Principal Investigators

Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie, Assistant Professor
Alcorn State University, Department of Agriculture
Lead scientist for the Technology adoption in Ghana project

Maria Balota, Associate Professor
Virginia Tech, USA
Lead Scientist for High Throughput Phenotyping

David Bertioli, Professor, GRA Distinguished Investigator
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for New Wild Alleles to Improve Peanut

Rick Brandenburg, Ph.D., William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
North Carolina State University, USA
Lead Scientist for Production Packages for Malawi and Satellite Image Analysis for Peanut

Mark D. Burow
Texas A&M, Texas Tech, USA
Lead Scientist for Breeding for Drought, Leaf Spot, and Oil

Chris Butts
National Peanut Research Lab, USDA, USA
Lead Scientist for PICS Bag Evaluation

Josh Clevenger
Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, USA
Lead Scientist for Mapping GRV Resistance

C. Michael Deom, Ph.D., Professor
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for GRD Alternative Host

Richard P. Dick
The Ohio State Univerity, USA
Lead Scientist for Optimized Shrub System for Peanut

Daniel Fonceka
CERAAS, Senegal
Lead Scientist for Enhancing Genetic Potential in Peanut in Western Africa

Leland Glenna, Professor of rural sociology
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Lead Scientist for Time Poverty Among Ghanaian Women

David Jordan, Ph.D., William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Crop Science and Extension Specialist
North Carolina State University, USA
Lead Scientist for Risk Index Tool Update and Production Packages for Ghana

Soraya Leal-Bertioli
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for Novel Diversity to Improve Peanut

Nicholas Magnan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor 
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for Farmer Incentives for Quality Ghanaian Peanuts

Mark Manary, M.D., Professor and Medical Doctor
Washington University, St. Louis, USA
Lead Scientist for School feeding in Ghana

Venugopal Mendu
Texas Tech University, USA
Lead Scientist for Seed Coat Chemical Makers

Bradford Mills
Department of Ag and Applied Economics
Virginia Tech, USA
Lead Scientist for Youth in Peanut Production in Senegal

David Kalule Okello
NaSARRI, NARO, Uganda
Lead Scientist for Enhancing Genetic Potential in Peanut in Eastern and Southern Africa, Assessment of Breeding Programs, and Implementing a Management System in Peanut Breeding Programs 

Peggy Ozias-Akins, Ph.D., Professor 
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for Genotyping U.S. Germplasm from Africa, and Peanut Gene Evaluation

Carrie Ann Stephens, Professor
University of Tennessee, USA
Lead Scientist for Photovoice in Uganda

Stuart Sweeney, Professor
University of California, USA
Lead Scientist for Gender in Peanut Production in Senegal

Jia-Sheng Wang, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head
University of Georgia, USA
Lead Scientist for Gut Microbiome Regulation