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Academic Staff

Name	Title/Area of Responsibility/Expertise
Pathmanathan Umaharan	Professor in Genetics, Head of department Genetics, Plant Breeding, Biotechnology Pathmanathan.Umaharan@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 82114
Frances Bekele	Cacao Germplasm Specialist, Morphology Section leader Numerical taxonomy (classification) and phenotypic diversity of cacao, cocoa germplasm evaluation for traits of economic interest to identify candidates for enhancement and breeding. Frances.Bekele@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 83333
Michel Boccara	CIRAD Visiting Scientist, Molecular Biology Section leader DNA fingerprinting tools, Molecular profiling, genetic diversity analysis. Michel.Boccara@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 82178
Darin Sukha	Food Technologist, Flavour and Quality Section leader Research on fermentation, drying and quality assessment of cocoa. Conducting quality analyses (physical and organoleptic) on cocoa bean and chocolate samples. Darin.Sukha@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 83332
Surendra Surujdeo-Maharaj	Plant Pathologist, Pathology Section leader Disease evaluation of cocoa for the two major diseases of economic importance: Phytophthora palmivora and Moniliophthora perniciosa. 662-2002 Extension 82115
Gerard Fourny	Cocoa Technologist, CIRAD Visiting Scientist Project consultant for research and development. Quality control, Cocoa post harvest, and technical studies in the field.
Naailah Ali	Researcher in the Flavour and Quality section working on organoleptic assessments and value addition in cocoa. Naailah.Ali@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 83332,83331
Gillian Bidaisee	Researcher in the Morphological Descriptors section, working on cocoa fruit and flower data collection. Gillian.Bidaisee@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 83330
Annelle Holder-John	ICGT (cocoa genebank) management: irrigation, propagation and seedling establishment. Annelle.Holder@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 83331
Marissa Moses	Marissa.Moses@sta.uwi.edu M.Sc. program development
Lambert Motilal	Researcher and PhD candidate working on DNA fingerprinting and molecular profiling of cocoa. Lambert.Motilal@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 82178
Antoinette Sankar	Researcher in the Molecular biology section, also managing CRC website content and collaborating in the Cacao Clones Manual project. Also, is the CRC representative on UWI Safety Committee. Antoinette.Sankar@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 82178
Romina Umaharan	Researcher working on Witches' Broom disease evaluation and PhD student. Romina.Umaharan@sta.uwi.edu 662-2002 Extension 82178