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 | GEOH | Co-PI | Program Manager: Global FEWture Alliance and UMD Global STEWARDS | UMD
Gili Marbach-Ad
Research Professor | Co-PI | Director, CMNS Teaching & Learning Center | UMD
Heidi Scott
Communications Director | Associate Clinical Professor | GEOH | UMD
Maryland FEWture Team Leaders
Rachel Goldstein
Assistant Professor | GEOH | Co-PI | UMD
Shirley Micallef
Professor | Dept of Plant Science and Landscape Arch | Co-PI | UMD
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
Leena Malayil
Associate Research Professor | GEOH | Co-PI | UMD
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
Tomer Malchi
Executive Director, CultivAid | Co-PI
Eliezer Mwakalapa
Acting Principal | Lecturer | Researcher | Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST)
Paul C. Turner
Associate Professor | GEOH | Director of SPH Small Molecule Core Facility | UMD
Education FEWture Team Leaders
Suhana Chattopadhyay
Assistant Research Professor | GEOH | Co-PI | Program Manager: Global FEWture Alliance and UMD Global STEWARDS | UMD
Rianna Murray
Associate Research Professor | GEOH | Co-PI | UMD
Additional Team Members
Taiwo Alawode
Ph.D Student | SPHL | UMD
Heather Amato
Assistant Professor | GEOH | UMD
Ibiyinka Amokeodo
Ph.D Graduate | UMD
Dina Borzekowski
Research Professor | Co-PI | Director, Global Health Initiative | UMD
Jen Cotting
Director, Environmental Finance Center | Co-PI | UMD
Allen P. Davis
Professor | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Co-PI | UMD
Stephanie Lansing
Professor | ENST | Co-PI | UMD
Guangbin Li
Assistant Professor | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering | UMD
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Associate Professor | Environmental Science and Technology | UMD
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