Francis Emmanuel Awortwi
The researcher's work focuses on interdisciplinary studies within Physical Sciences, particularly examining the intricate interplay of physical dynamics, mixing processes, and stratification regimes in aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton communities. By employing methodologies that integrate environmental factors with community structure analysis, the study explores how these elements influence ecosystem functioning across diverse spatial scales. The research encompasses both theoretical frameworks and practical applications, aiming to elucidate the ecological implications of physical and biological interactions on key systems such as Liana communities and their surroundings.
Faculty Biography
Francis E. Awortwi is a lecturer in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He holds a PhD degree in Biological Sciences with expertise in Ecology and Water Science. He is a Commonwealth scholar having won a scholarship through the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Canadian International Bureau of Education and the Department of Foreign (CIBE-DEFAIT) to pursue his PhD at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology) in collaboration with the Biology Department of University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He had his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences degree at the KNUST.He has several years of experience in teaching at the tertiary level. His research interest focuses on ecology of aquatic/terrestrial ecosystems and in aquatic science. He is particularly interested in ecology of primary producers and environmental quality assessments using primary producers. He also has interests in ecotoxicological studies as well as trophic cascades and impacts in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.Before joining KNUST as a lecturer, he worked with the Department of Environmental Science at the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) at Bunso (Eastern Region) – a private university college focused on training students with skills to understand how to balance human needs and environmental quality through sustainable adaptive environmental management.Dr. Francis E. Awortwi has served on a number of committees and boards at UCAES and also at KNUST, and is currently the Examinations Officer for the Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology – the largest department in the Faculty of Biosciences, College of Science, KNUST. He has co-authored several scientific articles published in reputable journals.
Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Effects of forest edge and plant invasion on liana community structure in a moist semi-deciduous forest, Ghana
Open AccessTopography and Logging Structure Liana Community Assemblages in an Upland Evergreen Forest, Ghana
Seasonality of Primary productivity of phytoplankton of Lake Bosomtwe, Ghana -West Africa
Open AccessThe Relationship between Mixing and Stratification Regime on the Phytoplankton of Lake Bosomtwe (Ghana), West Africa
Open AccessAwortwi et al.: Mixing and stratification relationship on phytoplankton of Lake Bosomtwe (Ghana) 43 West African Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 23(2), 2015: 43–62. The Relationship Between Mixing and Stratification Regime on the Phytoplankton of Lake Bo
Open AccessEffects of physical dynamics on the water column structure of Lake Bosomtwe/Bosumtwi, Ghana (West Africa)
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology