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The Global FEWture Alliance Team
Our team includes collaborators from the University of Maryland, College Park (USA), CultivAid (an Israeli non-profit operating in East Africa), the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), Kathmandu University (Nepal), Sanskriti Farms and Research Center (Nepal), and Mbeya University of Science and Technology (Tanzania).
Administrative Core Team

Amy Sapkota
Principal Investigator | Chair, GEOH | MPower Professor | UMD

Suhana Chattopadhyay
Assistant Research Professor | Co-PI | Program Manager: Global FEWture Alliance and Global STEWARDS | UMD

Gili Marbach-Ad
Research Professor | Co-PI | Director, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center | UMD
Heidi Scott
Communications Director | Associate Clinical Professor | UMD
Maryland FEWture Team Leaders


Nepal FEWture Team Leaders
Shree Krishna Dhital
Director, Sanskriti Farms & Research Centre

Biraj Man Karmacharya
Director, Public Health and Community Programs | Associate Professor | Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences

Israel FEWture Team Leaders

Clive Lipchin
Director, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies | Co-PI

Brian Needelman
Associate Professor | UMD | Department of Environmental Science & Technology
Tanzania FEWture Team Leaders


Eliezer Mwakalapa
Acting Principal | Lecturer | Researcher | Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST)

Paul C. Turner
Associate Professor | Director of SPH Small Molecule Core Facility | UMD
Education FEWture Team Leaders

Suhana Chattopadhyay
Assistant Research Professor | Co-PI | Program Manager: Global FEWture Alliance and Global STEWARDS | UMD

Additional Team Members


Dina Borzekowski
Research Professor | Co-PI | Director, Global Health Initiative | UMD




Yael Mishael
Director, Sustainability Center | Co-PI | Hebrew University

Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Professor | Co-PI | American University | US Department of State | US Embassy Addis Ababa

Bim Shrestha
Professor | Kathmandu University | Affiliate Professor | University of Washington

Ruby Maka Shrestha
Research Project Lead for Health System, Policy, and Environmental Health | Dhulikhel Hospital | Kathmandu University Hospital

Yuval Ziv
Co-PI | Coordinator, The Hebrew University | Founder, WaterComms