Team

We work with scientists, researchers, and students from around the world to ensure our programs’ success.

We are based in Blacksburg, Virginia, at Virginia Tech and housed in the Center for International Research, Education, and Development.
Address: 526 Prices Fork Rd. (0378) | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA | 24061-0378
Phone: 540-231-3516 | Fax: 540-231-3519 | Email: rmuni@vt.edu
Twitter: @IPM_IL | Facebook: IPMCRSP

Management Entity

Muni Muniappan

Director, IPM Innovation Lab
Virginia Tech

Phone: (540) 231-3516 

Email: rmuni@vt.edu

Tom Archibald

Executive Director, CIRED
Virginia Tech

Phone: 540-231-9665

Email: tgarch@vt.edu

Zara Shortt

Financial Coordinator, IPM Innovation Lab
Virginia Tech

Phone: (540) 231-3513

Email: shorttz@vt.edu

Sara Hendery

Communications Coordinator, IPM Innovation Lab

Virginia Tech

Phone: (540) 231- 1587

Email: saraeh91@vt.edu

Principal Investigators

Wondi Mersie

Principal Investigator,
Biological Control of the Invasive Weed Parthenium hysterophorus in East Africa

Virginia State University

Phone: (804) 524-5631

Email: wmersie@vsu.edu

Tadele Tefera

Principal Investigator, IPM for Rice, Maize, and Chickpea in East Africa

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

Phone: (+251) 1-463215 

Email: ttefera@icipe.org

George Norton

Principal Investigator, Vegetable IPM for Asia

Virginia Tech University

Phone: (540) 231-7731

Email: gnorton@vt.edu

Nguyen Van Hoa

Principal Investigator, IPM for Exportable Fruit Crops in Vietnam 

Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI)

Phone: (+84) 918-582261

Email: hoavn2003@gmail.comhoanv.sofri@mard.gov.vn

Virender Kumar

Principal Investigator, Ecologically-based Participatory IPM Packages for Rice in Cambodia (EPIC)

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Phone: +63 (2) 580-5600 ext 2704

Email: virender.kumar@irri.org

Abhijin Adiga

Principal Investigator, High-Resolution Monitoring of the Spread of Agricultural Invasive Species

University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute

Phone: (540) 204-6679

Email: abhijin@vbi.vt.edu

Pramod Kumar Jha

Principal Investigator, Modeling for Invasive Species and Climate Change

Tribhuvan University

Phone: 00977 1 4331322, 4333515

Email: pkjhaprof@gmail.com 

Luis Alberto Cañas Castro

Principal Investigator, Vegetable Crops IPM for East Africa

The Ohio State University

Phone: 330-263-3818

Email: canas.4@osu.edu

Technical Advisory Committee

Lawrence Datnoff

Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee

Louisiana State University

Phone: 225-578-1464

Email: LDatnoff@agcenter.lsu.edu

Glen Hartman

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee

University of Illinois

Phone: 217-244-3258

Email: ghartman@illinois.edu

Allan Hruska

Technical Advisory Committee, IPM Innovation Lab

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Phone: +39 06-570-55247

Email: Allan.Hruska@fao.org

Dely Gapasin

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee

World Bank, Retired

Phone: 925-285-7600

Email: aurora@sbcglobal.net

Sunday Ekesi

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

Phone: +254-20-8632505

Email: sekesi@icipe.org

Yubak Dhoj G.C.

Member of the Technical Advisory Committee 

Senior Agricultural Officer (Plant Protection) for FAO

Phone: +977-98-51128129

Email: yubakgc@yahoo.com

USAID Agreement Officer’s Representative