Prof. Kingsley Kwabena Ayisi is the Director of the Risk and Vulnerability Science Centre at the University of Limpopo. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agronomy and Crop Science at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1994. Prof. Ayisi is engaged in Global Change research which includes climate change's impact on food security, water security, biodiversity and community resilience. His specific research areas are in agronomy, soil science, ecosystem modeling and socio-economics.