Dr. Prosper Kojo Zigah

Georgia Southern University, USA

Visiting Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Qualifications

2012 Ph.D., University of Minnesota, USA, Water Resources Science

2006 MSc., University of Nottingham, UK, Environmental Science

2005 MSc., Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Environmental Science

2002 BSc., University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Agricultural Science

Publications (Selected)

1. Minor, E.C., A. McNichol, P.K. Zigah and J. P. Werne. Corrigendum to “An Investigation of size-fractionated organic matter from Lake Superior and a tributary stream using radiocarbon, stable isotopes, and NMR” by Zigah, P.K., Minor, E.C., Abdullah, H.A.N., Werne, J.P. and Hatcher, P.G.: A reanalysis using recent radiocarbon blank information [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 127 (2014) 264–284], Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.006.
2. Zigah, P.K., E.C. Minor, A. McNichol, L. Xu, and J. Werne. Constraining the sources and cycling of dissolved organic carbon in an oligotrophic lake using radiocarbon analyses. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 208: 102-118, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.03.021.
3. Zigah, P.K., A. McNichol, L. Xu, C. Johnson, Chiara Santinelli, David Karl and Daniel Repeta. Allochthonous sources and dynamic cycling of ocean dissolved organic carbon cycle revealed by carbon isotopes. Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 2407-2415, doi:10.1002/2016GL071348.
4. Hemingway, J.D. V. V. Galy, A.R. Gagnon, K. Grant, S. Z. Rosengard, G. Soulet, P.K. Zigah, A.P. McNichol. Assessing the blank carbon contribution, isotope mass balance, and kinetic isotope fractionation of the ramped pyrolysis/oxidation instrument at NOSAMS. Radiocarbon 59 (1): 179-193.
5. Zigah, P.K., K. Oswald, A. Brand, C. Dinkel, B. Werhli, and C. Schubert. Methane oxidation pathways and associated methanotrophic communities in the water column of a tropical lake. Limnology and Oceanography 60 (2): 553-572.
6. Zigah, P.K., E.C. Minor, H. Abdulla, J. Werne, and P. Hatcher. An investigation of size fractionated organic matter from Lake Superior and a tributary stream using radiocarbon, stable isotopes, and NMR. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 127: 264-284.
7. Naeher, S., F. Peterse, R. H. Smittenberg, H. Niemann, P.K. Zigah, and C.J. Schubert. Sources of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in catchment soils, water column and sediments of Lake Rotsee (Switzerland) – Implications for the application of GDGT-based proxies for lakes. Organic Geochemistry 66: 164-173.
8. Naeher, S., R. H. Niemann, F. Peterse, H. Smittenberg, P.K. Zigah, and C.J. Schubert. Tracing the methane cycle with lipid biomarkers in Lake Rotsee (Switzerland). Organic Geochemistry 66: 174-181.