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Craig Yencho

Dr. Craig Yencho

Professor and Program Leader
Department of Horticultural Science, NC State
Principal Investigator, Sweetpotato and Potato Breeding
[email protected]
Dr. Yencho Homepage

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Wendy Koch Administrative Staff Program Coordinator  
Craig Yencho Senior Staff Lead PI, Professor [email protected]
Zhao-Bang Zeng Senior Staff Professor [email protected]
Fred Wright Senior Staff Professor [email protected]
Lina Quesada Senior Staff Assistant Professor [email protected]
Sharon Williamson Technical Staff Lab Manager [email protected]
Hannah Huntley Technical Staff Research Technician [email protected]
Guilherme da Silva Pereira Technical Staff Bioinformatics Research Center [email protected]
Marcelo Mollinari Technical Staff Bioinformatics Research Center [email protected]
Bonny Oloka PhD Student Horticultural Science [email protected]
Victor Amankwaah PhD Student Plant Breeding and Bioinformatics [email protected]
Wenjing Lu PhD Student Statistics and Bioinformatics [email protected]
Xiaofei Zhang [email protected]
Jeremy Machacek [email protected]
Ken Pecota [email protected]
David  Baltzegar [email protected]

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Robin Buell Senior Staff Lead PI, Professor [email protected]
John Johnston Administrative Staff Systems Administrator [email protected]
Krystle Wiegert Rininger Technical Staff Research Assistant [email protected]
John Hamilton Bioinformatics Staff Research Bioinformatic [email protected]
Grant Godden Postdoctoral Scholar Postdoctoral Research Associate [email protected]
Jeongwoon Kim Postdoctoral Scholar Postdoctoral Research Associate [email protected]
Paul Rosemurgy Postdoctoral Scholar Undergraduate Lab Assistant
Kin Lau Postdoctoral scholar [email protected]
Manrique Carpintero,Norma [email protected]

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Lachlan Coin Senior Staff Lead PI [email protected]
Derek Benson Bioinformatics Staff Bioinformatics Specialist [email protected]
Chenxi Zhou  PhD Student PhD Student [email protected]

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Benard Yada Senior Staff Sweetpotato Breeder, Lead PI [email protected]
Gorrettie Ssemakula Senior Staff Sweetpotato Breeder [email protected]
Milton Otema Anyanga Senior Staff Entomologist [email protected]
Doreen Murenju Chelangat Research Assistant Plant Breeding [email protected]
Joanne Adero Research Assistant Molecular Biology/Virologist [email protected]
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

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Lukas Mueller Senior Staff Lead PI , Associate Professor [email protected]
Zhangjun Fei Senior Staff  Lead PI, Associate Professor [email protected]
Bryan Ellerbrock  Technical Staff [email protected]
Nicolas Morales Technical Staff Web Programmer [email protected]
Lei Gao Genome assembly and pan-genome analysis
Naama Menda Postdoctoral Database development [email protected]
Ryland Bednarek Graduate student, transcriptome of sweetpotato and virus interaction
Shan Wu  Postdoctoral

International Potato Center – Lima
Name Title Role Email
Wolfgang Gruneberg Senior Scientist Sweetpotato Breeder [email protected]
Jan Kreuze Senior Scientist Virologist [email protected]
Mariam David Research Assistant Molecular Breeding [email protected]
Federico Diaz Research Associate Sweetpotato Breeder [email protected]
Raul Eyzaguirre Research Associate Statistics [email protected]
Veronica Mosquera Research Assistant Molecular Breeding [email protected]
International Potato Center – Ghana
Edward (Ted) Carey Senior Scientist Sweetpotato Breeder Geneticist [email protected]
John Saaka Technical Staff BS sweetpotato technician [email protected]
Razak Assimah Technical Staff BS sweetpotato technician [email protected]
Thomas Tuffour Technical Staff BS Food scientist [email protected]
Reuben Tendo Ssali Post-Doc Sweetpotato Breeder and Geneticist [email protected]
Simon Imoro Research associate Data manager [email protected]
Isaac Dorgbetor Research Technician Sweetpotato technician [email protected]
International Potato Center – Kenya
Dorcus Gemenet Scientist Lead PI, Molecular Breeeder and Quantitative Geneticist. [email protected]
Mercy Kitavi Postdoctoral Molecular Breeder & capacity building [email protected]
Dorcah Ndege Technical Staff Biotech Technician [email protected]
Marc Ghislain Senior Scientist Genomics and Biotechnology [email protected]
International Potato Center – Uganda
Robert Mwanga Senior Scientist Sweetpotato Breeder Geneticist [email protected]
Godfrey Seruwu Technical Staff
Jolien Swanckaert Postdoctoral scholar Sweetpotato Breeder and Geneticist [email protected]
James Kawuma Technical Staff
Rose Makumbi Technical Staff

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Marian Dorcas Quain Associate professor Leader Biotechnology research program

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Bode Olukolu Associate professor Research professor [email protected]