Eric Dominic Forson (PhD (KNUST))

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD Geophysics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, August 2020
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Education, Winneba, July, 2019
• MPhil. Geophysics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, July 2017
• BSc. Physics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, June 2014

AREA OF SPECIALIZATION

Geophysics

RESEARCH FOCUS

My area of research focuses primarily on:

• The use of geophysical and remote sensing methods for mineral exploration
• Groundwater prospecting based on geophysical and geospatial datasets
• Mineral and groundwater prospectivity mapping using MCDA (multicriteria decision-making methods).
• Airborne and near-surface geophysics

CURRENT PUBLICATIONS

• Forson, E. D., Menyeh, A., Wemegah, D. D., Danuor, S. K., Adjovu, I., & Appiah, I. (2020). Mesothermal gold prospectivity mapping of the southern Kibi-Winneba belt of Ghana based on Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process, concentration-area (CA) fractal model and prediction-area (PA) plot. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 174, 103971.
• Appiah, I., Wemegah, D. D., Asare, V. D. S., Danuor, S. K., & Forson, E. D. (2018). Integrated geophysical characterisation of Sunyani municipal solid waste disposal site using magnetic gradiometry, magnetic susceptibility survey and electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 153, 143-153.