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Brief Biography (English)
Maxwell Barson (PhD) worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer, and associate professor of parasitology at the University of Zimbabwe for 15 years. He has recently joined the University of Botswana. His research spans systematics, ecology, and pathology of helminth parasites of African freshwater fishes. Prof Barson is an alumnus of the US Fulbright Research Scholar fellowship and a recipient of the African Union-TWAS Young Scientist of the Year award. Prof Barson served for three years as a member of the OIE’s Aquatic Animal Health Standards Committee and also consults for the FAO, OIE, and the AU-IBAR on aquatic animal health issues in Africa. To date, he has authored more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed publications.
