AMMA-2050: RESEARCHERS

Bamba Adama

Role: Early Career Researcher

Adama did his Ph.D. in meteorology and climate science at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Nigeria. Since January 2016 he has been recruited as an assistant lecturer and researcher at the laboratory of atmospheric physics and fluid mechanics of physic department of University Felix Houphouet Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Adama is working as a researcher on the AMMA-2050 project on behalf of UFHB and research board member of African Excellence Center on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture. He also does some consultancy in the climate change domain.

Dr Christopher Taylor

Role: Principal Investigator

The principal lead of AMMA-2050, Chris is interested in how the properties of the land surface: soil moisture and vegetation cover, influence weather and climate. His work has been motivated by the need to understand the climate of semi-arid regions in West Africa. For IMPALA, Chris aims to deliver an Afro-centric development of aspects of the Met Office Unified Model and improve aspects of the land surface model JULES in its simulation of surface energy and water fluxes over typical African landscapes.

David Adukpo

Role: Researcher

David is a researcher with the Department of Physics, within the School of Physical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Kouadio Kouakou

Role: Early Career Researcher

Kouadio completed his Ph.D. in Meteorology and Climate Science from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria. He is currently at Formation Doctorale Climat, Ressources Naturelles et Innovations (FD CRNI) and the supercomputer centre, from the Université Félix Houphouët Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He is a research board member of African Excellence Center on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD). Furthermore, he is involved in the AMMA-2050 project on behalf of UFHB through work package 2.

Aida Diongue-Niang

Role:Researcher

Aida is currently the Director of Meteorology at the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology

Andy Hartley

Role: Researcher

Andy analyses the risks of climate change, in order to help people, businesses, governments, and NGOs adapt to climate change. Andy’s work aims to develop tools and methodologies for the assessment of the risks of climate change, with a focus on the multi-disciplinary nature of risk analysis. He has used his analytical skills in a variety of projects such as the risks of climate change on key species and ecosystems and the visualisation of global sea-level rise hazards.

Arona Diedhiou

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Arona is a research director at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), University of Grenoble, France. Arona is currently working on hydroclimatic variability and on the environmental factors associated with extreme events over Africa (floods, drought, wet and dry spells, heat waves). His academic background is in atmospheric physics, climatology, and mathematics. He has a PhD in Meteorology from University of Paris XII, France

Ben Booth

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Ben is a climate scientist at the UK’s Met Office. A big part of his work involves trying to quantify the plausible spread of future changes that are consistent with the current knowledge of climate processes.

Camilla Audia

Role: Researcher

Camilla is a postdoctoral researcher with a passion for investigating wicked problems and my work focuses on natural resources and especially land management, climate change resilience, indigenous knowledge systems and disaster risk reduction/management in Sub Saharan Africa. Camilla is interested in interdisciplinary research, interactive teaching techniques and active learning for different disciplines. She is always looking for new academic adventures, consultancy opportunities and publications. Camilla is currently based at King’s College London, with teaching responsibilities at University of Northampton and research collaborations with University of Sussex.

Dr Laure Tall

Role:Researcher

Laure is a researcher with the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA). Laure’s research interests are in soil fertility, nutrient cycling in soils, legume-based systems and intercropping and greenhouse gas (CH4 and N2O) emissions in agricultural systems. Laure holds a BSc. in Biology, and an Msc. and Ph.D. in Environmental Biology from the University of Montreal.

Francis Nkrumah

Role: Early Career Researcher

Francis is a Ph.D. student with the Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics section at the Department of Physics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He is now working on the Evolution of Extreme Rainfall Events and its Dynamics over the Southern West Africa. He holds a BSc. and MSc. in Physics (Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics option) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests are primarily in regional climate change, climate modelling, climate extremes, West African monsoon and its dynamics, time series analysis and methodologies in investigating atmospheric processes.

Francoise Guichard

Role: Researcher

Francoise is with the Mesoscale, Meteorologie Group at the National Centre for Meteorological Research.

Nana Klutse

Role: Early Career Researcher

Dr. Nana Ama Browne Klutse is a Senior Research Scientist at the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute and Manager of the Remote Sensing and Climate Centre at the Institute. She has a Physics background and holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her area of specialization is climatology and her present research focuses on topics in earth observations, climate modelling and climate impact assessments on society. She has worked on both national and international projects and consultancies including the Climate and Health project in Ghana.

Njido Kane

Role: Researcher

Camilla is a postdoctoral researcher with a passion for investigating wicked problems and my work focuses on natural resources and especially land management, climate change resilience, indigenous knowledge systems and disaster risk reduction/management in Sub Saharan Africa. Camilla is interested in interdisciplinary research, interactive teaching techniques and active learning for different disciplines. She is always looking for new academic adventures, consultancy opportunities and publications. Camilla is currently based at King’s College London, with teaching responsibilities at University of Northampton and research collaborations with University of Sussex.

Ponnambalam Rameshwaran

Role:Researcher

Rameshwarah’s research interests are within river hydraulics, hydraulic and hydrological modelling, flood conveyance, turbulence measurements and modelling, flood and drought impact, fluvial ecosystems and physical habitat modelling, agro-hydrological modelling, irrigation water use efficiency, brackish water irrigation and yield response. Rameshwarah has a BSc. Honours in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Bradford, an MPhil from the University of Wales and a Ph.d. from the University of Aberdeen.