Jemima Owusu is an Assistant Research Scientist and the Head of Section of the Wood Furniture and Testing Center (WFTC) under the Wood Industry and Utilization Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (CSIR-FORIG).

She holds an MPhil. in Chemical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on the Preservation of Bamboo using an eco-friendly plant-based extract with the aim of developing an optimal dose concentration of the extract to help in resisting Bamboo from decaying organisms. She also develops models to link Bamboo’s decay rate to the extract concentration.

The scope of her work includes extraction of the plant-based material, characterization of the extract, quality control to ensure standardization, graveyard test, fungi test, and modeling.

She serves on various committees such as the Awards Committee, and Forig Staff Fund (FSF) investment fund all within CSIR- FORIG. She is a member of the Senior Staff Association of CSIR, Women in Engineering (WIE) of the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET- Ghana), and Ghana Science Association (GSA)

J. Korang, J.O. Owusu-Asante S. Ibrahim, E. Ofori & J. Owusu (2023). Phytochemicals and Biological Activities of Tetrapleura Tetraptera Seed Extracts. Ghana Journal of Science 64(1), 34-40.

Owusu-Asante, O.J., Mensah, P., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Owusu, J., Minkah, E., Wumbeidow, H., Ibrahim, S., Ofori, E., Nyarko, D. E. (2022). Assessment of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in snuff in the Ashanti region of Ghana. African Journal of Chemical Education, 12(2): 41-59.

Korang, J., Djagbletey, G., Pentsil, S., Owusu, J., Ibrahim, S., and Pentsil, A. (2020). Evaluation of agricultural residue for sustainable bioenergy. Ghana Journal of Forestry, 36(1), 15-21

MPhil. in Chemical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2022-2024)

BSc in Chemical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2015-2018)

HND in Chemical Engineering, Kumasi Polytechnic, Kumasi, Ghana (2002-2005)

Quality control to ensure standardization, analytical methods like phytochemical composition and physicochemical properties, Soxhlet extraction, processing of raw materials into finished products. Mechanical Testing of wood using the universal testing machine (UTM), Physical testing of wood, Furniture testing using various test rigs, Briquette production, Soap production, and production of sanitizers.

Processing of raw materials into finished products, Extraction of essential oils, analytical methods like phytochemical composition and physicochemical properties, Quality control to ensure standardization, Preservation of Bamboo, and food processing.

2019-2024-Chief Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

2013- 2018-Principal Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

2009-2012 – Senior Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

2006-2009- Technical Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Forestry Research Institute of Ghana.

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Senior Staff Association of CSIR

Women in Engineering of IET-GH (WIE)

Ghana Science Association (GSA)