Boards and Committees
Juma was member of the Kenyan President's National Economic and Social Council. He has served or serves on the boards and committees of numerous organizations including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Engineering, the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies in Maastricht (The Netherlands), the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, the EARTH University in Costa Rica, the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College, the Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency and the Public Library of Science in San Francisco. He is also a member of the editorial boards of several leading peer-reviewed journals on science, technology and innovation. He has held numerous honorary positions including the Chancellorship of the University of Guyana.
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