- Courtesy of the Directorate of International Relations and Advancement (DIRA) led by #Developer Prof. Courage Saba, we bring you this week’s uds@30 Alumni Profile
- Profiled today is Dr. Abdulai Muntala
- Enjoy the read below as scripted by the DIRA.
Developer of the week by DIRA
- UDS@30 ALUMNI PROFILING SERIES
- The Developer of the Week
- Name: Dr. Abdulai Muntala
- Programme of study at UDS: BSc Agricultural Technology
- Campus: Tamale-Dungu
- Current status: Lecturer /Research Scientist/ School of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Horticulture and Crop Production, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani
“University for Development Studies had greatly influenced my life through well developed teaching and training models I received in the course of my study. Whiles there, I was trained to work under pressure due to the limited resources then. I was also motivated by the field and laboratory practical received, and this heightened my interest in that area of study and hence the reason for pursuing practically oriented PhD. Program in Phytopathology”
Dr. Abdulai Muntala
Congratulations Developer Dr. Muntala!!!
Please read his profile below.
Biography
Dr. Muntala holds a Ph.D. in Plant Protection (Plant Pathology)- Akdeniz University, Antalya Turkey, MSc. in Plant Protection (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria), and BSc. Degree in Agricultural Technology (Agronomy major, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana). Dr. Muntala was born in Yeji in Pru East District of Bono East Region of Ghana. He had his early education at the Local Authority (LA no. 1), Junior High School at Yeji, and Senior High School education at Atebubu Senior High School. He proceeded to the University for Development Studies, where he obtained his first degree honours in Agricultural Technology (Agronomy option). He served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Agronomy before embarking on his further studies. While a student during his undergraduate program, he served as the president of the Gonjaland Students Association (GOLSA). He proceeded for his Masters Degree in Plant Protection at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria after winning The Alliance For A Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Scholarship. While there, he worked as a research fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). After his program, he came back to Ghana, where he picked an appointment as a technical officer in charge of WA East in the Upper West Region, with Massara Narziki, a subsidiary of Weinco Ghana LTD.
After working with the above company for sometime, he won a Turkish Government Scholarship, where he pursued his PhD. Degree in Plant Protection in the Department of Plant Protection of Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey.
He took his lecturing appointment with the University of Energy and Natural Resources as a lecturer, where he is currently teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses and successfully supervised 14 undergraduate students and two masters (MPhil) students. He has over 4 years of teaching experience. He is currently the coordinator for projects and seminars. Other notable recognitions, services and responsibilities in his current position were: He was nominated as a school representative for the 5th UENR STEM FESTIVAL 2021, SOAT’ Nominee to the Board of International Relations; Also appointed as Chief Invigilator (First Semester, 2021) with a number of responsibilities; He is an external moderator for Sunyani Technical University, Department of General Agriculture as well as University for Development Studies (UDS) Department of Agronomy.
Dr. Muntala is a member of America Phytopathology Society (APS) and Ghana Science Association (GSA). As an academician and a researcher, he published his research output in a number of international peer reviewed Journals. He has more than 15 publications to his credit and attended a number of international conferences as a presenter of his research outputs.
