Kwabena Owusu is a mathematical modeller by training and a postdoctoral scholar on the RISE project, working with Dawn Parker in the School of Planning. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, he completed a postdoctoral position at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS-Senegal) - a Pan-African center of excellence for post-graduate training, research, and public engagement in mathematics.
Kwabena's involvement in the RISE project focuses on the impacts of residential land developments on climate change mitigation with special attention to terrestrial-aquatic interaction effects. His research activity in this position includes ensuring best practices for integrating, verifying, and validating integrated project models.
Kwabena is fascinated with modeling and the analysis of complex ecological and socio-economic systems using different quantitative methods, ranging from numerical to statistical models in light of empirical or experimental data, with particular applications on sustainability, human behavior, and climate change.