Virginia
Tech:
George Norton - Co-Project Director; economist
with expertise in assessing impacts of agricultural technologies,
including multidisciplinary projects that have included a biotechnology
component. Primary role: Co-lead the research and serve as the Director
of the management entity, providing coordination across all components
and institutions involved in the project.
Bradford Mills - Co-Project Director; economist with expertise
in assessing impacts of agricultural technologies domestically and
abroad. Primary role: Co-lead the economics research and participatory
evaluation components
Jonathan Nevitt - Project Coordinator; statistician with
expertise in the measurement of behavioral constructs and methods
for social science modeling. Primary role: Project management, stake
holder perception modeling, data management, project liaison to
stakeholders and academic community.
Dixie Reaves - Co-Principal Investigator; economist with
agribusiness expertise. Primary role: Extension and university teaching.
Liaison between commodity experts outside of Virginia.
Mike Ellerbrock - Co-Principal Investigator; economist specializing
in economic education. Primary role: Primary and secondary education
about the benefits and costs of biotechnology.
Colette Harris - Co-Principal Investigator; specializes
in gender, community participatory
techniques, and international development. Primary role: developing
understanding of political issues involved with policies and regulations
related to biotechnology. Overseas stakeholder assessments.
Carole Cramer - Advisor to the project on technical issues
with respect to biotechnology on tobacco and liaison to rice biotechnology
experts. Biotechnology scientist on the cutting edge of fundamental
research to discover new pharmaceutical uses for tobacco.
S.K. DeDatta - Advisor to the project on technical issues
related to rice. 27 years of experience as a principal scientist
at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines.
Virginia
State University:
Albert Essel - Co-Principal Investigator;
economist. Primary role: Extension efforts on biotechnology issues
among limited resource farmers, especially minority tobacco producers
in Virginia.
University
of Tennessee:
Kelly Tiller -- Co-Principal Investigator;
agricultural policy analyst specializing in tobacco industry and
the communities affected by that industry. Primary role: Research
and extension efforts on the project in Tennessee.
North
Carolina State University:
Gary Bullen -- Co-Principal Investigator;
economist working closely with tobacco producers in North Carolina.
Primary role: Extension efforts in North Carolina.
International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI):
Mahabub Hossain - Co-Principal Investigator;
head of the Social Science Unit in IRRI, which addresses issues
related to rice R&D impact assessment and technology adoption.
Primary role: Social and economic impacts of rice biotechnology
in Asia.
K. L. Heong - Co-Principal Investigator; biological scientist
specializing in ecological and social impacts of technologies at
IRRI, especially as they relate to pest management. Primary role:
Participatory assessment, focus group activities, and survey
work for rice biotechnology in Asia.
International
Food Policy Research Institute:
Joel Cohen - Advisor to the project;
heads the Program for Biosafety Systems
at IFPRI and can provide a linkage to a wide range of international scientists in
the biotechnology community.
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