From 1986 to present Dr. MacLeod has given hundreds of technical presentations, keynote presentations, research lectures, university course guest lectures and organized field trips at scientific conferences, universities, commercial organizations, literary festivals, and public communication of science fora worldwide. He has taught and/or served on the advisory committees of over 60 MSc and PhD students in addition post-doctoral seven post-doctoral researchers.
At Nanjing University Dr. MacLeod teaches classes in extinctions, paleobiology, data analysis in the earth sciences, and entrepreneurship (see his courses web site).