PICS 3 Team Members

Management Team

• Dieudonné Baributsa, Principal Investigator and Project Lead, Purdue University
• Jean Njiru, Supply Chain Manager
• Carole Braund, Senior Project Manager, Purdue University
• Tasmia Kashem, Sponsored Programs, Purdue University
• Bradley Smith, Research Associate, Purdue University
• Holly Fletcher-Timmons, Administrative Support, Purdue University

Commercialization Team

   Supply Chain/Market Building:

• Jean Njiru, Supply Chain Manager
• Dieudonné Baributsa, Purdue University

   Country Business Consultants

• Mr. Issaka Sankara, Burkina Faso
• Shayashone Trading PLC, Ethiopia
• Mr. Alex Bokuma, Ghana
• Mr. Barnabas Komakoma, Malawi
• Frank Kadzakumanja, Malawi
• Mr. Abdulrasheed Hamisu Ibrahim, Nigeria
• Mr. Moses Elaigwu, Nigeria
• Mr. Taiwo Ademola Ogundapo, Nigeria
• Mrs. Bernadette Majebelle, Tanzania
• Mr. Edgar Mgeta, Tanzania
• Mr. Peter Mugisha, Uganda
• Mr. Stephen Anecho, Uganda

   Country Media Consultants

• Issaka Sankara, Burkina Faso
• Shayashone Trading PLC, Ethiopia
• NU Image (Mr. David Babayara Kweku), Ghana
• Creative Multimedia (Mr. MacDonald Guma Mbalule), Malawi
• Frank Kadzakumanja, Malawi
• Mr. Joseph Malika Nginilla, Tanzania
• Paladin Associates Company LTD, Tanzania (Mr. Rodney Rugambo)
• Frank Namudenyi, Uganda

   Trademark:

• PICS Global, Dr. Laurie Kitch
• Dieudonné Baributsa, Principal Investigator and Project Lead, Purdue University
• Carole Braund, Senior Project Manager, Purdue University

Follow-up, Monitoring and Evaluation Teams:

   Entomology:

• Larry Murdock, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Dieudonné Baributsa, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Anastasia Njoroge, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Bradley W. Smith, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Scott Williams, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
• Clémentine Dabiré, INERA Kamboinse, Burkina Faso
• Hippolyte Affognon, ICIPE, Kenya
• Ibrahim Baoua, University of Maradi, Niger

   Aflatoxins:

• Charles Woloshuk, Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University

   Economics:

• Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
• The late Corinne Alexander, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
• Bokar Moussa, INRAN Maradi, Niger
• Tahirou Abdoulaye, IITA, Nigeria

Graduate Students

USA

• Hira Channa, PhD, Dept. of Agricultural Economics (Advisor: Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert)
• Didier Kadjo, PhD, Dept. of Agricultural Economics (Advisor: Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert)
• Toba Omotilewa, PhD, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University (advisor: Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert)
• Mrunal Shah, PhD, Dept. of Agricultural Economics (Advisor: Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert)
• Pragya Kandel, MS, Dept. of Entomology, Purdue University (advisor: Dr. Dieudonné Baributsa)
• Kabita Kharel, PhD, Dept. of Entomology, Purdue University (advisors: Dr. Linda Mason & Dr. Dieudonné Baributsa) 
• Hannah Quellhorst, MS, Dept. of Entomology, Purdue University (advisor: Dr. Dieudonné Baributsa)
• Brett Lane, MS, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University (advisor: Dr. Charlie Woloshuk)
• Tim Tubbs, MS, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University (advisor: Dr. Charlie Woloshuk)

Ethiopia

• Tigist Kefale, M.Sc., Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar (advisor: Dr. Berhanie Ayele Zewdu)
• Gashaw Tenna ALEMU, M.Sc., Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar (advisor: Dr. Berhanie Ayele Zewdu)

Nigeria

• Abdullahi, Salisu, PhD, Bayero University, Kano (advisor: Dr. Yusuf Idrisa)
• Garba, M., PhD, Bayero University, Kano (advisor: Dr. Yusuf Idrisa)
• Abbas, Shebu, MS, Bayero University, Kano (advisor: Dr Yusuf Idrisa)

Uganda

• Winnie Atugonza, MS, Makerere University, Kampala (advisor: Dr. Dorothy Nakimbugwe)
• Meme Hadijah, MS, Makerere University, Kampala (advisor: Dr. Dorothy Nakimbugwe)

Ghana

• Ryan Osei-Asibey Kusi, MS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi (advisor: Dr. Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu)
• Vita Batsa, MS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi (advisor: Dr. Faustina Dufie Wireko-Manu)

Visiting Scholars

• Ms. Anastasia Njoroge, (2017) International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
• Ms. Yan Yan, (2014-2015) China Agricultural University (Chinese Government Scholarship), Beijing, China

Post-Docs

• Dr. Anastasia Njoroge
• Dr. Scott Williams