Dr. Emmanuel Proven-Adzri is an astrophysicist at the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI), Ghana Atomic Energy Commission.
He was a Royal Society-Leverhulme (UK) Africa postdoc fellow at the University of Leeds, UK and GSSTI. He completed his PhD in Physics (Astronomy). His PhD focused on methanol masers, an astrophysical signpost from the regions where stars are being formed in faraway outer space. His research interests cover methanol masers, star formation, galaxy evolution, radio telescope instrumentation, applications of high-performance computing (HPC), big data, machine learning, computational science, and engineering.
Currently, his research work is on monitoring methanol masers to determine their
periodicity. Science commissioning of the 32-meter radio telescope for single-dish and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) operations and cultural astronomy in Ghana.
He is currently the Manager of the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) in Accra where he oversees the science operations and coordinates the maintenance of the telescope. He is also involved with training Young Africans with basic skills in Astronomy and data science through the DARA Newton Fund and PRAGSAC projects.
He is also involved with Pine Fort Foundation, an organization that provides mentoring and training to less privileged students in Ghana.
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