Sosten S. CHIOTHA

Biography

Sosten S. CHIOTHA of Malawi is a regional program director for LEAD Southern Africa since 1996. Prior to this position he was the research coordinator for the University of Malawi beginning in 1991.

S.S. Chiotha actively participated in the process of drafting Malawi's National Environmental Action Plan and other environment-related activities. On the international scene, he has contributed to publications on Research for the Association of African Universities and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. S.S. Chiotha took charge of the Malawi component of IRALAS Project (Innovative Rural Action Learning Areas) aimed at identifying initiatives by rural smallholder farmers on sustainable natural resource utilization. He has served as a member of the African Crop Science Society Governing Council and the International Network for Genetics for Aquaculture (INGA). S.S. Chiotha has been a guest researcher to the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

He received a bachelor of education from the University of Malawi, a Master of Science in Medical Parasitology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK and a Ph.D. in environmental science from the University of Maryland at College Park in the USA. After two years as a schoolteacher, S. Chiotha joined the Biology Department of the University of Malawi where he lectured for many years.

This biography was last updated on November 9, 2006