Dr Thomas Peprah Agyekum is a Lecturer at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds BSc and MSc in Environmental Science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Thomas obtained his PhD in Public Health from the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. As part of his PhD programme, he travelled to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA for four months to undertake further coursework in statistics/data analysis and scientific writing among others. During his stay in the United States, he presented his research work at international conferences.

Thomas is a multidisciplinary research scientist who has used several research techniques that combine a broad span of disciplines including climate change and variability, air and water pollution, exposure assessment and risk analysis, and mosquito development. He also has expertise in conducting systematic reviews and air quality monitoring.

He has served as a research assistant on the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) African Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT) project aimed at delivering a step change in African weather forecasting capability and communication, from hourly to seasonal timescales, to protect the lives and livelihoods of African people while improving the economies of their countries.

Thomas has several publications to his name and has peer-reviewed for top journals including the Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, Parasites and Vectors, Frontiers in Malaria, GEOHealth Journal and Climate Resilience and Sustainability Journal.