Focal points of our Partner Institutes
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Pricilla Marimo
Bioversity
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p.marimo [at] cgiar.org
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Bolanle Otegbayo
Bowen University
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botegbayo [at] yahoo.co.uk
Professor Bolanle Otegbayo lectures at the Department of Food Science & Technology Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria. Her area of specialization is Food Chemistry. The thrust of her research has been on identification of determinants of food quality in crops to ensure wholesome delivery to stakeholders in the value chain. Findings from her food quality research on Yam are now being used by yam breeders to evaluate their breeding lines for food quality. They have also won her International recognitions leading to Grants and Awards, notably amongst them are IFAD grant for ‘Characterization of some Nigerian yam land races in terms of their food quality in relation to their end use suitability’, PEARLs II grant for Developing indicators for phenotyping Food quality traits in yam (Dioscorea). She did her Postdoctoral fellowship at CIRAD, Montpelier and INRA, Nantes, France in 2011 & 2012. She was the first AWARD (African Women in Agricultural Research and Development) fellow to be hosted by Agropolis Fondation, France.She is a Fellow of Salzburg Global seminar, Austria, member of Holland Alumni,Fellow, African Nutrition Leadership Programme, South Africa, Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Food Science & Technology, Fellow, International Professional Managers, UK, Fellow Certified International Professional Managers and a Certified Food Scientist (CFS) by International Food Science Certification Commission (IFSCC, USA).She was the Head of Department of Food Science & Technology from 2013-2018, the pioneer acting Director of Research & Strategic Partnerships and currently the Vice-Provost of College of Post graduate Studies of Bowen University.
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Lukas Mueller
BTI
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lam87 [at] cornell.edu
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Gérard Ngoh Newilah
CARBAP
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gbngoh [at] gmail.com
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Thierry Tran
CIAT
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thierry.tran [at] cgiar.org
Dr. Thierry Tran trained in Food Science and Technology, and has 17 years of research experience in postharvest processing and its influence on quality and sustainability of cassava and other RTB products. His research interests combine different approaches including evaluation of post-harvest quality traits, processing ability, process efficiency (energy, water and product losses), utilization of by-products and environmental impact assessments. He has worked at CIRAD (Montpellier, France), Kasetsart University (Bangkok, Thailand) on large-scale cassava starch production systems, and is currently contributing to the Cassava Program at the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT (Cali, Colombia).
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Reuben Ssali
CIP
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R.Ssali [at] cgiar.org
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Dominique Pallet
CIRAD
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dominique.pallet [at] cirad.fr
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Konan Evrad Brice Dibi Konan Evrad Brice Dibi
CNRA
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dibikonan [at] yahoo.fr
Dibi Konan Evrard Brice holds a unique PhD thesis in Plant Physiology defended in January 2011. He is the head of the Root and Tuber Plant Program (RTP) of CNRA (Côte d’Ivoire) since January 2022.
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Hale Tufan
Cornell University
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hat36 [at] cornell.edu
Dr. Hale Ann Tufan is a faculty member with the Department of Global Development and Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University. She is co-Director of the Gender Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project, Associate Director for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement and Chair for Diversity and Inclusion with the School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell.
Dr. Tufan has a multidisciplinary background spanning Ph.D.-level research in molecular plant pathogen interactions at the John Innes Centre, UK, plant breeding with CIMMYT, international agricultural research for development program management, and gender capacity and strategy development across SSA. Her work focuses on building gender responsive crop improvement systems, through curriculum development and training, leading research on priority setting, market research, gender research and on-farm testing.
Dr. Tufan’s was awarded the Borlaug Field Award in 2019 to recognize her work to ensure women farmers and researchers are fairly represented in agricultural research for development.
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Robert Ndjouenkeu
ENSAI
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rndjouenkeu [at] gmail.com
