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Search, discover, and connect with over 1,800 researchers, faculty members, and scholars across all departments of KNUST.
Department of Telecommunications Engineering
This researcher focuses on integrating molecular and cellular mechanisms that govern biological processes at various scales, ranging from developmental biology to evolutionary quantitative genetics. Their work spans diverse organisms, combining approaches in molecular biology, genetics, and biophysics to address fundamental questions about growth, adaptation, and disease.
Department of Wildlife and Range Management
The researcher's work integrates a comprehensive exploration of land use dynamics and ecosystem responses using advanced remote sensing technologies. This integrated approach allows for a detailed analysis of various ecological challenges such as water cycle variations, fire impact on wetlands, soil erosion, and Cocoa land transformations. The integration of GIS and machine learning tools enhances our understanding of these complex systems across different regions in Ghana, addressing critical issues like water cycle dynamics, fire risks, and soil erosion. Additionally, the study examines cocoa land transformation impacts on tree distribution and richness, cocoa farmers' livelihoods, urban development challenges faced by cocoa farmers, and cocoa mining's ecological implications. Furthermore, it highlights cocoa transformations' effects on vegetation structure and their impact on forest ecosystems in the Keta Lagoon basin. This research underscores the importance of sustainable agriculture and land management strategies to support food security and environmental balance.

Department of Pharmacy Practice
This researcher investigates the role of nonverbal thinking in shaping human intelligence, drawing on insights from neuroscience and behavioral studies. Their work delves into the neural mechanisms underlying numerical cognition across diverse contexts, including brain connectivity patterns, genetic influences, and social interactions. The goal is to uncover a unified framework that explains how nonverbal communication shapes intelligent behavior.
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
The researcher has focused on developing robust models for assessing and mitigating systemic risks in financial systems, particularly in microfinance and financial inclusion contexts. Their work aims to enhance predictive capabilities for default risk estimation in microfinance institutions while advancing volatility modeling techniques that can capture complex dynamics in financial markets.
Department of Physiology
The researcher's work focuses on integrating mathematical modeling with empirical data to study disease progression across diverse biological contexts, including cancer, immune system dynamics, and epigenetics. Their integration of theoretical frameworks with empirical findings highlights a multidisciplinary approach aimed at advancing understanding in areas such as personalized medicine and disease prediction.
Department of Painting and Sculpture
The researcher's work is deeply interdisciplinary, synthesizing insights from diverse domains to explore the interplay between socio-political forces, cultural expressions, and urban development challenges. Drawing on themes across African history and culture studies, cultural industries and urban development, urban and rural development challenges, fashion and cultural textiles, and digital media and philosophy, the researcher examines how these areas intersect to shape cultural narratives and experiences. Their work delves into how art and technology influence youth culture in Africa, how digital media redefines identity across cities and communities, and how globalization reshapes globalized cultural expressions.
Department of Geography & Rural Development
The researcher has explored the transformative application of deep learning across climate-related domains, focusing on how neural networks enable advancements in data analysis, forecasting, and modeling within climatic systems.
Department of Architecture
This researcher has conducted extensive work integrating computational neuroscience, theoretical physics methods, bioinformatics, and machine learning in biophysics to address fundamental questions in understanding complex biological systems across various scales. Their research employs large-scale modeling and interdisciplinary approaches to synthesize insights from these fields, leading to significant advancements in biophysics with broad applications across biological and clinical contexts.
Department of Herbal Medicine
A researcher investigates how environmental heavy metals influence plants used in Ghana, examines their neuroinflammation effects on the brain, develops guidelines for plant-based studies, and applies plants to manage chronic health issues like anemia.
Department of Horticulture
The researcher has focused on developing novel computational methods that integrate machine learning with biophysical modeling, particularly applying neural networks to study protein folding dynamics and brain function. Their work emphasizes the integration of theoretical physics approaches with advanced data analysis techniques to create accurate models of complex biological systems, aiming to advance our understanding of fundamental processes in biophysics through computational and interdisciplinary research.
Department of Communication Design
The researcher focuses on integrating Hermeneutics, Narrative Identity, and Creativity across diverse domains, including Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Health Sciences, examining their applications in various fields such as traditional art forms, creativity in education, architecture, and digital storytelling.
Department of Pharmacology
The researcher's work integrates comprehensive studies across various biological domains, focusing on understanding phytocannabinoid systems, mast cell signaling, neuroinflammation mechanisms, and anthocyanins in plants. Their research underscores the role of these components in both therapeutic applications and fundamental biological processes. Through systematic investigations, they have elucidated the pharmacological effects of natural compounds and explored their potential therapeutic uses across diverse health contexts, from inflammatory diseases to neurodegenerative conditions.