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Cyrus Macfoy
Dr. Cyrus MacFoy is a Sierra Leonean-American professor, researcher, and consultant, with more than thirty five years as a science educator in Sierra Leone, the UK, and the United States, including...view moreDr. Cyrus MacFoy is a Sierra Leonean-American professor, researcher, and consultant, with more than thirty five years as a science educator in Sierra Leone, the UK, and the United States, including Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; University of London, Westminster University, Richmond College (UK); University of Maryland University College, Montgomery College, American University, Trinity University, and Johns Hopkins University (United States).
He was a researcher at the International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya; the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/NASA in Maryland; the University of Georgia; Fourah Bay College; and the University of London, with a number of publications in international journals, books, book chapters, and consultancy reports.
He has served as a consultant to various African and European countries for the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the World Bank.
Professor MacFoy is a graduate of Royal Holloway College, University of London, with a BS (Hons) degree in biochemistry, and of the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, with a Masters and a Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) in environmental science and a PhD in ecological biochemistry. He is a member of the Institute of biology (MIBiol.); a chartered biologist (C.Biol.) and a Fellow of the Society of Biology (FSB).
He has attended a number of conferences, seminars, and workshops in Africa, Europe, and the United States and was visiting professor and speaker at the University of Nairobi; Howard University; USDA; University of Georgia; University of Alabama A&M; Columbia University; the Institute of Ecosystem Studies (NY); and George Washington University. Professor MacFoy has received a number of awards and honors, including a Senior Fulbright Award; a UNIAEA award; and a Commonwealth Award, and he participated in a number of community activities in Sierra Leone, the UK, and the United States.view less