EDUCATION |
2011 - 2015 | Ph.D. in Zoology (University of Cambridge) |
2004 - 2012 | Ph.D. in Wildlife and Range Management (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST) |
2007 - 2009 | Msc in Ecology and Evolution (University of Groningen, Groningen) |
1999 - 2003 | B.S. in Natural Resources Management (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST) |
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
2016 - | Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Lohman Lab, Department of Biology, City College of New York
Advisor: Dr. David J. Lohman
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2011 - 2015 | Research Assistant and Graduate Student
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Advisor: Prof. Paul M. Brakefield and Prof. Niklas Wahlberg
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2010 - 2011 | Research Assistant
Naturalis Biodiveristy Center, DNA Barcoding Facility, University of Leiden
Advisor: Dr. Erik van Nieukerken
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2003 - 2007 | Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Advisor: Prof. William Oduro
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THESES |
Aduse-Poku, K. PhD thesis. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and patterns of diversification in mycalesine butterflies, submitted to the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
Aduse-Poku, K. PhD thesis. 2012. Applied and theoretical perspectives on the community dyamics of fruit-feeding butterflies, submitted to the Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Tecnology |
Aduse-Poku, K. MSc thesis. 2009. Empirical evaluation of neutral theory in fruit-feeding butterfly communities in three African forests (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), submitted to the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, Netherlands |
Aduse-Poku, K. MSc thesis. 2009. When and where did rajah and pasha butterflies comes from? A phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on 5 gene regions, submitted to the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary studies (CEES), University of Groningen, Netherlands |
Aduse-Poku, K. BSc thesis. 2009. Preliminary assessment of fruit-feeding butterflies (Nymphalids) communities in Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, submitted to the Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
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AWARDS & GRANTS |
2015 | Torben Larsen Memorial Tankard Award |
2011 | ERC Advanced Grant (EMARES) |
2008 | Marco Polo |
2008 | Groningen University Fund (GUF) |
2007 | SCCS Travel Grant |
2007 | Miriam Rothschild Scholarship |
2006 | Earthwatch Award |
2006 | Equipment Grant |
2006 | African Biodiversity Information Centre (ABIC) scholarship |
2005 | Tropical Biology Association (TBA) Postgraduate Scholarship |
2005 | The AFORNET Young Scientist Award |
2005 | The UNESCO MAB Young Scientists Award |
2005 | International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) study grant |
2005 | Earthwatch Award |
2004 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) Scholarship Award |
2004 | Tropical Biology Association (TBA) & BAT Biodiversity Partnership Scholarship Award |
2003 | Global Environment Facility/World Bank (GEF/WB) Grant |