Current Designation:

Research Scientist

boniface.antwi@gmail.com

+233 549378795

1.   Preparation and characterization of polystyrene wastes and nano-sawdust bio-composite for the manufacture of eco-furniture.
2. Development of a sustainable model for the recovery of Institutional plastic wastes.
3.  Recycling of expanded polystyrene waste into inherently smooth surfaced plate to produce plastic floor tiles.
4. Dissemination of ACTUATE model of circular economy in a Senior High School.

Trainings Attended

21^st -23^rd July 2021:       Participant and Exhibitor (conference). ‘Ghana wastes fair – Turning waste into a resource’. Organized by the United Nations Development Programme, Ghana.

29^th June 2021:          Participant (webinar). Fourth EPR webinar: Design of a suitable legal framework for an EPR-system on plastic packaging. Organised by Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) and supported Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

24^th June 2021:          Participant (webinar). Third EPR webinar: ‘Managing financial flows, fees and payments within an EPR scheme’. Organised by Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and supported Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

20^th April 2021:          Participant (webinar). ‘Second EPR webinar: ‘Establishing a register for packaging and producers putting packaged goods on the Ghanaian market’, Organised by Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and supported Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

2^nd June 2021: Participant (workshop). ‘Marine Litter and Microplastics, promoting the environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of plastic wastes’. Organized by MESTI, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Convention and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

31^st May 2021:         Participant, (workshop). ‘Incentive-based collection system for waste fishing nets”. Organized by MESTI, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Convention and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

17^th December 2021:        Participant (webinar): First Extended Producer Responsibility – webinar: Establishing a Producer Responsibility Organisation. Organised by MESTI and GIZ.

26^th-30^th October 2020:      Participant (webinar), UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy, and Practice, UNC Water Institute, Virtual conference on Zoom meeting application platform.

8^th July 2020: Participant (webinar). How to get maximum benefit from Scopus: A webinar for CSIR, Zoom application platform.       

7^th November 2019:       Participant (workshop). Challenges and opportunities for waste management and urban mobility in Accra, Accra Metropolitan Assembly, City Hall, Accra Ghana.

22^nd – 24^th October 2019:      Oral Presentation (conference). The National RSA conference and AGM at CUTRAC Akwele, Kasoa, Ghana.

28^th Jan. – 2^nd Feb. 2019:      Poster Presentation (conference). 2^nd Pan African International Conference on Crystallography and African Light Sources, Accra-Ghana.

  16^th -19^th October 2018:     Participant (conference). National Conference of the CSIR-Research Scientists Association at the GNAT village, Ejisu Juabeng, Kumasi.

       8^th September 2018:       Oral Presentation (conference). Rise for Climate Change Summit, Accra, Ghana.

                  3^rd May 2018:      Poster presentation (conference). UK-Japan Symposium on organic optoelectronics, Edinburgh, UK.

               15^th June 2017:       Oral Presentation (conference). Commonwealth Science Conference, Changi, Singapore.

           3^rd October 2016:       Oral Presentation (conference). RSC-Pan African Chemistry Network International Conference on Materials Chemistry, Kumasi, Ghana.

              21^st June 2016:        Poster Presentation (conference). UK-India Symposium on Functional Materials, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

                 13^th April 2016:    Poster Presentation (symposium). Thomas Graham symposium, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

                   4^th April 2016:    Poster Presentation (symposium). SU²P 7^th annual Symposium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

         17^th February, 2016:    Poster Presentation (conference). College of Basic and Applied Sciences annual science and development platform, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.

           27^th October 2015:     Oral Presentation (workshop). Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Science Communication Workshop, Accra, Ghana.

     14^th September 2015:       Poster Presentation (conference). Africa Regional Conference and Exhibition on Light and Light-based Technologies, Accra, Ghana.

          17th August 2015:       Poster Presentation (conference). Indaba 8 conference, Skukuza, Kruger National Park.

             12^th March 2014:      Oral Presentation (workshop). Technology Transfer Workshop, Ghana Telecom University, Accra, Ghana.

               18^th April 2012:      Oral presentation (conference). 1^st Kumasi International Conference on Polymer science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

                4^th July 2011: Participant (conference). 10^th International Conference on Materials Chemistry, organized by The Royal Society of Chemistry, at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Julius Adu-Ntim, Joyce Koranteng, Trinity Ama Tagbor, Albert Aniagyei, Caroline Kwawu, (2021). Perceptions of workers on the benefits of Institutional source sorting: A case of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science, 62(1), 51-59. DOI: 10.4314/gjs.v62i1.5. CSIR-IIR/RJP/BA/2021/03

Nkum Richard, Ampadu-Ameyaw Richard, Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Anderson Kwesi Ahwiren (2021). Household Solid Waste Management in La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Journal of Environmental Studies 24:1-14.CSIR-IIR/RJP/BA/2021/02.

Caroline R. Kwawu, Albert Aniagyei, Destiny Konadu, Antwi Boniface Yeboah, (2021). Mechanisms of CO₂ reduction into CO and formic acid on Fe (100): A DFT study, Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 10:9, 1-10. DIO: 10.1007/s40243-021-00194-w. CSIR-IIR/RJP/BA/2021/01

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Koranteng Joyce, Anabila Evelyn and Odei Samuel (2020). Determinants of an Effective Solid Wastes Collection at the Workplace: the Experience of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Emerging Scientific Research, 1:20-27. DOI: 10.37121/ijesr.v1.135. CSIR-IIR/RJP/B.A/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Odei Samuel and Anabila Evelyn, (2019). A linear model for the collection of institutional plastic wastes in Ghana: a case of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research (CSIR-IIR). Ghana Science Journal, 60 (2), 32 – 41. DOI: 10.4314/gjs.v60i2. CSIR-IIR/RJP/BA/2019/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Taylor Rupert, Cameron Joseph, Owoare Richard, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, and Skabara Peter, (2016). Acceptor–donor–acceptor small molecules based on derivatives of 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene for solution processed organic solar cells, RSC Advances, 6, 98797–98803, DOI: 10.1039/c6ra22897f. CSIR-IIR/RJP/BA/2016/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah and Ekua Afrakoma Armoo, (2020). Consultancy report on Institutional Solid Waste Management workshop, for CSIR- Head office cleaners, supervisors, and floor representatives from 26 to 28 May 2020. 1-5. CSIR-IIR/ACR/BA/2020/02.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Joyce Koranteng, Evelyn Anabila, and Samuel Odei, (2020). Consultancy report on the provision of twenty sets of twin-dustbins for the CSIR- Head office, Accra, Ghana. 1-9. CSIR-IIR/ACR/BA/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Koranteng Joyce, Kotey Ebenezer, Ampadu Richard, Anabila Evelyn and Odei Samuel, (2019). Factors Determining Effective Solid Wastes Collection at the Workplace: The Experience of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Industrial Research (CSIR-IIR), Accra. 30^th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the CSIR-Research Staff Association, at CUTRAC Akwele, Kasoa. 22-25 October 2019. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2019/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Taylor Rupert, Cameron Joseph, Findlay Neil, Owoare Richard, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, and Skabara Peter, (2019). Crystal packing of 3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) based Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor (ADA) organic small molecules for solar cell applications. 2^nd Pan African International Conference on Crystallography      and African Light Sources, Accra-Ghana. 28 January to 2 February 2019. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2019/02.

. Antwi Boniface Yeboah (2018). Building a fossil free world, the role of Renewable Energy. Rise for Climate Change Summit, Accra, Ghana. 8 September 2018. CSIR-IIR/MA/BA/2018/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Taylor Rupert, Cameron Joseph, Findlay Neil, Owoare Richard, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, and Skabara Peter, (2018). Investigation of the efficient conversion of photon energy to electricity by newly synthesised well-ordered low band gap semiconducting organic molecules. UK-Japan Symposium on organic optoelectronics, Edinburgh, UK. 3 May 2018. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2018/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Taylor Rupert, Cameron Joseph, Findlay Neil, Owoare Richard, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, and Skabara Peter, (2016). Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor small molecules based on derivatives of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene for solution processed organic solar cells. RSC-Pan African Chemistry Network International Conference on Materials Chemistry, Kumasi, Ghana. 3 October 2016. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2016/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, (2016). Investigation of the efficient conversion of photon energy to electricity by newly synthesized low band gap semiconducting polymers with natural pigment as photosensitizer. College of Basic and Applied Sciences annual science and development platform, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. 17 February 2016. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2016/02.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, Skabara Peter, and Owoare Richard, (2015). Investigation of the efficient conversion of photon energy to electricity by newly synthesized well-ordered low band gap semiconducting polymers. Indaba 8 conference, Skukuza, Kruger National Park. 17 August 2015. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2015/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Daniel Y. Ali, Enoch Omar, Joyce Koranteng, Agnes Dicardi-Nelson, (2021). Recycling of Polystyrene (PS) Waste Bowls into inherently smooth surfaced Plastic Plates for Application in the Souvenirs Industry, CSIR-RSA 3^rd Scientific Conference, Accra, Ghana.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Taylor Rupert, Cameron Joseph, Findlay Neil, Owoare Richard, Kingsford-Adaboh Robert, and Skabara Peter, (2017). Plastics for solar cell applications, Commonwealth Science Conference, Changi, Singapore. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2017/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Johannes Awudza, Victor Berko-Boateng, (2013). Structural Determination of LDPE/ Clay Nanocomposite, Using XRD, FT-IR and Crosslinking Density Measurement Techniques, 71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers Proceedings, 129, 978-1-63266-530-0. CSIR-IIR/AB/BA/2013/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah and Louisa Kabobah (2021). Plastics, the Wastes, and the Management for Teens. 1-15, ISBN: 978-9988-3-2268-7. CSIR-IIR/BK/BA/2021/02.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah and Joyce Koranteng (2020). Solid Waste Management in Ghana, 1-57, ISBN: 978-9988-3-0624-3. CSIR-IIR/MO/BA/2020/02

Antwi Boniface Yeboah and Joyce Koranteng, (2020). Solid waste management, an Introduction, 2-13, ISBN 978-9988-53-996-2. CSIR-IIR/MO/BA/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, (2020). Collecting solid wastes at the workplace in three steps: A case of the CSIR-IIR, Accra, Ghana, 1-57, ISBN 978-3-659-89613-2. CSIR-IIR/BK/BA/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, (2013). Research-in-polymer-clay-nanocomposite-the-Ghanaian-discovery, 1-101, ISBN: 978-3-659-36111-1. CSIR-IIR/MO/BA/2013/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Daniel Y. Ali, and Emmanuel Omar, (2020). Technical Report on the recycling of polystyrene wastes bowls by coconut oil blend and hot melt techniques, 1-14, CSIR-IIR/TP/BA/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Odei Samuel, Anabila Evelyn and Koranteng Joyce, (2019). Factors determining effective solid wastes collection at the workplace: the experience of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-IIR), Accra, Ghana. 1-12. CSIR-IIR/TP/BA/2019/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Von-Kiti Elizabeth, Sewordor Michael, Ocran Leonard, and Aggrey Ishmael, (2019). Report on the Piloting of ‘at source separation’ of solid wastes using colour coded twin dustbins at the CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research (IIR), 1-10. CSIR-IIR/TP/BA/2019/02.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Von-Kiti Elizabeth, Sewordor Michael, Ocran Leonard, and Aggrey Ishmael, (2019). Technical Report on the design, fabrication and installation of twin dustbin set-ups for the “source sorting and collection” of solid wastes at the CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research, 1-12. CSIR-IIR/TP/BA/2019/03.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Oduro William, Djamboe Pax, Kissiedu Akufo-Kumi, Boateng Agyenim Francis, (2018). Report on workplace collection of plastic wastes, a case study of the CSIR-Institute of Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana, 1-23. CSIR-IIR/TP/BA/2019/04.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Albert Aniagyei, Caroline R. Kwawu, Jonathan Osei-Owusu and Martin Owusu Asante, (2021). Trends in Chemistry. 1-92. ISBN: 978-9988-3-2190-1. CSIR-IIR/BK/BA/2021/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, (2020). Introduction to basic solid wastes management, 1-8. CSIR-IIR/MA/BA/2020/01.

 Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Recovering plastics in green economy: Example, Daily Graphic, Thursday, November 18, 2021, page 07 &10.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Source sorting: promoting sustainable collection, Daily Graphic, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, page 10. CSIR-IIR/MP/BA/2020/01.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Changing phases of plastic waste recycling, Daily Graphic, Friday, January, 17, 2020, page 10. CSIR-IIR/MP/BA/2020/02.

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Reduce, reuse recycle for growth, Daily Graphic, Tuesday, February 25, 2020, page 10. CSIR-IIR/MP/BA/2020/03

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Restoring broken health the hygienic way, Daily Graphic, Monday, May 4, 2020, page 10. IIR/MP/BA/2020/04

Antwi Boniface Yeboah, Matching solid waste for job creation, industrialisation, Daily Graphic, Monday, October 19, 2020, page 36. IIR/MP/BA/2020/05