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Staff Directory
Elizabeth
E.
Lyons
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| Email:
elyons@nsf.gov
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| Phone:
(703) 292-7256
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| Fax:
(703) 292-9067
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| Room:
940 S
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| Organization:
OISE
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| Title:
Regional Coordinator
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Program Responsibilities:
Partnerships for International Research and Education
Biography:
Elizabeth Lyons is Program Coordinator for the Africa, Near East and South Asia region in the Office of International Science and Engineering. She has served in various capacities at the National Science Foundation during eight of the last nine years. From 1996-1998 and from 1999-2002 she served as a Program Director in the Division of Environmental Biology. From 2002 to 2003 she served as Program Manager for SubSaharan Africa within the Office of International Science and Engineering.
Lyons’ international experience includes a summer of research in Costa Rica during her doctoral studies, and the 1998-1999 year spent in Kenya where she organized a regional meeting on invasive species and conducted biological field research on the interaction of ants, acacia trees, and elephants on the African savanna.
Lyons received an A.B. in
Sociology from Harvard University, an M.F.S. from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a Ph. D. in Botany and Genetics from Duke University. Following completion of her Ph.D., Lyons held faculty positions at Northwestern University and Amherst College.
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