Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor

DR. MARLENE COX is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (ag) of the University of Guyana.

Education

PhD: 1990, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia. The title of the thesis was: Chemical, Biochemical and Immunological Studies of Selected Species of the Australia Formicidae.
MSc: 1984, University of Guyana, Guyana. The title of the thesis was: The Chemical Study of Some Strychnos Species of Guyana.
BSc: 1976, University of Guyana, Guyana. Double major in Biology and Chemistry.
GCE London ‘A’ Level Chemistry, Physics and Pure & Applied Mathematics, 1972, St. Roses High School, Guyana.
GCE London ‘O’ Level Additional Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, English Language, English Literature, French, Latin, Modern Mathematics, Physics and Religious Doctrine, 1970, St. Roses High School, Guyana.

Positions Held

Adminisrative

Director, Office of Resource Mobilisation & Planning, University of Guyana, 17 September 2003 to present.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Guyana. 1 September 2000 to 31 August 2003.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (ag), University of Guyana, 1 November 1999 to 31 July 2000.
Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Guyana, 1 September 1995 to 31 August 1998.
Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana, 1 September 1990 to 31 August 1995.

Academic

Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana, 1 September 1993 to 31 October 1999.
Lecturer II in Organic Chemistry, Natural Products and Molecular Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana, 25 July 1990 to 31 August 1993.
Lecturer I in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Guyana, January 1984 to July 1990.

Fellowships / Awards

Honorary Visiting Senior Research Fellowship, University of Bradford, UK, through a Commonwealth Fellowship from the Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1 October 1998 – 30 September 1999.
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau Scholarships from the Australian International Development Bureau to pursue a fellowship and then PhD studies at the University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, March 1986 – June 1990.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Scholarship at the University of Guyana, September 1974 to July 1976.
The University of Guyana Open Entrance Award, 1972.