Prof Abass Gibrilla

Prof. Abass Gibrilla is a distinguished water resources scientist and isotope hydrologist with extensive expertise in water quality, hydrogeology, groundwater contamination, and isotope hydrology. He has over 15 years of experience in hydrological research, fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and capacity building His core areas of specialization include groundwater sustainability and vulnerability assessment, hydrogeochemistry and water quality, the impacts of climate variability and change on water resources, and the application of environmental isotopes to understand hydrological processes and trace contaminant sources.
Prof. Gibrilla has contributed to numerous national and international water resources management projects. He is currently engaged in the IAEA Sahel region project, which aims to integrate isotopic techniques into water resources management across West Africa, serving as an assistant project counterpart. He is an active member of both national and international networks of researchers, consultants, and agencies. He is a member of the National Technical committee on Water quality standards.
In academia, Prof. Gibrilla serves as a faculty member at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana, where he teaches Introduction to Water Resources Development, Hydrochemistry and Water Quality, and Pollution. He is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Ghana, delivering courses in Environmental Hydrogeology, Nuclear Dating Methods, and Isotope Geochemistry. Additionally, he serves as an external examiner for KNUST, University of Ghana, University for Development Studies and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in Netherlands, and regularly reviews manuscripts for leading international peer-reviewed journals.
Prior to joining UESD, he was the manager of the Water Resources Research Center at the National Nuclear Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. He was among the founding members of Ghana’s Isotope Hydrology Laboratory and possesses extensive experience in operating a variety of equipment for elemental and isotope analysis.
His research contributions include over 40 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, a book chapter, and numerous conference proceedings. He has supervised more than 15 MPhil/MSc students and 6 PhD students from UG, KNUST, UCC and UDS. Currently, he is a member of the Graduate Program Management Committee at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya-Ghana.
He is married with three (3) children.