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Dr. Craig Yencho
Professor and Program Leader
Department of Horticultural Science, NC State
Principal Investigator, Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding
craig_yencho@ncsu.edu
Dr. Yencho Homepage
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Koch | Administrative Staff | Program Coordinator | |
| Craig Yencho | Senior Staff | Lead PI, Professor | craig_yencho@ncsu.edu |
| Zhao-Bang Zeng | Senior Staff | Professor | zeng@Statgen.ncsu.edu |
| Fred Wright | Senior Staff | Professor | fred_wright@ncsu.edu |
| Lina Quesada | Senior Staff | Assistant Professor | lmquesad@ncsu.edu |
| Sharon Williamson | Technical Staff | Lab Manager | sharon@ncsu.edu |
| Hannah Huntley | Technical Staff | Research Technician | hdhuntle@ncsu.edu |
| Guilherme da Silva Pereira | Technical Staff | Bioinformatics Research Center | gdasilv@ncsu.edu |
| Marcelo Mollinari | Technical Staff | Bioinformatics Research Center | mmollin@ncsu.edu |
| Bonny Oloka | PhD Student | Horticultural Science | boloka@ncsu.edu |
| Victor Amankwaah | PhD Student | Plant Breeding and Bioinformatics | vamankw@ncsu.edu |
| Wenjing Lu | PhD Student | Statistics and Bioinformatics | wlu8@ncsu.edu |
| Xiaofei Zhang | xiaofei_zhang@ncsu.edu | ||
| Jeremy Machacek | jlmachac@ncsu.edu | ||
| Ken Pecota | ken_pecota@ncsu.edu | ||
| David Baltzegar | dabaltze@ncsu.edu |
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Buell | Senior Staff | Lead PI, Professor | buell@msu.edu |
| John Johnston | Administrative Staff | Systems Administrator | johnj@msu.edu |
| Krystle Wiegert Rininger | Technical Staff | Research Assistant | wiegertk@msu.edu |
| John Hamilton | Bioinformatics Staff | Research Bioinformatic | jham@msu.edu |
| Grant Godden | Postdoctoral Scholar | Postdoctoral Research Associate | goddengr@msu.edu |
| Jeongwoon Kim | Postdoctoral Scholar | Postdoctoral Research Associate | kimjeo22@msu.edu |
| Paul Rosemurgy | Postdoctoral Scholar | Undergraduate Lab Assistant | |
| Kin Lau | Postdoctoral scholar | laukin3@msu.edu | |
| Manrique Carpintero,Norma | manriqu7@msu.edu |
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan Coin | Senior Staff | Lead PI | l.coin@imb.uq.edu.au |
| Derek Benson | Bioinformatics Staff | Bioinformatics Specialist | d.benson@imb.uq.edu.au |
| Chenxi Zhou | PhD Student | PhD Student | c.zhou@imb.uq.edu.au |
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benard Yada | Senior Staff | Sweetpotato Breeder, Lead PI | yadabenard21@gmail.com |
| Gorrettie Ssemakula | Senior Staff | Sweetpotato Breeder | nankigag@yahoo.com |
| Milton Otema Anyanga | Senior Staff | Entomologist | moanyanga@yahoo.com |
| Doreen Murenju Chelangat | Research Assistant | Plant Breeding | dmurenju@gmail.com |
| Joanne Adero | Research Assistant | Molecular Biology/Virologist | jnn_adero@yahoo.co.uk |
| Regina Aboyo | Research Technician | Plant Breeding | |
| Jennifer Asiimwe | Research Technician | Molecular Biology/Virologist | |
| Paul Musana | Entomology | ||
| Roy Odama | Plant Breeding | ||
| Malson Natuhwera | Plant Breeding-Nutrient Profiling |
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Mueller | Senior Staff | Lead PI , Associate Professor | lam87@cornell.edu |
| Zhangjun Fei | Senior Staff | Lead PI, Associate Professor | zf25@cornell.edu |
| Bryan Ellerbrock | Technical Staff | bje24@cornell.edu | |
| Nicolas Morales | Technical Staff | Web Programmer | nm529@cornell.edu |
| Lei Gao | Genome assembly and pan-genome analysis | ||
| Naama Menda | Postdoctoral | Database development | nm249@cornell.edu |
| Ryland Bednarek | Graduate student, transcriptome of sweetpotato and virus interaction | ||
| Shan Wu | Postdoctoral |
| International Potato Center – Lima | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Title | Role | |
| Wolfgang Gruneberg | Senior Scientist | Sweetpotato Breeder | w.gruneberg@cgiar.org |
| Jan Kreuze | Senior Scientist | Virologist | j.kreuze@cgiar.org |
| Mariam David | Research Assistant | Molecular Breeding | M.David@cgiar.org |
| Federico Diaz | Research Associate | Sweetpotato Breeder | f.diaz@cgiar.org |
| Raul Eyzaguirre | Research Associate | Statistics | R.Eyzaguirre@cgiar.org |
| Veronica Mosquera | Research Assistant | Molecular Breeding | v.mosquera@cgiar.org |
| International Potato Center – Ghana | |||
| Edward (Ted) Carey | Senior Scientist | Sweetpotato Breeder Geneticist | e.carey@cgiar.org |
| John Saaka | Technical Staff | BS sweetpotato technician | J.saaka@cgiar.org |
| Razak Assimah | Technical Staff | BS sweetpotato technician | A.Razak@cgiar.org |
| Thomas Tuffour | Technical Staff | BS Food scientist | T.tuffour@cgiar.org |
| Reuben Tendo Ssali | Post-Doc | Sweetpotato Breeder and Geneticist | R.Ssali@cgiar.org |
| Simon Imoro | Research associate | Data manager | S.imoro@cgiar.org |
| Isaac Dorgbetor | Research Technician | Sweetpotato technician | I.Dorgbetor@cgiar.org |
| International Potato Center – Kenya | |||
| Dorcus Gemenet | Scientist | Lead PI, Molecular Breeeder and Quantitative Geneticist. | d.gemenet@cgiar.org |
| Mercy Kitavi | Postdoctoral | Molecular Breeder & capacity building | m.kitavi@cgiar.org |
| Dorcah Ndege | Technical Staff | Biotech Technician | d.ndege@cgiar.org |
| Marc Ghislain | Senior Scientist | Genomics and Biotechnology | m.ghislain@cgiar.org |
| International Potato Center – Uganda | |||
| Robert Mwanga | Senior Scientist | Sweetpotato Breeder Geneticist | r.mwanga@cgiar.org |
| Godfrey Seruwu | Technical Staff | ||
| Jolien Swanckaert | Postdoctoral scholar | Sweetpotato Breeder and Geneticist | J.Swanckaert@cgiar.org |
| James Kawuma | Technical Staff | ||
| Rose Makumbi | Technical Staff | ||
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Dorcas Quain | Associate professor | Leader Biotechnology research program |
| Name | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bode Olukolu | Associate professor | Research professor | bolukolu@utk.edu |