Mr. Mustafa Amzough, Morocco - ma755@cornell.edu - Mr. Amzough is a Principal Engineer with the Department of Marine Fisheries. He wants to learn various aspects of sustainable aquaculture, and how the US government manages and promotes aquaculture activities. During his fellowship he hopes to gain a better understanding of different eco-certification processes in aquaculture, US aquaculture policy and how fish farmers in the US access information and services. He also wants tounderstand the US seafood market and study US seafood standards and their safety aspects.
Mr. Eddy Bongwele Is Akaala, Democratic Republic of the Congo - eib28@cornell.edu - Mr. Bongwele is as an Agricultural Engineer with the Central African Regional Program for the Environment, where he works in remote sensing and leading GIS trainings. At Cornell University, Mr. Bongwele will study Environmental Policy, natural resources, climate change, advanced remote sensing and computer science. He intends to enhance his understanding of satellite data technology as applied to combating forest degradation. He will use this knowledge to intervene in the destruction of the world's forests, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mr. Diogo Carvalho, Brazil - dpc97@cornell.edu - Mr. Carvalho is a Federal Agricultural Inspector at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. His objectives are to study climate change, greenhouse gas mitigation, environmental conservation and sustainable agriculture. He also intends to improve his skills in leadership, planning, public policy and management in order to help his country to continue agribusiness development in a sustainable manner and preserve the Amazon Forest.
Ms. Sian Cuffy, Trinidad and Tobago - snc49@cornell.edu - Ms. Cuffy is an Environmental Officer with the National Quarries Company Limited - the only state-owned quarry in Trinidad and Tobago. During her fellowship, she plans to focus on Quarry rehabilitation and site restoration techniquesas well as Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) as a means of affecting behavior change in her organization, the neighboring community and country at large through the implementation of environmental programs.
Dr. Dianna Kirakosyan, Armenia - dk674@cornell.edu - Ms. Kirakosyan is Head of the Plant Protection Field Licensing Department at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia. During her Humphrey Fellowship year she plans to acquaint herself with US agricultural legislation and food safety regulations, to meet food safety specialists to implement joint professional trainings, and to meet food safety officials to exchange experience and implement joint projects.
Mr. Nabil Kassoussi, Algeria - nk465@cornell.edu - Mr. Kassoussi is a Hydraulic Engineer and the Project Manager of the Hydraulic Studies Office in Ouled Djallel, Algeria, where he researches and monitors hydraulic infrastructure projects. These projects focus on sanitation, potable water, drilling, and other technical issues. Mr. Kassoussi will do coursework at Cornell University and consult with American engineers researching urban planning, water distribution, sanitation and irrigation in rural areas. He will implement knowledge gained in the US to address problems related to water scarcity in Ouled Djallel and other areas of Southern Algeria.
Ms. Takang Pamela Manyo, Cameroon - tpm89@cornell.edu - Ms. Manyo is the Executive Director and founder of Dynamic Action Group, an NGO serving underprivileged people in the rural areas of Cameroon. She has a background in organizational and project management, council finance and marketing research. During her fellowship program she wants to study principles, policies and sustainable practices of: small and large farms; community development; vegetation, forest products, water and the atmosphere; processing, preservation, marketing channels of agricultural products; pest management; and farm equipment.
Dr. Olena Myronycheva, Ukraine - om65@cornell.edu - Ms. Myronycheva is Docent of Department of Processing and Storage Technology of Agricultural Products at Tavria State Agrotechnological University. During fellowship year she wants to expand her knowledge of commercial mushroom production in order to then help develop the mushroom industry in the Ukraine on the local and national level. She will work to find practical solutions to rural problems and help integrate producers and researchers to solve the problems hindering life in the Ukraine.
Ms. Tanja Popovicki, Serbia - tp283@cornell.edu - Ms. Popovicki is an institutional expert within the Government of Serbia/Ministry of Environment. She has been active in the implementation of various environmental policy reforms aimed to assist Serbia gain entry into the EU, and she wants to have her professional affiliation within a US governmental agency or organization that would enable her to become an effective advocate for environmental mainstreaming in Serbia.
Dr. Hassan Rayaleh, Djibouti - hor4@cornell.edu - Mr. Rayaleh is Head of the Geography Department at the University of Djibouti, whose mission includes national human resource training in the field of natural hazard and disaster management. By furthering his knowledge in the field of the natural risk management, he wants to realize the potential for Djibouti to have qualified human resources able to propose programs of prevention and risk management at the central, regional and local levels.
Mr. Pratim Roy, India - pr369@cornell.edu - Mr. Roy is a founder and the Director of the Keystone Foundation, an NGO based in Southern India's Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which has worked since 1995 with indigenous communities on eco-development initiatives. Roy plans to use his fellowship year to understand how US NGOs, lobbyists, government agencies, businesses and academia work towards common strategies for ensuring sustainable livelihoods and an ethically-based environmental policy. Translating this learning to an Indian context, Roy hopes to further efforts at environmental diplomacy amongst NGOs in India.