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Alumni

Brent Sipes

Plant pathologist
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Brent Sipes is a professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and a plant pathologist working primarily in the management of soil-borne diseases, especially nematodes.

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Eleni Pliakoni

Associate Professor
Kansas State University

Eleni Pliakoni is an associate professor in urban food production and postharvest handling at Kansas State University's Olathe campus.

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Guillermo Alvarado-Downing

Past board member

Guillermo Alvarado-Downing served as the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras, and currently owns a fruit and vegetable farm.

James Nienhuis

Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jim Nienhuis is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and also serves as a principal investigator on Horticulture Innovation Lab projects focused on vegetable production in Central Ame

James Simon

Professor
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Jim Simon is a distinguished professor in Plant Biology at Rutgers University and has also led or collaborated on several Horticulture Innovation Lab projects in Africa.

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Jessie Vipham

Assistant Professor
Kansas State University

Jessie Vipham is an Assistant Professor in Global Food Systems and leads the Horticulture Innovation Lab's project focused on integrated animal-horticulture.

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Karen LeGrand

University of California, Davis

Karen LeGrand is the principal investigator of the Building and Scaling Safe Vegetable Value Chains in Cambodia project, supporte

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Kate Scow

Professor
University of California, Davis

Kate Scow is Professor of Soil Microbial Ecology in the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources.

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Kurt Kornbluth

Assistant Adjunct Professor
University of California, Davis
UC Davis D-Lab

Kurt Kornbluth is an associate adjunct professor in the University of California, Davis, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.

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Manuel Reyes

Research professor
Kansas State University

Manuel Reyes is a research professor at Kansas State University, working primarily for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification.

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William "Vance" Baird

Horticulture Professor
Michigan State University

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Amrita Mukherjee previously worked as an assistant specialist on a Horticulture Innovation Lab project in Bangladesh focused on examining nutrition impacts of horticultural innovations.

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Angelos Deltsidis

Former employee
University of California, Davis

Previously, Angelos Deltsidis worked as an international postharvest specialist for the Horticulture Innovation Lab and led the team's work in Bangladesh in collaboration with the Nutrition Innovation Lab.

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Annesofie Misiani

Program Manager - (East Africa Regional Hub)
International Center for Evaluation and Development

Annesofie Misiani, served as the program management officer, with the International Centre for Evaluation Development (ICED) and on the team of Regional Hub Managers for East Africa until the summer of 2024.

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Anthony Phan

Former staff member
University of California, Davis

As a project analyst for the Horticulture Innovation Lab, Anthony Phan was responsible for scaling and commercialization of the DryCard™ in developing countries.

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Arie Sanders

Associate professor
Panamerican Agricultural School, Zamorano
The Pennsylvania State University

Arie Sanders is an associate professor at the Panamerican Agricultural School, Zamorano, with more than 20 years of experience in topics related to rural development.

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Asha Sharma

Former graduate assistant
University of California, Davis

As a graduate assistant, Asha Sharma worked on monitoring and evaluation of the Horticulture Innovation Lab's research.

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Ashley Carr

Former staff member
University of California, Davis

Ashley Carr previously worked as the financial analyst for the Horticulture Innovation Lab.

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