Aba Andam
Aba A. Bentil Andam (born 1948) is a Ghanaian particle physicist.
Life
Aba A. Bentil Andam was born in Ghana in 1948. She earned a degree at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. She sought further education in Britain where she earned a master's degree from the University of Birmingham and a Ph.D from Durham University.[1]
In 1986 and 1987 she studied charmed mesons at the German research station DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron). Her research centred on radon and she surveyed human exposure levels of the radioactive gas in Ghana.[2][1] Beginning in 1987, she participated in educational clinics at secondary schools promoting women in the sciences.[2]
Andam has been a professor at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology since 1981. She has headed the physics department since the mid 2000s.[1] She conducts research in applied nuclear physics at Kumasi's Nuclear Research Laboratory. She has served as chair of the Women in Science and Technology in Africa's West African region.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Yount, Lisa (2007). "Andam, Aba A. Bentil". A to Z of Women in Science and Math (Revised ed.). New York: Facts on File.
- ^ a b "Andam, Aba A. Bentil (c. 1960–)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2007.