Current Graduate Students:

Godfrey Ofezu, PhD student since 2006

MS in Environmental Science, 2005 SUNY-ESF

BS in Forestry, 2000 Makerere University, Uganda

Previous working experience: I worked as Green keeper at Uganda Golf Club (Dec 2000- July 2002).

Research area: My interest is in the production and utilization of short rotation woody crops (SRWC) for bioenergy and bioproducts. My current focus is optimization of biomass feedstock production. Given the ever-rising energy demand, and biomass especially being the primary energy source in Uganda, I view production of SRWC as an alternate source of energy. My doctoral studies will attempt to link optimization of biomass to density-yield relationships of willow energy crops. I am also examining issues of harvesting and storage of willow wood chips in the supply chain.

Email: gjofezu@mailbox.syr.edu

Webpage: http://www.esf.edu/for/volk/ofezu/

Amos Kojo Quaye, PhD student since 2006

MS in Environmental Science (Environmental Systems and Risk Management) May 2006. SUNY-ESF.

B.Sc. (Hons) Agric. (Soil Science - Agronomy), June 1999, University of Ghana

Previous Work Experience:

1. Senior Research Assistant, University of Ghana Agricultural Research Center – Kade, Institute of Agricultural Research, Legon – Accra. (Sept 2000 – date).

2. Graduate Research Assistant (National service), University of Ghana Agricultural Research Station – Kade (Nov 1999 – Sept 2000)

Research Area: I am interested in sustainable soil nutrients management particularly, using organic amendments to improve soil fertility and plant nutrients uptake in short rotation woody cropping systems. My research interest also extends to the role and dynamics of organic matter and microbial activities in soil nutrient cycling, the biogeochemical processes associated with soil nutrients cycling especially the pools and fluxes (fate) of N, C, P, K, and S and their role in plant– soil - ecosystem interactions.
Currently, I am working (joined an ongoing project) on the application of paper sludge, manure and Urea to SV1 shrub willow clone at Tully, NY. My goal is to develop an “Integrated soil nutrients management system� in which the optimal amounts of organic matter (residue or waste) and chemical fertilizers are combined to ensure optimum nutrient uptake that will give optimum biomass yield in short rotation woody cropping systems and food production in Agricultural systems.

Email: akquaye@syr.edu