John Lawer Terlabie
The researcher has focused on integrating hydrological changes in water balance responses over 40 years with Cocoa and Sweet Potato agronomic studies, which examine bacterial profiles inhibiting the black pod disease pathogen. Additionally, their work investigates wound healing and treatment effects across patients in different hospital facilities, bridging environmental, agricultural, and health aspects to provide a comprehensive understanding of water management, plant resilience, and infection resistance.
Faculty Biography
Mr. John Lawer Terlabie is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology. He joined the Department in 2002. His research areas include Microbial Airspora; their effects on human health and food spoilage, fungal disease of cash crops and food crops. Currently, he handles courses at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses which includes Mycology, Food and Industrial Microbiology, Ecology of Soil Borne Plant Pathogens, Plant Nematology and Bacteriology. He obtained his BSc in the University of Cape Coast and his MPhil at the University of Ghana, Legon. He also obtained his Diploma in Education at the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Wound Healing and Treatments
Water balance responses to land-use/land-cover changes in the Pra River Basin of Ghana, 1986–2025
Microbial Profile and Antibiotic Usage of Patients with Chronic Wounds Attending Two Hospital facilities in Ghana
Isolation and characterization of bacteria from different cacao progenies and their antagonistic activity against the black pod disease pathogen, Phytophthora palmivora
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology