Theophilus Clavell Davies
University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Biography
Theophilus Clavell Davies is a Chartered Geologist who currently holds the position of Visiting Professor of Medical Geology at the University of Nigeria at Nsukka. His 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 ethical standards in African geoscience practice. His work includes field and laboratory studies, and has led to a wide range of publications (over 200), including editorship of five special issues of high impact journals. Before joining the Department at Nsukka, he was a Research Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the 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 NMGS 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 (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).
Abstract
Abstract : Urban geochemistry of African megacities