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The team

Meet the AsiaBlight Coordination Committee at CIP

Simon Heck

Director General at the International Potato Center (CIP)

CIP, International Potato Center, Lima, Peru

Jianmin Xie

Director of CIP-CCCAP

CIP-CCCAP, International Potato Center, China Center for Asia Pacific
Beijing, China

Philip Kear

Country Liaison Scientist

CIP-CCCAP, International Potato Center – China Center for Asia Pacific
Beijing, China

Kalpana Sharma

Senior Scientist – Plant Pathology

CIP-Sub-Saharan Africa, International Potato Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Meet the AsiaBlight Scientific Committee 2024-2026

Pham Thi Thu Huong

Agricultural Researcher, Field Crops Research Institute

Hai Duong, Vietnam

Sanjoy Guha Roy

Professor, Department of Botany, West Bengal State University

Bārāsat, India

Tongle Hu

Professor Plant Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University (HEBAU)

Hebei, China

Seishi Akino

Professor Plant Pathology, Hokkaido University

Sapporo, Japan

Mohammad Rashidul Islam

Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Meet the AsiaBlight Regional Representatives 2024-2026

Jeomsoon Kim

Plant Pathologist, Highland Agriculture Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science

Republic of Korea

Zurab Khidesheli

Head of Research, Department of Integrated Pest Management, Scientific Research Center of Agriculture

Tbilissi, Georgia

Sanjoy Guha Roy

Professor, Department of Botany, West Bengal State University

Bārāsat, India

Mohammad Rashidul Islam

Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Waqas Raza

Professor, University of Sargodha

Punjab Pakistan

Ani Widiastuti

Plant Pathologist, Dept. of Plant Protection, Fac. of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Xingbin Che

Plant Pathologist, Chongqing Plant Protection Institute

Chongqing, China

Ram Bahadur Khadka

Scientist – Plant Pathology, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Pham Thi Thu Huong

Agricultural Researcher, Field Crops Research Institute

Hai Duong, Vietnam

Seishi Akino

Professor Plant Pathology, Hokkaido University

Sapporo, Japan

Saltanat Mambetova

Assistant Professor, Dept. Earth and Environmental Science , University of Central Asia

Khorog, Tajikistan
Also representing Kyrgyzstan

Teresita Masangcay

NPRCRTC, Benguet State University

Benguet, Philippines

Vadim Khassanov

S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University

Astana, Kazakhstan

Sunil Chaudhari

Associate Scientist, Potato Breeding and Product Development

CIP-Vietnam, International Potato Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

Ugyen Dorji

Program Officer, National Plant Protection Centre Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock

Thimphu, Bhutan

Wiphawee Leesutthiphonchai

University Lecturer, Plant Pathology Department Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University

Bangkok, Thailand

Outhai Soukkhy

Director, Northern Agriculture and Forestry College

Luang Prabang, Laos

Meet the AsiaBlight Advisor

William Earl Fry

Cornell University (Emeritus)

Ithaca, United States

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