Dr William Wilson Anku

1. Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization,
2. Application of photocatalysis in water treatment,
3. Repurposing agro-industrial wastes into adsorbents for water treatment,
4. Wastewater Reclamation and Resource Recovery,
5. Assessment of the environmental impacts of mining activities,
6. Water/wastewater treatment.

A.Book Chapters
1.Ephraim Murrithi Kiarii, William Wilson Anku, Ephrain F Marondedze, Panny Poomani Govender. Carbon nanotube as catalyst support in wet air oxidation of water treatment, In book: Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon, pp. 413-432. Elsevier, 2024.

2.Otun, Kabir Opeyemi, Idris Olayiwola Azeez, Onoyivwe Monday Ama, William Wilson Anku, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebor, and Robert Birundu Onyancha. “Sensing the Presence of Inorganic Ions in Water: The Use of Electrochemical Sensors.” In Modified Nanomaterials for Environmental Applications, pp. 65-89. Springer, Cham, 2022.

3.William Wilson Anku, Onoyivwe Monday Ama, Ikenna Chibuzor Emeji, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, Adelaja Otolorin Osibote, Peter Ogbemudia Osifo, and Suprakas Sinha Ray. Functionalized nanomagnetic materials for environmental applications. In Functionalized Nanomaterials Based Devices for Environmental Applications, pp. 127-145. Elsevier, 2021.

4.Khoele, Khotso, Onoyivwe Monday Ama, Ikenna Chibuzor Emeji, William Wilson Anku, Suprakas Sinha Ray, David Jacobus Delport, and Peter Ogbemudia Osifo. Dynamic Degradation Efficiency of Major Organic Pollutants from Wastewater. Springer, Cham, In book: Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Electrode Materials for Water Purification, pp. 1-18, 2020.

5.William Wilson Anku, Onoyivwe Monday Ama, Suprakas Sinha Ray, and Peter Ogbemudia Osifo. Application of Modified Metal Oxide Electrodes in Photoelectrochemical Removal of Organic Pollutants from Wastewater. Springer, Cham. In book: Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Electrode Materials for Water Purification, pp. 151-166, 2020.

6.William Wilson Anku, Ephraim M Kiarii, Sudheesh K Shukla, and Penny P Govender. Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals using graphene based materials. Springer, Cham. In book: A New Generation Material Graphene: Applications in Water Technology. pp 187-208, 2018.

7.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong and Penny Govender. Bismuth-based nanoparticles as photocatalytic materials. InTechOpen. In book: Bismuth: Advanced Applications and Defects Characterization. pp 25-44, 2018.

8.William Wilson Anku, Messai A Mamo and Penny P Govender. Phenolic compounds in water: sources, reactivity, toxicity and treatment methods. InTechOpen. In book: Phenolic Compounds-Natural Sources, Importance and Applications. pp. 420-443, 2017.

B. Conference papers
1. Akrong, Mark O., Ebenezer DO Ansa, William Wilson Anku, Ahmed Issahaku, and Gordon Akon-Yamga. Microbiological Reduction Strategy of Treated Wastewater for Safe Vegetable Production in Accra, Ghana. In International Conference on Wider-Uptake of Water Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment, pp. 303-307. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.

2. William William Anku, Ebenezer Ansa, Mark Akrong, Ahmed Issahaku, and Gordon Akon-Yamga. Optimizing Wastewater Quality for Safe Vegetable Irrigation: A Ghana Case Study of the Wideruptake Project. In International Conference on Wider-Uptake of Water Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment, pp. 192-196. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.

C. Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

1 2024 Ahiahonu, Elvis Kodzo, William Wilson Anku, Ashira Roopnarain, Mahloro Hope SerepaDlamini, and Penny Poomani Govender. Evaluation of green microalgal strains for simultaneous municipal wastewater treatment and heavy metal bioremediation. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2024).

2 2023 Kumi, Michael, William Wilson Anku, Penny Poomani Govender, and Franklin Obiri-Nyarko. Bench-scale integrated bone and biochar bed treatment of geogenic fluoride contaminated groundwater from Bongo in Ghana. Groundwater for Sustainable Development 21 (2023): 100929.

3 2003 Kumi, Michael, William Wilson Anku., Antwi, Yeboah, Govender, P. Evaluation of the suitability of integrated bone char-and biochar-treated groundwater for drinking using single-factor, Nemerow, and heavy metal pollution indexes. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195((2023)): 647.

4 2022 Michael, Kumi, William Wilson Anku, and Poomani Penny Govender. Modelling of manganese-contaminated groundwater through batch experiments: Implications for bone char remediation. Environmental Advances 10 (2022): 100323.

5 2022 Ama, Onoyivwe Monday, Uyiosa Osagie Aigbe, William Wilson Anku, Otolorin Adelaja Osibote, and Kaushik Pal. Degradation of methylene blue dye and bisphenol-a using expanded graphene-polypyrrole-magnetite nanocomposite. Topics in Catalysis (2022): 1-10.

6 2022 Ahiahonu, Elvis Kodzo, William Wilson Anku, Ashira Roopnarain, Ezekiel Green, Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini, and Penny Poomani Govender. “Exploring indigenous freshwater chlorophytes in integrated biophotovoltaic system for simultaneous wastewater treatment, heavy metal biosorption, CO2 biofixation and biodiesel generation.”  Bioelectrochemistry 147 (2022): 108208.

7 2022 Ahiahonu, Elvis K., William Wilson Anku, Ashira Roopnarain, Ezekiel Green, Penny Poomani. Govender, and Mahloro H. SerepaDlamini. Bioresource potential of Tetradesmus obliquus UJEA_AD: critical evaluation of biosequestration rate, biochemical and fatty acid composition in BG11 media. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2021).

8 2022 Karikari, Anthony YAW, Ruby Asmah, William Wilson Anku, Steve Amisah, Telfer Trevor, and Ross Lindsay. Assessment of cage fish farm impacts on physico-chemical parameters of the Volta Lake in Ghana. Journal of Fisheries and Coastal Management 3 (2022): 22-22.

9 2021 Ahiahonu, Elvis Kodzo, William Wilson Anku, Ashira Roopnarain, Ezekiel Green, Penny Poomani Govender, and Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini. Bioprospecting wild South African microalgae as a potential third-generation biofuel feedstock, biological carbon-capture agent and for nutraceutical applications. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2021): 1-16.

10 2021 Obiri, Samuel, Gloria Addico, Saada Mohammed, Wilson William Anku, Humphry Darko, and Okrah Collins. Water quality assessment of the Tano Basin in Ghana: a multivariate statistical approach. Applied Water Science 11 (2021): 1-8.

11 2021 Oppong, Samuel Osei-Bonsu, Francis Opoku, William Wilson Anku, and Penny Poomani. Govender. Insights into the complementary behaviour of Gd doping in GO/Gd/ZnO composites as an efficient candidate towards photocatalytic degradation of indigo carmine dye. Journal of Materials Science 56 (2021): 8511-8527.

12 2020 Ama Onoyivwe Monday, Khotso Khoele, William Wilson Anku, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Peter Ogbemudia Osifo, and David Jacobus Delport. Synthesis and Application of MnO2/Exfoliated Graphite Electrodes for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Degradation of Methylene Blue and Congo Red Dyes in Water. Electrocatalysis.11 (2020): 413-421.

13 2020 William Wilson Anku, Eric Selorm Agorku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, and Anthony Yaw Karikari. “MWCNTs attached neodymium doped-ZnO photocatalysts for efficient removal of dyes from wastewater. SN Applied Sciences. 5 (2020): 1-13.

14 2020 Karikari Anthony Yaw, Asmah Ruby, William Wilson Anku, Amisah Steve, Agbo Nelson Wheatson, Telfer C Trevor, Ross, Glenn Lindsay. Heavy Metal Concentrations and Sediment Quality of a Cage Farm on Lake Volta, Ghana. Aquaculture Research. 5 (2020): 2041-2051.

15 2020 Manyedi, Sechaba, William Wilson Anku, Ephraim M. Kiarii, and Penny Govender. Thermoelectric, Electronic, and Optical Response of Nanostructured Aldoped ZnO@ 2DTiC Composite. ChemistrySelect 5 (2020): 13144-13154.

16 2020 Renu Kumari, Adeniyi Olugbenga Osikoya Adeniyi Olugbenga Osikoya, Francis Opoku, William Wilson Anku, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, and Penny Poomani Govender. Composite 2D Nanointerfaces for Electrochemical Biosensing: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. ACS Applied Biomaterials.  12 (2020): 8676-8687.

17 2019 Onoyivwe Monday Ama, William Wilson Anku, Suprakas Sinha Ray. Photoelectrochemical degradation of methylene blue dye under visible light irradiation using EG/Ag-ZrO2 nanocomposite electrodes. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 14 (2019) 9982-10001.

18 2019 Onoyivwe Monday Ama, Khotso Khoele, William Wilson Anku, Suprakas Sinha Ray. Photoelectrochemical Degradation of 4-Nitrophenol using CuOZnO/exfoliated graphite Nanocomposite Electrode. International Journal of Electrochemical Science. 14 (2019) 2893 2905.

19 2019 Ndaba, Nokuthula, Marthe Carine Fotsing, William Wilson Anku, and Penny Poomani Govender. In vitro and in silico studies of the antifungal properties of the bulb and leaves extracts of Drimia delagoensis Baker (Jessop). Advances in Traditional Medicine, (2019): 1-7.

20 2019 Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Francis Opoku, William Wilson Anku, Ephraim
Muriithi Kiarii, Penny Poomani Govender. Experimental and Computational Design of Highly Active CZrO2GO Photocatalyst for Eosin Yellow Dye Degradation: The Role of Interface and Ce3+ Ion. Catalysis Letters. (2019) 1-18.

21 2019 Renu Kumari, Adeniyi Olugbenga Osikoya, Francis Opoku, William Wilson Anku, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, Penny Govender. Hierarchically assembled Two-dimensional Gold-Boron Nitride-Tungsten Disulphide nanohybrid interface system for electrobiocatalytic applications. Materials chemistry and physics, 226 (2019) 129-140.

22 2019 Madima Ntakadzeni, William Wilson Anku, Penny Poomani Govender, Leelakrishna Reddy. Mo3S4 nanorod: An effective photocatalyst for the degradation of organic dyes in aqueous solution. Recent innovations in chemical engineering, 12 (2019) 61-9.

23 2019 Madima Ntakadzeni, William Wilson Anku, Neeraj Kumar, Penny Poomani Govender, Leelakrishna Reddy. Pegylated MoS2 nanosheets: A dual functional photocatalyst for photodegradation of organic dyes and photoreduction of chromium from aqueous solution. Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, 14 (2019) 142-152.

24 2018 Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, William Wilson Anku, Francis Opoku, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, Eric Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomani Govender. Photodegradation of Eosin Yellow Dye in Water under Simulated Solar Light Irradiation using La-Doped-ZnO Nanostructure Decorated on Graphene Oxide as an Advanced Photocatalyst. ChemistrySelect 3 (2018) 1180-1188.

25 2018 William Wilson Anku, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, Penny Poomani Govender. Graft gum ghatti caped Cu2O nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of naphthol blue black dye. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic polymers and Materials (2018) 1540-1551.

26 2018 Chijioke Nduka Peter, William Wilson Anku, R. Sharma, G. M. Joshi, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, Penny Poomani Govender. N-doped ZnO/graphene oxide: a photo-stable photocatalyst for improved mineralization and photodegradation of organics dye under visible light. IONICS (2018) 327-339.

27 2018 Chijioke Nduka Peter, William Wilson Anku, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, Penny Poomani Govender. Theoretical studies of the Interfacial charge transfer and the effect of vdW correction on the interaction energy of non-metal doped ZnO and graphene oxide interface. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 137 (2018) 75-84.

28 2018 Renu Kumari, Adeniyi Olugbenga Osikoya, William Wilson Anku, Sudheesh Kumar Shukla, Penny Poomani Govender. Hierarchically assembled two-dimensional hybrid nanointerfaces: A platform for bioelectronic applications. Electroanalysis 30 (2018) 2339-2348.

29 2017 Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, William Wilson Anku, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, Eric Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomani Govender. Cobalt doped ZrO2 decorated multiwalled carbon nanotube: A promising nanocatalyst for photodegradation of indigo carmine and eosin Y dyes. Progress in Natural Science: Materials International 26 (2017) 354-361.

30 2017 Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, William Wilson Anku, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, and Penny Poomani Govender. Synthesis and characterisation of neodymium doped-zinc oxide graphene oxide nanocomposite as a highly efficient photocatalyst for enhanced degradation of indigo carmine in water under simulated solar light. Research on Chemical Intermediates 43 (2017) 481-501.

31 2016 William Wilson Anku, Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudesh Kumar Shukla and Penny Poomani Govender.Comparative photocatalytic degradation of monoazo and diazo dyes under simulated visible light using Fe3+/C/S doped-TiO2 nanoparticles. Acta Chimica Slovenica 63 (2016) 380-391.

32 2016 William Wilson Anku, Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudesh Kumar Shukla and Penny Poomani Govender. Chitosan sodium alginate encapsulated Co-doped ZrO2MWCNTs nanocomposites for photocatalytic decolorization of organic dyes. Research on Chemical Intermediates 42 (2016) 72317245.

33 2016 William Wilson Anku, Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudesh Kumar Shukla and Penny Poomani Govender. Palladium-dopedZrO2multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite: an advanced photocatalyst for water treatment. Applied Physics A 122 (2016) 579-587.

34 2016 William Wilson Anku, Osei-Bonsu Oppong, S K Shukla and P P Govender. Influence of ZnO concentration on the optical and photocatalytic properties of Ni-doped ZnS/ZnO nanocomposite. Bulletin of Materials Science 39 (2016) 1745-1752.

35 2016 Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, William Wilson Anku, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, Eric Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomani Govender. Photocatalytic degradation of indigo carmine using Nd-doped TiO2-decorated graphene oxide nanocomposites. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 80 (2016) 3849.

36 2016 Mehdi. Mzoughi, William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, Eric Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomani Govender. Neodymium Doped ZrO2-graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: A Promising Photocatalyst for Photodegradation of Eosin Y Dye. Advanced Materials Letters 7 (2016) 946-950.

37 2016 Osei-Bonsu Oppong, William Wilson Anku, Sudesh Kumar Shukla, Eric Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomani Govender. Lanthanum doped-TiO2 decorated on graphene oxide nanocomposite: A photocatalyst for enhanced degradation of Acid Blue 40 under simulated solar light. Advance Materials Letters 8 (2016) 432-438.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1.Session Co-chairs: William Wilson Anku and Saada Mohammed. Session Title: Innovative sample preparation and detection techniques for legacy and emerging pollutants in different environmental matrices. Virtual SETAC Africa 10th Biennial Conference held from 20-22 September 2021.

2.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudhesh. Kumar. Shukla, Eric.Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomany Govender. Hetero-elements doped TiO2 for comparative photocatalytic degradation of monoazo and diazo dyes. SPEA9- 9th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Held in Strasbourg, France from 13th to 17th June 2016.

3.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudhesh. Kumar. Shukla, Eric.Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomany Govende. Cobalt-doped ZrO2 decorated multiwalled carbon nanotube: A promising nanocatalyst for photodegradation of indigo carmine dye. 4th YWP-ZA Biennial Conference and 1st Africawide YWP Conference. Held at the CSIR-Pretoria, South Africa from 16th to 18th November 2015. (Won second best presenter award).

4.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudhesh. Kumar. Shukla, Eric.Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomany Govende. Palladium doped-ZrO2-multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite as an advanced photocatalyst for water treatment. 5th UJ Cross Faculty Symposium. Held at UJ-Bunting Road Campus on 13th October 2015. (Won best presenter award).

5.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudhesh. Kumar. Shukla, Eric.Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomany Govende. Cobalt-doped ZrO2 decorated multiwalled carbon nanotube: A promising nanocatalyst for photodegradation of indigo carmine dye. UJ Harvest festival. Held on 17 September 2015 in Perskor Building, DFC.

6.William Wilson Anku, Samuel Osei-Bonsu Oppong, Sudhesh. Kumar. Shukla, Eric.Selorm Agorku and Penny Poomany Govende. Palladium doped-ZrO2-multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite as an advanced photocatalyst for water treatment. 3rd conference on Emerging Frontiers for Sustainable Water. Held at the Protea Hotel Wanderers, in Johannesburg, South Africa from 3-5 August 2015.

Dec. 2020 – Date: Junior Assistant Registrar – University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya

Feb. 2018 – Date: Administrator – Emerald Community School, New Ashongman-Bohye, Accra

Jul. 2016 – Jan. 2018: Book Development Manager – Masterman Publications, Odorkor-Accra

Nov. 2014 – Feb. 2016: Administrative Secretary – University of Eatern Africa, Baraton-Kenya

Dec. 2009 – Oct. 2014: Principal Administrative Officer – SDA College of Education, Asokore-Koforidua

Aug – Nov. 2009: Lab Assistant (Computer Science Dept.) – Valley View University, Oyibi [Work Study Programme]

Jun. – Sept. 2009: Loans Officer – Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd. – Madina-Accra [Internship]

Jan. – Mar. 2009: Office Assistant (Development Studies Dept.) – Valley View University, Oyibi [Work Study Programme]

Jun. 2007 – Jan. 2009: Personal Assistant to Librarian – Valley View University, Oyibi [Work Study Programme]

Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2007: Administrative Assistant – Metro TV Ltd. – Cantonments-Accra

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018: Children’s Class Teacher – All Nations SDA Church, Adenta

Jan – Nov 2015: Children’s Class Teacher – University of Eastern Africa English Church, Baraton-Kenya

Jan – Dec 2015: Secretary (Children’s Ministries Dept.) – University of Eastern Africa English Church, Kenya

Mar – Apr 2015: Children’s Class Teacher – Chiang SDA Church, Thailand

2011 – 2014: Ag. Council Secretary – SDA College of Education, Asokore-Koforidua

2011 – 2014: Non-teaching Welfare Chair – SDA College of Education, Asokore-Koforidua

2008 – 2009: Secretary, Ministry Oriented Students – Valley View University, Oyibi

2003 – 2007: District Welfare Secretary – Accra Central, West and East of SDA Church

2003 – 2007: Local Church Secretary – SDA Church, Korle-Gonno

2004 – 2006: District Youth Secretary – SDA Church

2015: Dedicated Service Award – SDA College of Education, Asokore-Koforidua

2010: Certificate of Recognition – Walton Whaley Library, Valley View University, Oyibi