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Dr. Masha Ahoba Buah

mabuah@umat.edu.gh

Position

Department

Mathematical Sciences

Research Interest

Derivative and Alternative Investments Asset Pricing Risk Modelling and Hedging




Autobiography

Masha Ahoba Buah is a lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Mines and Technology,(UMaT), Tarkwa Ghana. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Ghana-Legon and a Master of Science in Mathematics (Financial Engineering) from UMaT and Doctor of Phillosophy(Mathematics) from UMaT. She is a member of the Intermational Biomertric Society and a member of the Association of Women in Mathematics. Her research work focuses on Financial Risk Mitiagion in the Energy and Capital Markets. She served as the Regional Trainer in the 2021 Population and Housing Census and a Field Officer in the 2018 Census of Agriculture which was organised by the Ghana Statistical Service where she was activley involved in the training of enumerators on data collection procedures. Her research interests include Derrivative and Alternative Investments, Assets Pricing, Risk Modelling and Hedging.

Academic Degrees

2023
PhD Mathematics
University of Mines and Technology
2016
MSc Mathematics ( Financial Engineering)
University of Mines and Technology-UMaT
2010
BSc Statistics and Computer Science
University of Ghana-Legon

Institutions Attended

2018--2023
University of Mines and Technology
2014--2016
University of Mines and Technolgy
2006--2010
University of Ghana, Legon
2003--2006
Wesley Girls High School, Cape Coast

Professional Bodies

2022--Date
Member- Women in Mathematics
2020--Date
Member - International Biometric Society
2019--Date
Member- Ladies in Mining and Allied Profession

Awards

2023
International Biometric Society (IBS) Travel Award Grant to attend the 64th World Statistics Congress
2021
The Network of French Embassies in Africa sponsorship to Present at the 2021 Young Scientific Talent Program at Universcience-Paris
2019
The University of Zululand, South Africa sponsorship to attend the Workshop on Mathematical Optimization organised by the University of Zuluand
2018
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) scholarship to pursue PhD in Mathematics at the University of Mines and Technology

Academic Rank

2021--Date
Lecturer
2018--2021
Assistant Lecturer

Journal Publications

  1. Buah, M., A., Temeng,V.A,, Addo, S.K.A. and Ziggah, Y.Y. (2022), "Application of Extreme Value Theorem in modelling oil consumption of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries", International Journal of Bussiness Forecasting and Marketing Intelligence, 7 3, 259-276
  2. Buah, M., A., Brew, L. and Asante, E. (2020) (2020), ""Trend Analysis of Crude Oil Prices in Ghana"", International Journal of Applied Science and Mathematics , 7 5, 129-135
  3. Buah, M.A., Zigli, D.,D.and Anan, W.,R., (2020), ""Time Series Analysis of Monthly Birth Rate in Ghana"", International Journal of Applied Science and Mathematics , 7 5, 119-128
  4. Kumi,W., Buah, M.A, Iddrisu A.,K., and Yawa O., (2020), "" Factors that Determine the Willingness to pay for Private Health Policy in the Sunyani Municipality, BonoRegion of Ghana." ", Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 5 1, 1018
  5. Kumi,W., Buah, M.A, Iddrisu A.,K., and Yawa O., (2020), "" Factors that Determine the Willingness to pay for Private Health Policy in the Sunyani Municipality, BonoRegion of Ghana." ", Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 5 1, 1018
  6. Buah, M.A., Bukari, A., S and Boahma, M. (2020) (2020), ""On Desktop Application for Selected Ordinary Differential Equations and Optimisation"", International Journal for Mathematics and Statistics Inventions, 8 9, 20-34

Community Service

2023--Date
Training Officer, Department of Mathematical Sciences
2022--
Chairperson,2022 International Day of Mathematics Organizing Commitee
2020--Date
Member Audit Committee Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG)-UMaT
2020--
Vice-Chairperson Welfare Committee Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG)-UMaT
2020--
Member Committee on Postgraduate Diploma Programmes in Mathematical Sciences
2020--
Member Committee to Sensitize Enrollment of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students in the Mathematical Sciences Department
2019--
Academic Tutor Department of Mathematical Sciences UMaT
2018--
Hall Fellow Chamber of Mines Hall University of Mines and Technology

Subjects Taught

The courses I have taught since my appointment as a lecturer are Ordinary Differential Equations,Basic Linear Algebra, Calculus,Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Design and Analysis of Experiment and Calculus of Several Variables.
The courses I have taught since my appointment as a lecturer are Ordinary Differential Equations,Basic Linear Algebra, Calculus,Discrete Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, Design and Analysis of Experiment and Calculus of Several Variables.

Other Professional Experience

2021--
Regional Trainer, 2021 Population and Housing Census
2021--
Supervisor, 2021 Population and Housing Census
2018--
Field Officer, Ghana Census of Agriculture
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