Personal Information
Name: Thomas Abindaw
ORCID: [0000-0002-7226-9477](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-9477)
Address: Land Management Department, University of Energy and Natural Resources, P. O. Box 214, Sunyani, Ghana
Nationality: Ghanaian
Tel: +233 248272416 / +233 201251415
Email: thomas.abindaw@uenr.edu.gh / abindaw111@gmail.com / abindaw111@yahoo.com

Research Interests
Sustainable land and soil management, land governance, gender equality in land matters, land use change, carbon management, and environmental sustainability.

Educational Background
– Ph.D. (Sustainable Land Management, Candidate), UENR, Sunyani (2023 – Present)
– M.Sc. (Land Policy and Administration), UCC, Cape Coast (2021 – 2022)
-M.Phil. (Land Use and Environmental Science), UCC, Cape Coast (2018 – 2021)
Thesis: Influence of Land Use Types on Soil Organic Carbon Distribution at UCC Research Farm
– B.Sc. (Land Economy), KNUST, Kumasi (2012 – 2016)
– Diploma in Basic Education, Gbewaa College of Education (2007 – 2010)
Work Experience
– Assistant Lecturer, UENR, Sunyani (Aug. 2024 – Present)
Teaching, research, and community service
– Senior Estate Manager (Head), Gbewaa College of Education (2018 – 2023)
Managed estate operations, supervised projects, and advised on land matters.
– Mathematics Teacher, Bawku Senior High School (2015 – 2018)

Professional Memberships
– Trainee Professional, Ghana Institution of Surveyors (2023)
– Member, Ghana National Association of Teachers (2010)

Publications (Selected)
-Abindaw*, T., Atiiwin Abugri, D., & Atiah, K. (2024). Effects Of Greenhouse Technology on Tomato Growth and Yield (Production) In the Transitional Zone of Ghana. Journal of Science and Technology, 1(1), 70 – 93. https://doi.org/10.4314/just.v1i1.1766
-Coffie, P. C., Osei, J. D., Boamah, O. E., Abindaw, T. & Leta Jiru, T. (2024). Building an Efficient Land Information System in Ghana: Insights from Land Governance. Journal of Energy Engineering and Thermodynamics (JEET) ISSN 2815-0945, 4(03), 37–50. https://doi.org/10.55529/jeet.43.37.50
-Teye E., Amuah C. I. Y., Atiah K., Opoku Darko R., & Abindaw T, et al. (2023). Quick Determination of Soil Quality Using Portable Spectroscopy and Efficient Multivariate Techniques. Journal of Spectroscopy. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2024318
-Abindaw*, T., Hanyabui, E., Atiah, K., Akwasi, E. A., & Ziblim, I. A. (2023). Influence of land use types on the distribution of selected soil properties in tropical soils of the Coastal Savanna zone. Heliyon, 9(3) e14002: 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon. 2023.e14002.
-Hanyabui, E., Apori, O. B., Frimpong, A. K., Atiah, K., Abindaw, T., Ali, M., Asiamah, Y. J., & Byalebeka, J. (2020). Phosphorus sorption in tropical soils. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 5 (4): 599-616. doi:10.3934/agrfood.2020.4.599.

Grants & Awards
– International Postgraduate Scholarship, Group on Earth Observation Land Degradation Neutrality Secretariat, Bonn, Germany (2023)
– Brew-Buttler Research Grant, UCC (2019/2020)

Technical Skills
Proficient in SPSS, STATA, Minitab, GenStat, KoboToolbox, Google Forms, and basic knowledge of MAXQDA, ArcGIS, QGIS, and Remote Sensing.