Boniface Fosu

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences 

Plants, Soils and Climate

Boniface is a PhD candidate in climate science under the advisement of Dr. Simon Wang. He was born and raised in Ghana, where he also obtained a bachelor’s degree in meteorology and climate science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Early in his childhood, his love of nature and curiosity about changing weather patterns were the seeds he nurtured that made him aspire to become an atmospheric scientist. Boniface first came to Utah State University in the fall of 2012 to pursue a Master of Science degree in climate science, and received his diploma prior to commencing his doctoral studies. His research borders on several key aspects of climate change and how they relate to changes in the frequency and severity of extreme weather phenomena. Some of his recent studies involve the dynamics of the 2014/15 Washington state snowpack drought, attribution of the deadly October 2014 Himalayan avalanche, and the mechanisms of greenhouse gas-induced pollution in the Indo Gangetic Plains. Currently, Boniface is investigating the unperceived synoptic and meteorological drivers that gave way to the atypical December 2015 Missouri flooding toward improving extreme weather predictions. Among other things, Boniface loves to paint whiles listening to the orchestra in his recreational time.