Staff changes in 2011

January
Mr. Ahmad Salahuddin joined as consultant, Training Center. Dr. V. Ravichandran joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Samart Wanchana joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. A.K.M. Zakaria joined as consultant, Training Center. Dr. Yang Hu joined as visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Julian Hibberd joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Guanghua Wang joined as visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Adam Sparks joined as postdoctoral fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Tobias Kretschmar joined as collaborative research scientist, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Zhongxian Lu joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Mr. Carlos Zandamela, consultant, IRRI-East and Southern Africa Regional Office, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Wei Zhou, postdoctoral fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Hari Nath Singh, postdoctoral fellow, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Georgina Vergara, postdoctoral fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Hieu Hien Phan, consultant, Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, left after completion of his assignment.

Dr. Xiufang Ma joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Mr. Jay MacLean joined as consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Research. Dr. Larry Wong joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Alberto Barrion joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Keng-Hong Tan joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Mr. Terry Jacobsen joined as consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Research. Mr. Young-Jun Mo, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. A.K.M. Zakaria, consultant, Training Center, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Jung-Phil Suh, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Ahmad Salahuddin, consultant, Training Center, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Cleofe Torres, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Anjum Abedullah, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

February
Dr. Meas Pyseth joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Mr. Sorn Vichet joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Guifu Liu joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Chung-Kuen Lee joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Ms. Ling Wu joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Ji-Yoon Lee joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division.

March
Ms. Liza Raitzer joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Ms. Truong Ngoc Chi joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Xingqi Li joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. 1 of 5

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Staff changeS in 2011 Dr. Alexander Stein joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Bon-il Ku joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Mr. Joseph Bigirimana, consultant, IRRI-East and Southern Africa Regional Office, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Zhongxian Lu, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Keng-Hong Tan, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Terry Jacobsen, consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Research, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Alberto Barrion, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Hongxing Xu joined as visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Julian Hibberd, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Ling Wu, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. In Bea Choi, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Kamala Gurung, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment.

April
Dr. David Mackill joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Ms. Berta Miro joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Edgar Paski joined as consultant, Grain Quality and Nutrition Center, and left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Jian-Long Xu joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Mr. Shalabh Dixit joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Mr. Prashant Vikram joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Daisuke Fujita joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Chitra Raghavan joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Satya Ranjan Das joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Alexander Stein, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Ma. Cecilia Pina joined as collaborative research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, and left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Sonia Negrao joined as collaborative research fellow, T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center, and left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Chung-Kuen Lee, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, and left after completion of his assignment.

Dr. Larry Wong, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Jong-Hee Lee, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Ji-Yoon Lee, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Guanghua Wang, visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

May
Dr. Tri Setiyono joined as collaborative research scientist, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Ahmad Salahuddin rejoined as consultant, Training Center. Dr. Michael Jackson joined as consultant, Office of the Director for Management Services. Mr. Robert Flecknell joined as consultant, Human Resource Services. Dr. Antonio Contreras joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Zenaida Sumalde joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division, and left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Jianlong Xu, consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Xinqi Li, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Ming Li, visiting research fellow, C4 Rice Center, left after completion of her assignment.

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Staff changeS in 2011 Dr. Monina Escalada, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Ngo Dang Phong, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Michael Jackson, consultant, Office of the Director for Management Services, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Paul Bourdin, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Satya Ranjan Das, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Ahmad Salahuddin, consultant, Training Center, left after completion of his assignment.

June
Dr. Nwakaego Uzokwe joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Truong Ngoc Chi joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Kazuhiro Sasaki joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Binying Fu joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Monina Escalada rejoined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Prof. Dr. Werner Muhlbauer joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Joseph Balagtas joined as visiting research fellow, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Hongxia Hua joined as collaborative research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Francisco Datar joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. V. Ravichandran, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr.Yolanda Garcia joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division, and left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Hongxing Xu, visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

August
Dr. Satya Ranjan Das rejoined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Richard Bruskiewich joined as consultant, C4 Rice Center. Dr. Suyamto joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Sunendar Kartaatmadja joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division Dr. Guifu Liu, consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Katherine Nelson, consultant, Training Center, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. Alberto Barrion, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Y.P. Singh, consultant, IRRI-ESARO (Tanzania), left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Michael Jackson, consultant, Office of the Director for Management Services, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Bon-il Ku, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Jude Nonie Sales, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Guifu Liu, consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment.

July
Dr. Alberto Barrion rejoined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Mirco Boschetti joined as visiting research fellow, Social Sciences Division. Mr. Hardeep Kumar joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Mahyuddin Syam joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Indonesia Office). Mr. Richard Maramis joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Indonesia Office). Dr. Michael Jackson rejoined as consultant, Office of the Director for Management Services. Dr. S. Thirumeni joined as collaborative research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Prof. Dr. Werner Muhlbauer, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Binying Fu, consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment.

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September
Mr. Ahmad Salahuddin rejoined as consultant, Training Center. Dr. Regino Cavia joined as visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. A. Karthikeyan joined as consultant, T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center. Dr. V. Ragunathan joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Rajiv Pradhan joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Mr. Peter Fredenberg joined as consultant. Development Office. Dr. Mirco Boschetti, visiting research fellow, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Andrew Shepherd, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

Ms. Jennifer Toews-Shimizu joined as consultant, Communication and Publications Services. Mr. John Lacy joined as consultant, Training Center, and left after completion of his assignment. Dr. K.A. Mottaleb joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Rosalyn Shim joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Francisco Perigio joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Satya Ranjan Das, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. S. Thirumeni, collaborative research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. John Sheehy, consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Research, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Romeo Labios, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Yongming Gao joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, and left after completion of his assignment.

Dr. Vladimir Mariano joined as consultant, T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center. Ms. Sue Pretty joined as consultant, Human Resource Services. Dr. Zenaida Sumalde joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Rashmi Kushwah joined as consultant, Training Center (based at the IRRI-India Office). Dr. Hyun-Su Park joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. William Padolina joined as consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Operations. Ms. Jennifer Toews-Shimizu, consultant, Communication and Publications Services, left after completion of her assignment. Dr. V. Ragunathan, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Richard Bruskiewich, consultant, C4 Rice Center, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Lisa Raitzer, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment. Mr. Hardeep Kumar, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Richard Maramis, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Indonesia Office), left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Regino Cavia, visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

October
Dr. Enung Sri Mulyaningsih joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. T.P. Tuong joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Roderick Rejesus joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Manoranjan Mondal joined as collaborative research scientist, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Bangladesh Office). Ms. Minu Jhunjhunwala joined as consultant, Human Resource Services.

November
Dr. Foppe Bouma joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. Yoichiro Kato joined as visiting research fellow, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Ms. Haiyan Lu joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division.

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December
Dr. Asa Jose Sajise joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Andi Hasanuddin joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Indonesia Office). Dr. M. Neogi joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division (based at the IRRI-Bangladesh Office). Dr. Axel Tonini joined as consultant, Social Sciences Division. Dr. M.K. Bashar joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division (based at the IRRI-Bangladesh Office). Mr. Richard Maramis rejoined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division (based at the IRRI-Indonesia Office). Dr. U Than Aye joined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division.

Dr. Hak-Soo Suh joined as visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division. Dr. Romeo Labios rejoined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division. Dr. Nwakaego Uzokwe rejoined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division (based at the IRRI-Tanzania Office). Dr. Pachugopal Biswas joined as consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division (based at the IRRI-India Office). Dr. D.S. Brar, consultant, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Rashmi Kushwah, consultant, Training Center (based at the IRRI-India Office), left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Enung Sri Mulyaningsih, visiting research fellow, Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division, left after completion of her assignment.

Ms. Liza Raitzer rejoined as consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, and left after completion of her assignment. Ms. Sue Pretty, consultant, Human Resource Services, left after completion of her assignment. Mr. Luigi Concetti, consultant, Food and Housing Services, left after completion of his assignment. Ms. Truong Ngoc Chi, consultant, Social Sciences Division, left after completion of her assignment. Mr. Jay MacLean, consultant, Office of the Deputy Director General for Research, left after completion of his assignment. Mr. Jason Beebout, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. A. Karthikeyan, consultant, T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center, left after completion of his assignment. Dr. Rajiv Pradhan, consultant, Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, left after completion of his assignment.

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