Practice

Research & Hydrology

Continental and basin-scale hydrology built on earth observation, distributed modelling and machine learning — water budgets, discharge, environmental flows and hydropower potential.

8 projects

Research

Water Data Science for Action

International Water Management Institute (IWMI), West Africa Office, Accra · May 2025 – Present

Research consultancy at IWMI’s West Africa office, converting earth observation and distributed hydrological modelling into decision-ready water data for basin managers and national agencies.

Research

Lerma–Santiago Basin Discharge and Environmental Flows

International Water Management Institute — Google-funded Mexico Project · January – June 2026

Naturalised and reservoir-regulated discharge simulation for Mexico’s Lerma–Santiago Basin, producing the environmental-flow indicators behind a national e-flow dashboard.

Research

DIWASA — Continental Hydrology and Discharge Modelling V2

International Water Management Institute · January – October 2026

Continental-scale discharge modelling: MERIT-based VegET and mizuRoute baseline runs for 1992–2024, validated and extended through future-scenario simulation to 2050.

Research

Basin Water Budgets and Small Hydropower Suitability

Regional Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), University of Energy and Natural Resources · Sep 2020 – Jan 2024

Basin-level water budgets and small hydropower suitability assessment across Ghana’s western river systems, with machine learning applied to basin condition and water stress affecting energy generation.

Research

SUSTAINDAM — Hydropower and Climate Change in West Africa

Belmont Forum · Nov 2022 – Jul 2024

Random Forest and WEAP analysis of climate sensitivity at the Akosombo and Kpong hydropower plants, combining land-use change dynamics with water–energy–food scenario planning.

Research

Small Hydropower Assessment — Western Rivers of Ghana

Aqua Equity (AqEq) with RCEES, University of Energy and Natural Resources · Ongoing

Assessment of small hydropower potential along the Tano, Ankobra, Pra and Bia rivers, framing renewable generation and equitable water allocation as a single question rather than two competing ones.

Research

Earth Observation for Water Budgets — White Volta River Basin

University of Energy and Natural Resources — World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence · Completed Dec 2022

MSc research using earth observation to monitor water budgets for river basin management in the White Volta, and the methodological foundation for the continental water accounting work that followed.

Research

Teaching and Research Assistantship

Regional Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), University of Energy and Natural Resources · Sep 2019 – Aug 2020

Tutorial, laboratory and fieldwork support for undergraduate Integrated Water Resources Management and Urban Drainage, alongside departmental research assistance.

Continue through the practice