CURRICULUM

VITAE
AMOO, OBAFEMI MARK KWAME Jr
Date of Birth: 24TH September, 1988
Marital Status: Single Sex: Male
Contact Address: A18, 2nd Labone Junction, Labone Estates,
Accra, Ghana.
Contact Address 2: Block 64, Flat 1, Iponri Housing Estate,
Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria.
Phone No.: +2348085501958, +2347055342469, +233245228708
Email: mcfemie@yahoo.com
EDUCATION:
 The University of Ghana, Legon. (2006-2010)
• Bsc. (Hons) First Class, Geology.

• Member, Geology Student Association(GEOLSA),

Ghana
• The Level 300 Representative, GEOLSA Week
Planning Committee, 2009.
• GEOLSA Executive Adviser 2009/2010.
• Member, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
• Member, American Association of Petroleum
Geoscientists (AAPG).
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• Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE),

Legon Chapter.

• Member, Progress Intern & Mentor Institute (PIMI),

Ghana
 May Day College, Surulere Lagos (2003-2005)

• West African Senior Secondary Certificate

Examination.
• Senior Prefect/Head Boy, 2005.
Skills/ Landmarks:
May Day College, Surulere:

a. Biologist, International Science Olympiad

 Adesoye College, Kwara (May 2004)

 Bells College, Otta (April 2005)

b. Helms Bridge Science Challenge, Lagos.
c. Cowbell Mathematics Competition, Lagos.
d. Best Graduating Science Student (WAEC), Class of 2005

• Computer literacy- Web Programming (NIIT, 2005)

University of Ghana, Legon:

e. Best Graduating Student, Geology Department 2010.

f. Entrepreneurship, University of Ghana Business School
g. The Study of Africa in the Modern World, as well as
Language Skills.

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h. Campaign Manager to the President of the International

Student Association (2008/2009), University of Ghana.
i. Co-winner, 2nd Annual Quiz Competition, GEOLSA 2009.
j. Co-winner, 3rd Annual Zain Quiz Competition, GEOLSA
2010.
k. Columnists; Pages Magazine, Legon.
Major Research Write-Ups to the Geology Department

• Controversy on the Origin of Petroleum

• Diamond Occurrence in Geologic Africa

• Glaciation in Africa

• Mineral Resources of West Africa

• Environmental Impacts of Mineral Extraction in AngloGold

Ashanti, Obuasi.

• Relationship between Earth Materials & Human Health

(Medical Geology).
• Personal Research on Ghana’s Preparedness to Earthquakes
(Topic of Current Interest, May 2010).

Field Experience
• Group Leader: 60.25km2 Field Mapping Project in
Eastern/Volta Region, (June-August 2009).

• Geochemical Field Reconnaissance & Soil Survey in

Dodowa, Eastern Region.
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• Geological Field trips to the Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti,

Western, Central, Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta Regions
of Ghana with Associated Field Reports in order of North to
South of Ghana.

• Analysis of the Akosombo Dam, Volta Region and Shia

Hills, Eastern Region Ghana.

Referees
PROFESSOR DANIEL ASIEDU
SEDIMENTOLOGIST, GEOCHRONOLOGIST

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DEAN, FACULTY OF SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
233243716895, 23321514049
dasiedu@ug.edu.gh
DR. PROSPER MCKENZIE NUDE
GEOLOGIST/PETROLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
233244116879, 233278549756
pmnude@ug.edu.gh
DR. JACOB KUTU
STRUCTURAL/REGIONAL GEOLOGIST
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON
233208242091
jkutu@ug.edu.gh