Peter Osei Boamah, PhD

Prof. Peter Osei Boamah is an Associate Professor in the Ecological Agriculture Department at the Bolgatanga Technical University in Ghana. His area of specialization is in Environmental Science and Engineering. He is exceedingly ambitious in his research interest area, mainly in synthesis and application of low molecular weight chitosan and its derivatives. He also has extensive interest in the evaluation of growth and yield parameters of crops under irrigation systems.

He has published many articles, and he is also a reviewer of several journals. As an international scholar of Jiangsu University School of the Environment, China, his passion is in building capacities of young scientists to design a system in the treatment of aquatic media polluted by heavy metal. He is also interested in the agricultural application of low molecular weight chitosan.

1. Osei Boamah, P., & Ho, Y. S. (2018). Bibliometric analysis of Ghana publications in the Science Citation Index Expanded. Revista de Biología Tropical, 66(1), 106-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v66i1.29250
2. Huang, Y., Boamah, P. O., Gong, J., Zhang, Q., Hua, M., & Ye, Y. (2016). Gd (III) complex conjugate of low-molecular-weight chitosan as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance/fluorescence dual-modal imaging. Carbohydrate polymers, 143, 288-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.02.032

2. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Onumah, J., Sam-Amoah, L. K., Boamah, P. O., … & Zhang, Q. (2016). Sorption of copper onto low molecular weight chitosan derivative from aqueous solution. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 100(129), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.01.014
3. Qian, Y., Cao, L., Jia, C., Boamah, P. O., Yang, Q., Liu, C., … & Zhang, Q. (2015). A highly selective chemosensor for naked-eye sensing of nanomolar Cu (II) in an aqueous medium. RSC advances, 5(95), 77965-77972. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA12407G         
4. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Zhang, Q., Wu, J., Onumah, J., … & Boamah, P. O. (2015). Sorption of heavy metal ions onto carboxylate chitosan derivatives—a mini-review. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 116, 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.012
5. Boamah, P. O., Huang, Y., Hua, M., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y., Onumah, J., … & Song, Y. (2015). Removal of cadmium from aqueous solution using low molecular weight chitosan derivative. Carbohydrate polymers, 122, 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.034
6. Liu, Y., Huang, Y., Boamah, P. O., Cao, L., Zhang, Q., Lu, Z., & Li, H. (2015). Homogeneous synthesis of linoleic acid‐grafted chitosan oligosaccharide in ionic liquid and its self‐assembly performance in aqueous solution. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132(13) https://doi.org/10.1002/app.41727
7. Boamah, P. O., Zhang, Q., Hua, M., Huang, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, W., & Liu, Y. (2014). Lead removal onto cross-linked low molecular weight chitosan pyruvic acid derivatives. Carbohydrate polymers, 110, 518-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.03.034
8. Liu, Y., Huang, Y., Boamah, P. O., Zhang, Q., Liu, Y., & Hua, M. (2014). Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of manganese (II)-porphyrin modified with chitosan oligosaccharides as potential MRI contrast agents. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 30(4), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-014-4015-0
9. Onumah, J., Leeuwis, C., Boamah, P. O., & Salifu, T. (2013). Operation and frames of illegal gold mining in Ghana. International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research, 2(3), 307-312.
10. Laary, J. K., Dogbe, W., Boamah, P. O., & Agawini, J. (2012). Evaluation of planting methods for growth and yield of” Digang” rice (Oryza sativa L.) under upland condition of Bawku, Upper East Region, Ghana. Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 7(10), 814-819.
11. Boamah, P. O., Owusu-Sekyere, J. D., Sam-Amoah, L. K., & Anderson, B. (2011). Effect of irrigation interval on chlorophyll fluorescence of tomatoes under sprinkler. Asian Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(1), 83-89.
12. Boamah, P. O., Sam-Amoah, L. K., & Onumah, J. (2011). Effect of salinity level of irrigation water on the yield of tomato. ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science 6(8), 49-53.
13. Boamah, P. O., Sam-Amoah, L. K., & Owusu-Sekyere, J. D. (2010). Effect of irrigation interval on growth and development of tomato under sprinkler. Asian Journal of Agricultural Research, 4(4), 196-203.

• Synthesis and application of  low molecular weight chitosan and its derivatives
• Evaluation of growth and yield parameters of crops under Irrigation systems
• Assessment of quality of Irrigation water
• Operation and Frames of Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana