Project Team
Rama Radhakrishna, Ph.D.
Professor & Head of Department, Purdue University Principal Investigator
Neil Knobloch, Ph.D.
Professor, Purdue University Co-Principal Investigator
De'Etra Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Tennessee State University Co-Principal Investigator
Levon Esters, Ph.D.
Professor & Dean of the Graduate School and Vice-Provost for graduate education, Pennsylvania State University Co-Principal Investigator
Olivier Ntaganzwa
Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant 2023-2024
Brooke Stafford
Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant 2019-2020
Monique Hovey
Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant 2022
Andres Zabala
Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant 2020-2021
Mallen Marlowe
Purdue University Graduate Research Assistant 2020-2021
Michigan State
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Ohio State University
Mary T. Rodriguez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
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Tennessee State University
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Tuskegee University
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University of Arkansas @ Pine Bluff
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Langston University
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Neil James, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Academic Programs
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University of Missouri
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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University of Kentucky
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