Mr. Collins Kuffour

Academic Qualifications

  • MPhil
  • BSc                 

Role and Responsibility

Lecturer /Department Examinations Coordinator / Faculty Quality Assurance Officer 

Address

AAM-University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentDepartment of Environmental Health and Sanitation Education

P.O. Box M40

Mampong-Ashanti  

Contact

  • Phone -+233207799148
  • Email – ckwasikuffour@gmail.com

Department

  • Department of Environmental Health and Sanitation Education

Faculty

  • FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH EDUCATION

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Kuffour is currently a Lecturer at Department of Environmental Health and Sanitation Education and a PhD candidate at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Mr. Kuffour holds a Master of Philosophy in Environmental Science from the University of Cape Coast and a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrated Science Education from the University of Education, Winneba. Mr. Kuffour has vast teaching and research experience and has taught in all the strata of the Ghana Educational System as a Teacher. Implications of environmental health and sanitation on water bodies and aquatic life, fate and transport of pollutants in the environment and climate change science and its interaction with water resources are his areas of research interest.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
  1. University Teachers Association of Ghana
  2. Ghana Science Association
TEACHING INTERESTS
    1. Environmental Toxicology
    2. Environmental Pollution and Control
    3. Environmental physics
    4. Man, His Environment and Earth Resources
    5. Water Quality and Analyses
    6. Environmental Legislation in Ghana
    7. Environment Monitoring and Analyses
    8. Climate Change – Impact and Adaptation
    9. Human and Nature – Diploma programme
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND SUPERVISION
    • Water quality versus agrochemicals in farming communities in Ghana
    • Faecal sludge volume control chemicals
    • Fate and transport of pollutants in the environment
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Dartey, E., Monney, I., Sarpong, K., & Kuffour, C. (2022). Occupational Health Hazards among Large-Scale Gold Mineworkers in Ghana. Occupational Diseases and Environmental Medicine, 10(3), 149-166.

Kuffour, C., Essumang, D. K., Akotoye, H. K., Kuffour, R. A., & Abraham, J. D. (2021). Pesticide and Nutrient Loads of Lake Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 13(10), 794-806.

Amankwah-Kuffour, R., Dwumfour-Asare, B., & Kuffour, C. (2015). Currency notes as pathogenic risk sources for street foods in Ghana: A study at a suburb of Kumasi City. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 5, 336-345.

Sarkodie, P. A., Kuffour, C., & Agyapong, D. (2014). Environmental Impact of Clay Harvesting at Mpraeso Amanfrom in the Kwahu-West Municipal of the Eastern Region of Ghana. International journal of innovative research and development, 3(8), 40-45.

Kuffour, C., & Tiimub, B. M. (2014). Determination of Sources of Water Pollution. International Journal of Technology Enhancements and Emerging Engineering Research, 2(12), 17-22.

Sarkodie, P. A., Adzi, A., & Kuffour, C. (2014). Pollutant Levels of the Lake Water in Lake “Tadie”. International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Studies, 1, 24-29.