Theophilus Clavell DaviesProf. Davies' teaching and research activities encompass three main themes: combating environmental health impacts of mining in Africa; isolating and obviating the effects of climate change on human health in African megacities; and improvement of etical standards in African geoscience practice. He is the founder of Medical Geology in Africa, the new and exciting discipline that has, within a relatively short time, contributed successfully towards improvement of diagnoses and therapy of many of the environmental diseases that have been plaguing the African people. His work includes both field and laboratory studies and has led to a wide range of publications (over 200), including editorship of six special issues of high impact journals. Before joining the Department at Nsukka, he was a Research Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Mangosuthu University of Technology in South Africa. He is the recipient of several distinguished fellowships and research awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship of Germany and the 2014 Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society's Shell Petroleum Award. He holds (or has held) executive positions in a number of international geoscientific steering committees such as: Member of the Governing Council and Board of Trustees of the Geological Society of London, U.K. (1996 - 2000); Member of the Scientific Board of the UNESCO International Centre for Global-Scale Geochemistry (2016 - 2021); Regional Councillor for Africa of the Association of Applied Geochemists (2006 - Present); and Councillor for Geoscience of the International Medical Geology Association (2011 - 2015). Read More Read Less