Dr. Jerry Oppong Adutwum is a Research Scientist with the Wood Industry and Utilization Division at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG). He is also a part time lecturer at the Department of Forest Resources Technology, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a PhD in Agriculture (Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences, Field: Wood Science) from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Dr. Adutwum’s research interests span wood properties, understanding the biological basis of wood quality. He specializes in applying mathematical and statistical models to study patterns of wood formation in space and time. Currently, I am exploring using information theory framework to understand the complexities of wood and its environmental interactions.

Adutwum, O.J., Sakagami, H., Koga, S. and Matsumura, J., (2023). Space-time Analysis of the Longitudinal Variation in Wood Specific Gravity of Teak and Its Effect on Tree Growth and Development. BioResources 18(2), 2670 – 2692.

Adutwum, O.J., Sakagami, H., Koga, S. and Matsumura, J., (2023) An application of mixed-effects model to evaluate the role of age and size on radial variation in wood specific gravity in Teak (Tectona grandis). Journal of Wood Science 69, 9

Adutwum, O.J., and Matsumura, J., (2022). Spatiotemporal variation and covariation of heartwood color in planted teak from Ghana. BioResources 17(4), 6178 – 6190.

Owusu, F.W., Damnyag, L., Marfo, E. and Adutwum, O.J., (2018). The Demand and Supply Patterns of Timber at the Domestic Market in Ghana. ICCCSDA 2017 Special Issue: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Renewable Energy Vol 1, 83 – 99.

PhD Agricultural Science (Agro-Environmental Sciences: Wood Science) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (2019-2023)

MSc Agriculture (Agro-Environmental Sciences: Wood Science) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (2017 – 2019)

BSc Forest Resources Technology (Wood Processing and Marketing) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2008 – 2012)

Wood Quality Assessment and Property Improvement, Age and Size Effects on Wood Properties, Multivariate Statistics (Mixed Models), Biological and Physiological Basis for Wood Properties Variations, Tree–Environment Interactions and their Impact on Wood Properties, Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity Analysis

Wood–Environment Interactions (Photodegradation), Non-destructive testing of wood, Thermal treatment of wood, Wood Colorimetry, Application of Information Theory to Study Complex Phenomena in Wood Science, Value Addition to Wood

2024 - present Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

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