Short Term Training

Some students receive PMIL support while they complete short-term training, such as specific research on an Innovation Lab project or participation in an intensive workshop.

Name: Junior Abraham
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions July through December 2015: Effect of Peanut Seed and Line Spacing on Yield and Foliar Disease for Runner and Valencia Varieties.


Name: Gary Benoit
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions February through July 2016: Effect of Fungicide Timing on peanut foliar diseases, yield, and aflatoxin content for Runner varieties.


Name: Shelby Benko
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Christina Brumme
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: Emory University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Alyson Chow
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: KayLynn Crawford
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2015-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Exan Desamours
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions February through July 2016: Effect of Fungicide Timing on peanut foliar diseases, yield, and aflatoxin content for Runner varieties.


Name: Rachel Eckert
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Rostiny Frederic
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions July through December 2015: Effect of Peanut Seed and Line Spacing on Yield and Foliar Disease for Runner and Valencia Varieties.


Name: Jocelyn Fry
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Cambria Glotz
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Leah Hackney
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Zakirah Hasan
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2015-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Abdi Mohammed Hassen
Nationality: Ethiopian
Degree: Ph.D. – Plant Pathology, 2014
Institution: Haramaya University
Training: USDA, August to October 2014, August to February 2015
"My overall objective is to solve the aflatoxin problems from fields to forks, in all of the value chains in Ethiopia."


Name: Megan Kitagawa
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Maxwell Lamptey
Nationality: Ghanaian
Degree: B.S. – General Agriculture
Institution: University of Georgia
Training: Peanut Drying Program, April to September 2015
"I want to work to create technology that eliminates aflatoxin and that is affordable and easily transferred to farmers."


Name: Elize Leandre
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions February through July 2016: Effect of Fungicide Timing on peanut foliar diseases, yield, and aflatoxin content for Runner varieties.


Name: Colette Long
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Emie Arion Luc
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions July through December 2015: Effect of Peanut Seed and Line Spacing on Yield and Foliar Disease for Runner and Valencia Varieties.


Name: Beatrice Lunday
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Shirin Malek
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California State University, Chico
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Joseph Maulana
Nationality: Malawian
Degree: Graduate
Institution: University of Malawi
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Rico Mondestin
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions July through December 2015: Effect of Peanut Seed and Line Spacing on Yield and Foliar Disease for Runner and Valencia Varieties.


Name: Garrett Morris
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Anna Nakayma
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Stephanie Nash
Nationality: American
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2015-2016: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Lindsey Ngo
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Rosy Rojas
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Rodemane Saint Louis
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions February through July 2016: Evaluation of improved Valencia cultivars with and without fungicide for peanut production in Haiti.


Name: Andrea Swan
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Katie Tolstad
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2013-2014: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi


Name: Rodnie Valmy
Nationality: Haitian
Degree: Undergrad
Institution: Meds & Food for Kids
Training: Haiti Peanut Value Chain Interventions February through July 2016: Evaluation of improved Valencia cultivars with and without fungicide for peanut production in Haiti.


Name: Simon Zhao
Nationality: American
Degree: Graduate
Institution: California Polytechnic State University
Training: Malnutrition Interventions 2014-2015: Treating Pregnant Women with Moderate Malnutrition in Malawi