-them-199412 
• Forson, E. D., Amponsah, P. O., Hagan, G. B., & Sapah, M. S. (2022). Frequency ratio-based flood vulnerability modeling over the greater Accra Region of Ghana. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-022-01616-y
• Sapah, M. S., Asiedu, D. K., & Loh, Y. S. (2021) Become a Geoscience Professional!  Everyday Science for Schools, Vol-9-no.-1-2021-3 https://www.ghanascience.org.gh/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ESS-Magazine-Vol-9-No.-1-2021-3.pdf 
• Sapah, M. S., Agbetsoamedo, J. E., Amponsah, P. O., Dampare, S. B., & Asiedu, D. K. (2021). Neodymium isotope composition of Palaeoproterozoic Birimian shales from the Wa‐Lawra Belt, north‐west Ghana: Constraints on provenance. Geological Journal, 56(4), 2072-2081. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4042 
• D.  Baratoux, C. A.  B Niang, W.U Reimold, M.  S.  Sapah, M.W. Jessell, D. Boamah, G.  Faye, G. S.  Bouley and O. Vanderheaghe.  (2019) Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana:  Evidence for fluidized emplacement of the ejecta.  Meteoritical and PlanetaryScience. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13253