{"id":25,"date":"2014-06-29T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.chemistry.ohio-state.edu\/badu-tawiah\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:59:06","slug":"abraham-badu-tawiah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/people\/abraham-badu-tawiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Badu-Tawiah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abraham Kwame Badu-Tawiah<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Education<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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  • B.Sc.\/M.Sc. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana 2005<\/li>\n
  • M.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA, USA 2007 (advisor: John Ford)<\/li>\n
  • Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA 2012 (advisor: R. Graham Cooks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Professional Experience<\/strong><\/h6>\n
      \n
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA 2012 – 2014 (advisor: George M. Whitesides)<\/li>\n
    • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA 2014 – present<\/li>\n
    • Member, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Honors\/Awards<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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      • 2021 Ohio State Early Career Innovator of the Year<\/li>\n
      • 2020 Sloan Fellowship Award<\/li>\n
      • 2019 NIH MIRA for New Investigators Award<\/li>\n
      • Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry 2017<\/li>\n
      • Research Award, American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2017<\/li>\n
      • Early Career Award, Department of Energy 2016<\/li>\n
      • Lilly Innovative Fellowship Award, Purdue University 2012<\/li>\n
      • Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University 2011<\/li>\n
      • Andrews Fellowship, Purdue University 2007 – 2009<\/li>\n
      • Academic Achievement Award, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Patents<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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        • Badu-Tawiah, A.K., Lathwal, S., Al-Sayah, M., Christodouleas, D., Sikes, H., Whitesides, M.G. Time-independent Paper-based Disease Diagnosis using Polymerization-based Amplification. 2013<\/li>\n
        • Badu-Tawiah, A.K., Thou M.M., Whitesides, M.G.\u00a0Sacrificial Cellulose Materials in Water Purification. \u00a02013<\/li>\n
        • Jjunju, P.M.F., Li, A.,\u00a0Badu-Tawiah, A.K., Wei, P., Roqan, I.S., Cooks, R.G.\u00a0In-situ Analysis of Corrosion Inhibitors Using Portable Mass Spectrometer Coupled with Paper Spray Ionization. 2013<\/li>\n
        • Badu-Tawiah, A.K and Kulyk, D. \u201c<\/strong>Method and Apparatus for Contained-electrospray for Use in Mass Spectrometry and Droplet Reactions: <\/strong>2015, <\/strong>provisional patent filed<\/li>\n
        • Badu-Tawiah, A.K; Chen, S.; Wan, Q.\u00a0 \u201cDevelopment of Novel Ionic Probes for Direct Analysis Large-Molecular-Weight Analytes from Biofluids and Tissues using Ambient Mass spectrometry\u201d 2015, provisional patent filed<\/li>\n
        • Badu-Tawiah, A.K., Davis, K.M., and Damon, D.E. \u201cDevelopment of hydrophobic paper spray ionization for direct mass spectrometric analysis of bio-fluid samples\u201d 2015, provisional patent filed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \u00a0Department of\u00a0Chemistry and Biochemistry Committees and Activities<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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          • Member, Advisory Committee for Graduate Students 2014<\/li>\n
          • Undergraduate Research and High School Outreach Programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            Professional Memberships<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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            • American Chemical Society<\/li>\n
            • American Society for Mass Spectrometry<\/li>\n
            • National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              Contact Information<\/strong><\/h6>\n
              100 W. 18th Avenue<\/h6>\n
              Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/h6>\n
              The Ohio State University<\/h6>\n
              Columbus, OH 43210 USA<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Abraham Kwame Badu-Tawiah \u00a0Education B.Sc.\/M.Sc. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana 2005 M.S. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana PA, USA 2007 (advisor: John Ford) Ph.D. Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA 2012 (advisor: R. Graham Cooks) Professional Experience Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA 2012 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/1450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cbc.osu.edu\/badu-tawiah.1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}