Dr Maggie Munthali is a young Scientist and has been working for the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Management in Malawi, as Principal Forestry Officer, since 2016. She has vast experience in forest management, agroforestry and integrated soil fertility management (ISFM). Prior to this, Dr Munthali worked with the Ministry of Education and RAIPLY as Secondary School Teacher and Sawmill Production Supervisor respectively.
She holds MSc in Sustainable Soil Resource Management obtained from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and BSc in Forestry from Mzuzu University, Malawi. Dr Munthali is a Member of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) which is a scientific and professional society of agronomists and scientists of related disciplines.
She is also an African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellow. AWARD is a career-development program that equips top women agricultural scientists across sub-Saharan Africa to accelerate agricultural gains by strengthening their research and leadership skills, through tailored fellowships.
In June 2014, she graduated as a LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development) Fellow, Cohort 19. The LEAD fellowship program is a world-class training program that gives emerging leaders the skills, knowledge and network of contacts to bring about transformational change for a sustainable future.
As an Assistant Regional Forestry Officer, Dr Munthali is responsible for managing, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating and implementing all the activities related to forestry in the Central Region of Malawi. She is pursuing her PhD in Geography at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
