Basil Mahfouz

Basil Mahfouz is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Growth Lab, where he conducts interdisciplinary research on the relationship between scientific research, technological growth and economic complexity. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at University College London (UCL), in collaboration with Elsevier’s International Centre for the Study of Research (ICSR), utilizing cutting-edge computational tools and methods to develop a new framework for measuring the societal impact of scientific research.

Basil earned his Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master of Science in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Prior to starting a PhD, he co-founded SynSapien, a collective intelligence platform for crowdsourcing environmental innovation, and worked as a strategic communications consultant for research organizations in the Middle East.