Aquaculture CRSP
Appendix 2. Program Participants
The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP represents the joint efforts of more than 75 professional and support personnel
from US universities. It also represents the collaborative efforts of over 45 scientists, technicians, and students from project sites
in six host countriesMexico, Honduras, Peru, Kenya, the Philippines, and Thailand. The expertise of host country and
US personnel is broad-based and encompasses the major fields of specialization included in this CRSP: limnology and
water quality; fisheries and aquaculture; soil science; engineering; information systems; data management, analysis, and
modeling; endocrinology; genetics; environmental hazard management; sociology; agricultural economics; policy development;
adult education; and research administration.
The program's US-based participants are drawn from the CRSP partner institutionsAuburn University (AU),
Florida International University, The Ohio State University, Oregon State University (OSU), Southern Illinois University at
Carbondale, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), the University of Arizona (UA), the University of Georgia, the University
of Hawaii, The University of Michigan (UM), and the University of Oklahoma.
Host country staff participate in the PD/A CRSP through their involvement with:
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Mexico
Escuela Agrícola Panamericana El Zamorano (Zamorano), Honduras
Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru
Fisheries Department, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
Nyanchwa College of Science and Technology, Kisii, Kenya
Sagana Fish Farm, Sagana, Kenya
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Bunda College, Lilongwe, Malawi
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), Zomba, Malawi
Central Luzon State University, Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathumthani, Thailand
Researchers and research project staff are named within each research project report in the body of this report. Following
are listings for staff of the Program Management Office as well as members of the program's three advisory groupsBoard
of Directors, External Evaluation Panel, and Technical Committee.
Program Management Office
Staff
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
| Hillary Egna | Director |
| Danielle Clair | Assistant Director of Operations |
| Cormac Craven | Assistant Director of Research |
| Joan Westfall | Office Manager |
| Pamela Buitrago | Faculty Research Assistant (from March 2001) |
| John Hayes | Graduate Research Assistant (Uruguay/USA; through June 2001; CRSP funded) |
| Heidi Furtado | Undergraduate Student Worker (from March 2001) |
| Kelli Lewis | Undergraduate Student Worker (October 2000 through June 2001) |
| Katy Lloyd | Undergraduate Student Worker (from June 2001) |
United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
Washington, DC
| Harry Rea | Cognizant Technical Officer |
Advisory Bodies
| Board of Directors | Institution |
| Dennis Balogu, Chair | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff |
| L.J. (Kelvin) Koong | Oregon State University (through December 2000) |
| Stephanie Sanford | Oregon State University (from February 2001) |
| T.H. Lee Williams | University of Oklahoma |
| Anthony Young | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
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| Ex-Officio Board Members |
| Harry Rea | USAID |
| Hillary Egna | Oregon State University |
| External Evaluation Panel | Affiliation |
| Christine Crawford | University of Tasmania, Australia |
| Dave Cummins | University of Georgia |
| Kevan Main, Chair | Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida |
| Edna McBreen | University of Connecticut, Tarrington |
| Technical Committee* | Institution |
| Co-Chairs |
| Jim Diana | UM |
| Kevin Fitzsimmons | UA |
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| Material and Methods Subcommittee | | Research Area of Expertise |
| Claude Boyd | AU | Production optimization |
| Freddy Arias | Zamorano | Social and economic aspects |
| Yang Yi | AIT | Environmental effects |
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| Technical Progress Subcommittee |
| Joe Molnar | AU | Social and economic aspects |
| Amrit Bart | AIT | Environmental effects |
| Jim Bowman | OSU | Production optimization |
| |
| Work Plan and Budget Subcommittee |
| Tom Popma | AU | Production optimization |
| Carole Engle | UAPB | Social and economic aspects |
| Wilfrido Contreras-Sánchez | OSU | Environmental effects |
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| External At-Large Member |
| Damon Seawright | US tilapia producer |
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| Ex-Officio Members |
| Harry Rea | USAID |
| Hillary Egna | OSU |
| Cormac Craven | OSU |
* Membership as of 2001 Technical Committee election; see
Eighteenth Annual Administrative Report for previous
roster. Subcommittee members are listed in order of seniority.
PD/A CRSP