Dr. Marcelino Avila Elected as Galen University’s New Chairman

Dr. Marcelino Avila was elected on Friday by Galen’s Board of Trustees as the university’s new Chairman.  Dr Avila is a respected international scientist, with over 20 years of experience, as member of interdisciplinary teams, researching on developing improved small farm crop and livestock systems in Central America, farming systems/on-farm research and agroforestry system development in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Asia (mainly India). In education Dr Avila started teaching at St Johns College and Sixth Form, then after his PhD, served as professor at graduate and post-graduate levels at CATIE based in Costa Rica, Cornell University in the USA, Universities of Yucatan and Chapingo, both in Mexico. Dr Avila joined Galen’s Board of Trustees in February 2022.