CV

Education

• PhD in Computational Science and Engineering
  McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
  Sept. 2020 – May 2025
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
  Sept. 2018 – June 2019
• MSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics
  University of Bergen, Norway
  Aug. 2015 – June 2017
• MSc in Mathematical Science
  African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ghana
  Aug. 2014 – June 2015
• BA in Mathematics and Economics
  University of Ghana
  Aug. 2008 – May 2012

Work experience

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

College and High School Teaching

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

Investigating statistical power of differential abundance studies

Too Few or Too Many? Sample Size Estimation for Differential Abundance Studies

Beyond Independence: Joint Modeling of Microbiome Taxa with Reduced-Rank Correlation Structures

A Reduced Rank Poisson Model for Longitudinal Microbiome Data: Accounting for Taxa Correlations

Talks

Improving Microbiome Analysis by Modeling Taxa Correlations

December 06, 2024

McMaster Graduate Research Symposium at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sample Size and Power Calculation for Differential Abundance Microbiome Studies

May 04, 2024

Ontario Ecology Ethology Evolution Colloquium at University of Waterloo, Canada

Investigating Statistical Power of Microbiome Studies

March 01, 2024

2024 Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) Conference at Memorial University, St. John's,, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Multivariate Poisson Model for Longitudinal Microbiome Studies

February 22, 2024

Department of Biology 11th Annual Graduate Research Day at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Power Analysis for Differential Abundance Microbiome Studies

December 08, 2023

McMaster Graduate Research Symposium at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Service and leadership