Education:

Ph.D. Water Resources Science (Limno. and Oceanogr), University of Minnesota, USA (2007 to .....).         M.S.   Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, England (2006).                                                   M.S.   Environmental Economics, Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands (2005).            B.S (Honors).Agricultural Science (Soil Sci.), FIRST CLASS, University of Cape Coast, Ghana (2002).

Additional Education and Professional experience:

• Radiocarbon in Ecology and Earth System Science short course, Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (KCCAMS) facility, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, USA (2009).                                                                                                                                    Instructors: Dr. Sue Trombore, Dr Ellen Druffel, Dr Ted Schuur, Dr John Southon, and Dr Jim Randerson.
• Research Assistant at International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Accra, Ghana ( http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Africa/West/) (02/2005 to 05/2005).                                                                            Host: Dr Pay Drenchsel.
• Environmental Scientist at Southern DataStream Inc., Labelle, FL, USA (09/2004 to 12/2004).                                  Host: Dr John Capece.                                                                                            

Teaching experience:

• TA:    CHEM 1152 General Chemistry II (Spring 2009), Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry,                      University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD)
• TA:    CHEM 2223 Quantitative analysis laboratory (Fall 2007 & Spring 2008), Dept of Chemistry              & Biochemistry, UMD
• TA:    CHEM 1102 Aspects of Chemistry (Fall 2007), Dept of Chem. & Biochemistry, UMD
• TA:    Soil science and engineering (Fall 2002 & Spring 2003), School of Agriculture, University of               Cape Coast 

Honors and Awards:

• National Ocean Sciences Mass Spectrometry  (NOSAMS) graduate internship program (2009), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA.                                                                   (Awards are given each year to two graduate students in the US. The award provides support that covers all analytical costs, travel allowance, accommodation and subsistence at Woods Hole).
• Kerry Kelts Memorial travel award (2009), Department of Geology and Geophysics, Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA                                   ($ 750 awarded each year to one graduate student at the Large Lakes Observatory). 
• Water Resources Science (WRS) travel grant (2009), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities ($450).
• Swenson College of Science and Engineering travel grant (2009), University of Minnesota, Duluth ($400).
• Great Lakes regional biogeochemical symposium (GLRBS) travel grant (2009), Michigan State University, MI, USA ($300).
• Research & Teaching Assistantships, Large Lakes Observatory & Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, Duluth USA (2007 to 2009).
• Joint Chevening Scholarship (2005 to 2006), University of Nottingham, England                      (Competitive merit-based full Scholarship covering full tuition fees, monthly maintenance allowance, major assignment allowance, project work allowance and return flight).
• Dutch Government Fellowship (2003 to 2005), Wageningen University, The Netherlands     (Competitive merit-based fellowship providing for full tuition fees, monthly subsistence, field data collection, course-related conferences, and return flight).
• Best graduating student (2002), School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Presentations/ Publications:

Zigah, P.K., E.C. Minor, J.P. Werne, S.L. McCallister. Sources and Cycling of Carbon in Lake Superior: Insights from Δ¹⁴C. The 52^nd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Toledo, Ohio, USA, May 18 – 22, 2009. (Oral)                                                                      

Zigah, P.K., E.C. Minor, J.P. Werne, S.L. McCallister. The Δ¹⁴C distributions of carbon pools in the Lake Superior water column: Understanding the role of ‘old’ carbon in lake biogeochemistry. Great Lakes Regional Biogeochemical Symposium, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, MI, USA, May 28 – 29, 2009. (Oral)

Minor, E.C. and Zigah, P.K. How important is old carbon in Lake Superior? Conference on Chemical Oceanography in a Changing World. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, Georgia, USA, February 22 – 24, 2009. (Poster)

Minor, E., P. Zigah, S.L. McCallister. 2009. Insights into the Lake Superior Carbon Cycle from Preliminary Radiocarbon Analyses of Water Column Carbon Pools. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11, EGU2009-2257.

Minor, E.C., S.L. McCallister, P. Zigah.  How Important is old carbon in Lake Superior? Third international ASLO Aquatic sciences meeting, Nice, France, January 25-30, 2009. (Oral)

Minor, E.C. and P. Zigah. How important is ‘old’ carbon in Lake Superior? Preliminary results from radiocarbon analysis. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Duluth, MN, USA , 2008. (Oral)

Zigah, P.K. 2006. Dissolution kinetics of Scolecite in pH 2.47 - 9.88 at 4^oC, 15^oC and 60^oC. M.S. Thesis, University of Nottingham, England.

Zigah, P.K. 2005. Economics of Urban Agriculture: A case of wastewater irrigated vegetable farming in Accra, Ghana. M.S. Thesis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.

Zigah, P.K. 2002. Phosphorus sorption of selected soils in Ghana. B.S. Thesis, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.