OUR FELLOWS
Patricia Oteng-Darko grew up in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, in a family of three girls—one of whom is her twin. The wife and mother of three did her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at KNUST.
“Growing up, I always wanted to be in either academia or research,” she says. She did well in math and physics, and sought guidance from a high school teacher as to what to study. “When I started my BSc, I opted for agricultural engineering—I had failed miserably at biology,” she laughs. She was the first woman to complete a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering at KNUST.
Growing up, I always wanted to be in either academia or research,” she says. She did well in math and physics, and sought guidance from a high school teacher as to what to study. “When I started my BSc, I opted for agricultural engineering—I had failed miserably at biology,” she laughs. She was the first woman to complete a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering at KNUST.
Field of Research
Oteng-Darko is researching aeroponics technology, the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or other aggregate media. The primary goal of aeroponics is to prevent disease infestation and provide adaptation measures in the context of climate change.
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