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Staff

Alula Alemayehu Assen

Alula Alemayehu Assen

Research Officer II- Animal Genetics and Breeding

Birgit Habermann

Birgit Habermann

Scientist, Climate Change Technologies in Practice

Jason Sircely

Jason Sircely

Ecosystem Ecologist

Nathan Maiyo

Nathan Maiyo

Research Associate I

Samuel O. Oyola

Samuel O. Oyola

Senior Scientist: Molecular Biologist and Head of Genomics

Sonja Leitner

Sonja Leitner

Senior Scientist

Vish Nene

Vish Nene

ILRI Emeritus Fellow

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