Dr. Amoah's research focuses on the intersection of environmental microbiology, infectious disease surveillance, and global public health. He is particularly interested in wastewater-based epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, environmental pathogen detection, and quantitative microbial risk assessment. His work seeks to translate environmental surveillance data into early-warning systems and practical interventions for protecting population health. His teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include global health, microbiology, cell signaling and disease and environmental health.

Amoah has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and the book Empowering Postgraduate Success: Navigating the Masters and PhD Journey. His research has been published in journals including Environment International, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials, BMC Public Health, and Heliyon. He is a recipient of the International Water Association’s Willie Grabow Young Investigator Award. His work has contributed to wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 and tuberculosis in South Africa, as well as a tuberculosis wastewater-surveillance initiative implemented by the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Vietnam.

Before joining Duke Kunshan University, he was a Global Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona’s Yangling microcampus in China and held research and teaching appointments at the Durban University of Technology in South Africa. He received a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences and an M.Phil. in Parasitology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and a Ph.D. in Health Sciences, specializing in Environmental Health, from the Durban University of Technology, South Africa.