Daniel Kwayisi (BSc., MPhil, (Ghana), PhD, (Johannesburg))

Full Name, Qualifications: D. Kwayiai, BSc (Ghana), PhD (Johannesburg) 

Rank: Senior Lecturer 

Email Address: dkwayisi@ug.edu.gh 

PROFILE

Dr. Daniel Kwayisi is a highly knowledgeable professional in the field of Geology. He has a solid background in petrology and tectonics, having earned a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in Geology, a Master of Philosophy in Geology from the University of Ghana, and a Doctoral degree in Geology from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Daniel Kwayisi has been conducting extensive research on the Precambrian geology of Ghana for over a decade. Some of his projects include studying the architecture of the Buem Structural Unit and its implications for the tectonic evolution of the Pan-African Dahomeyide Orogen, as well as the geological evolution of the granitoids of the Suhum basin and Lawra belt and petro-hydrogeological studies of crystalline aquifers in the Pan-African Dahomeyide belt. His academic contributions are evident in the numerous publications he has written in both local and international journals. Currently, he serves as a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, where he focuses on the evolution of plate tectonics in the Paleoarchean. Moreover, Daniel Kwayisi is an active member of the geological community. He is a life member and newsletter editor of the Geological Society of Africa. He is also a member of various geological associations, including the Young Earth Scientists Network, AMREC Working Group, Ghana Institution of Geoscientists, Geological Society of South Africa, European Association of Geochemistry, and European Union of Geoscience. His involvement in these associations reflects his dedication and active local and international participation.

SUBJECT AREA 

Discipline: Geology 

Specialization: Petrology, Tectonics 

ACADEMICS 

2017 – 2021: PhD, Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa 

2012 – 2014: MPhil, Geology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana 

2007 – 2011: BSc, Geology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana 

CAREER HISTORY 

September 2022 – Present: Senior Lecturer 

June 2021 – August 2022: Lecturer 

September 2015 - May 2021: Assistant Lecturer 

RESEARCH INTEREST / RESEARCH AREA 

1. Orogenic belts and crustal evolution  
2. Plate tectonics 
3. Evolution of passive margins 

FUNDED PROJECTS (If any) 

Petro-structural, and hydrogeological characterization of crystalline basement rocks of southeastern Ghana: assessment of groundwater potentials…Agate research grant 

The Carbonate Rocks of the Voltaian Basin: Implications for Paleoclimatic Change during the Neoproterozoic Era…Agate research grant. 

Basin-Basement Architecture…WAXI 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Undergraduate Courses 

EASC 222 Petrography  

EASC 320 Geological Field Excursion II  

EASC 321 Introduction Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology  

EASC 352 Geological Field Methods 

EASC 419 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology  

EASC 448 Geology of Africa  

Graduate Courses 

GLGY 602 Advanced Metamorphic Petrology 

STUDENTS SUPERVISION 

Undergraduate Students 

44 students 

Graduate Students 

MSc. Projects 

Glover, Cornelius Cecil,           Completed 

Anafo, Harold Akaloo,              Completed 

Quansah, Nii Afadi Charles,     Ongoing 

MPhil. Theses 

Gyan, Yaa Serwaa,                         Submitted 

Sungpour, Prospera Sungzie          Submitted  

Blavo, Michael Dela                        Ongoing 

Numadzi, Selorm                            Ongoing 

PhD. Theses 

UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICES 

1. Administrative 

2. Membership of Statutory Committee 

3. Membership Ad-Hoc Committee

Service to National or International/Community

1. Consultancy Service 

2. Reviewer of manuscript 

3. Extension services in the community 

PUBLICATIONS

1. Kwayisi, D., Nyavor, E., Dzikunoo, E. A., Fynn, I. E. M., Kutu, J., & Nude, P. M. (2024). Cryogenian-Ediacaran crustal growth and evolution of the active margin of the Dahomeyide belt, Ghana. Geological Magazine, 1-18. 
2. Atanga, F., Amponsah, P. O., Nunoo, S., Kwayisi, D., Forson, E. D., Akabzaa, T. M., & Nude, P. M. (2023). The geology and geochemistry of the Rhyacian Josephine gold deposit, Northwest Ghana. Applied Earth Science, 132(3-4), 252-270. 
3. Amponsah, P. O., Kwayisi, D., Awunyo, E. K., Sapah, M. S., Sakyi, P. A., Su, B. X.,  Lu, Y. & Nude, P. M. (2023). New evidence for crustal reworking and juvenile arc‐magmatism during the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean events in the Suhum Basin, South‐east Ghana. Geological Journal, 58(10), 3734-3755. 
4. Kazapoe, R. W., Okunlola, O., Arhin, E., Olisa, O., Kwayisi, D., Dzikunoo, E. A., & Amuah, E. E. Y. (2023). Compositional characteristics of mineralised and unmineralised gneisses and schist around the Abansuoso area, southwestern Ghana. Applied Earth Science, 132(1), 36-51. 
5. Kwayisi, D., Lehmann, J., & Elburg, M. (2022). Provenance and depositional setting of the Buem structural unit (Ghana): Implications for the paleogeographic reconstruction of the West African and Amazonian cratons in Rodinia. Gondwana Research, 109, 183-204. 
6. Kwayisi, D., Elburg, M., & Lehmann, J. (2022). Preserved ancient oceanic lithosphere within the Buem structural unit at the eastern margin of the west African craton. Lithos, 106585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106585. 

7. Sakyi, P. A., Su, B-X., Manu, J., Kwayisi D., Anani, C.Y., Alemayehu, M., Malaviarachchi S. P.K., Nude, P. M., & Su B-C. (2020). Origin and tectonic significance of the metavolcanic rocks and mafic enclaves from the Palaeoproterozoic Birimian Terrane, SE West African Craton, Ghana. Geological Magazine, 157(8), 1349-1366. https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681900150X.   

8. Kwayisi, D., Lehmann, J., & Elburg, M. (2020). The architecture of the Buem Structural Unit: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Pan-African Dahomeyide Orogen, West Africa. Precambrian Research, 338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105568. 

9. Sakyi, P. A., Manu, J., Ben-Xun Su, Kwayisi D., Nude, P. M., & Dampare, S. B. (2019) Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic evidence for the composition of the Palaeoproterozoic crust of the West African craton in Ghana. Geological Journal, 54 (6), 3940-3957. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3387. 

10. Anani, C.Y., Agbetsoamedo, J.E., Kwayisi, D., Mahu, E., & Asiedu D. K. (2019). Geochemical Composition of Siderite as an Indicator for the Depositional Environment of the Takoradi Shale Formation, Southern Margin of the West African Craton, Ghana, Journal of Mining and Geology. 55 (2), 207 – 216. 

11. Anani, C.Y., Bonsu, S., Kwayisi, D., & Asiedu, D.K. (2019). Geochemistry and provenance of Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks from the Togo structural unit, Southeastern Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 153, 208-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.03.002.   

12. Anani, C. Y. Kwayisi, D., Agra, N. A., & Asiedu, D. K. (2018). Provenance study of Devonian shales and sandstones in the Accraian Series, Southern Ghana. Geoscience Journal, 22 (3), 393-405.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12303-017-0066-9. 

13. Sakyi P. A., Anum S, Su, B-X., Nude, P. M., Su, B-C., Asiedu, D. K., Nyame, F., & Kwayisi, D. (2018). Geochemical and Sr‐Nd isotopic records of Paleoproterozoic metavolcanics and mafic intrusive rocks from the West African Craton: Evidence for petrogenesis and tectonic setting. Geological Journal, 53 (2), 725-741. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.2923. 

14. Sakyi, P. A., Su, B. X., Kwayisi, D., Chen, C., Bai, Y., & Alemayehu, M. (2018). Zircon Trace Element Constraints on the Evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Birimian Granitoids of the West African Craton (Ghana). Journal of Earth Science, 29 (1), 43-56. https://doi:10.1007/s12583-017-0799-4.   

15. Anani, C. Y., Mahamadu, A., Kwayisi D., & Asiedu, D. K (2017). Provenance of sandstones from the Neoproterozoic Bombouaka group of the Volta Basin, Northeastern Ghana. Arabian Journal of Geoscience, 10(21), 465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3243-2. 

16. Agra, N. A., Kwayisi, D., Amponsah, P. O., Dampare, S. B., Asiedu, D., & Nude, P. M. (2017). Petrogenetic Evolution of the Eastern Buem Volcanic Rocks, South-Eastern Ghana. Science and Development, A Journal of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), University of Ghana, 1(2), 31-49. http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/23792.  

17. Kwayisi, D., Agra, N. A., Dampare, S. B. Asiedu, D. K, Amponsah, P. O., & Nude, P. M. (2017). Two Suites of gabbro in the Buem Structural unit, Southeastern Ghana: Constraints from the new field and geochemical data. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 129, 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.12.018. 

18. Nude, P. M., Foli, G., Gawu, S. K. Y., Gidigasu, S. S. R., Sakyi, P. A., & Kwayisi, D. (2016). Arsenic intensity risk assessment at AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Goldmine, Ghana, West Africa: Using Sorption and Geotechnical Factors. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 24 (2), 1-17. eISSN: 0855-4307. 

19. Nude, P. M., Kwayisi, D., Taki, N. A., Kutu, J. M., Anani, C. Y., Banoeng-Yakubo, B., & Asiedu. D. K. (2015). Petrography and chemical evidence for multi-stage emplacement of western Buem volcanic rocks in the Dahomeyide orogenic belt, Southeastern Ghana, West Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 112, 314-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.09.019. 

20. Anum, S., Sakyi, P. A., Ben-Xun Su, Nude, P. M., Nyame, F., Asiedu, D., & Kwayisi, D. (2015). Geochemistry and Geochronology of granitoids in the Asamakese area, south-west of the Kibi volcanic belt of Ghana. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 102, 166-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.11.007. 

21. Atta-Peters, D., Achaegakwo, C. A., Kwayisi, D., & Garrey, P. (2015). Palynofacies and Source Rock Potential of the ST-7H Well, Offshore Tano Basin, Western Region, Ghana, Earth Sciences, 4(1), 2015, 1-20. https://doi.10.11648/j.earth.20150401.11.    

22. Sakyi, P. A., Ben-Xun, S., Anum, S., Kwayisi, D., Dampare, S. B., Anani, C. Y., & Nude, P. M. (2014). New zircon U-Pb ages for erratic emplacement of 2213-2130Ma Paleoproterozoic calc-alkaline I-type granitoid rocks in the Lawra volcanic belt of northwestern Ghana, West Africa. Precambrian Research, 254, 149-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2014.08.009.