Researchers
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Dr Margaret Mary NimohPosition: Research Scientist Email: mnimoh@csir-iir.com, margaret.nimoh@gmail.com Tel: (+233) -200-660584 |
SUMMARY/BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Mary Nimoh has four (4) years working experience, which has been in the UK and Ghana. This includes a lectureship position at the Kumasi Technical University. She holds a Doctorate’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from KNUST-Kumasi. She is a highly motivated and outgoing individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who integrates well with others, adapting to situations with ease and works hard to achieve ground-breaking results. Whilst in the Ashanti Region, she was the President of the Ashanti Region branch of Women in Engineering (WINE), a division under the Ghana Institute of Engineering (GhIE). During her tenure, she established a student’s chapter of WINE at the Kumasi Technical University. Her drive to success is to use innovation, coordination, communication, cohesion and persuasion to effectively and efficiently achieve desirable results in a dynamic work environment.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
From |
To |
Institution |
Degree |
2015 |
2015 |
City & Guilds, Luton Adult Learning, Luton, UK |
Level 3 Award in Education and Training |
2008 |
2012 |
Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), UK |
PhD Chemical Engineering |
2010 |
2011 |
Project Management Institute, PMI, UK |
Certificate in Project Management, CAPM® |
2003 |
2007 |
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Kumasi |
BSc Chemical Engineering |
EMPLOYMENT
Date |
Position |
Institution |
Main Job Functions |
April, 2019 to present |
Research Scientist |
CSIR-Institute of Industrial |
1. Designing, undertaking and analysing information from controlled laboratory-based investigations, experiments and trials, taken from various industries. |
March, 2017 to March, 2019 |
Lecturer |
Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) |
Teaching chemical engineering courses like food processing technology, chemical engineering laboratory, physical chemistry and chemical engineering for entrepreneurs. Supervision of final year students with their project. |
April, 2017 to June, 2017 |
Trainee |
OLAM Cocoa, Kumasi |
Industrial Training on the various chemical engineering equipment employed in the industries. |
September, 2014 to February, 2016 |
Project Manager and Teacher |
Inspirational Charismatic Church Luton Education Centre, ICCLEC, UK |
Applying for grants to run various education projects for adult education and other health activities at ICCLEC. I also taught as a functional skills teacher. |
July to September 2012 |
Laboratory Demonstrator |
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, QUB, Belfast, UK |
Performing laboratory experiments with level 1&2 chemistry and chemical engineering students and assessing their laboratory reports |
June to August 2011 |
Practical work supervisor |
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, QUB, Belfast, UK |
Supervision of chemical engineering postgraduate student |
June to July 2010 |
Project Supervisor |
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, QUB, Belfast, UK |
Project Supervision of Summer Internship student |
RESEARCH SUMMARY AND INTEREST
- Extraction of high value products from biomass using green solvents and green techniques.
- Extraction of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from different types of biomass.
- Using different solvents and ionic liquids to extract active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from different types of biomass.
- Comparing different types of extraction techniques from pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from different types of biomass.
- Food process technology and the local applications in Ghana.
PROJECTS/ACHIEVEMENTS/FUNDING AWARDS
- Principal Investigator - Successful for a Doctorate research proposal “Extraction of High Value Products from biomass using ionic liquids” application to Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) (£96,000) – October 2008 to August, 2013.
- Project Manager – Successful for an Adults Education grant “Active Citizenship Course” from the UK government (£10,000), to the Inspirational Charismatic Church Luton Education Centre, ICCLEC, UK – January to July 2014
- Project Manager – Successful for a Health fitness grant “Fit for Life” grant from the UK government (£2,000), to the Inspirational Charismatic Church Luton Education Centre, ICCLEC, UK – June to August 2015
INVITED SPEAKER
Presented on “Utilisation of Ionic Liquids to Dissolve Biomass for the Isolation of Biologically-Active Ingredients”, at the Conference on Ionic Liquids (COIL), Washington DC, June 2011
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
- Presented three different times on the international biannual conference, Queens University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), on “Extraction of Active Ingredients from Biomass” Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. 2009-2012
- Presented on “Utilisation of Ionic Liquids to Dissolve Biomass for the Isolation of Biologically-Active Ingredients”, at the Conference on Ionic Liquids (COIL), Washington DC
Institute of Industrial Research
