IGRI Personnel

This page lists individuals associated with the IGRI, including the IGRI directorate, staff, affiliates, and former interns. IGRI affiliates represent postdocs, faculty members, and practitioners who participate in and host research meetings, actively seek external funding to support their research activities that align with the IGRI’s research themes, and disseminate their research to academic and practitioner communities.

IGRI Directors

Saba Siddiki

Syracuse University
Co-Director

Christopher Frantz

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Co-Director

Ute Brady

Arizona State University
Associate Director

IGRI Affiliates

Brenda Bushouse

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tine de Moor

Erasmus University

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Daniel DeCaro

University of Louisville

Aaron Deslatte

Indiana University

Claire Dunlop

University of Exeter

Seth Frey

University of California, Davis

Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah

The University at Buffalo

Amineh Ghorbani

Delft University of Technology

Tanya Heikkila

University of Colorado Denver

Irene Pérez Ibarra

AgriFood Institute, University of Zaragoza

Derek Kauneckis

Desert Research Institute

Jonathan C. Kamkhaji

Department of Management,
Economics and Industrial Engineering – Politecnico Milano

Elizabeth Koebele

University of Nevada, Reno

Mark Latham

University of Birmingham

Tomás Olivier

Syracuse University

Bartosz Pielinski

University of Warsaw

Claudio Radaelli

University College London

Esteban Arribas Reyes

University of Alcalá

Doug Rice

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Edella Schlager

University of Arizona

Charlie Schweik

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Alex Smajgl

Mekong Futures Research Institute

Matia Vannoni

Kings College London

Chris Weible

University of Colorado Denver

IGRI Interns

Former

  • Angelo Baldado, Syracuse University (2020-2021)
  • Beyza Gurler, Syracuse University (2020-2021)
  • Sparsh Kansal, Syracuse University (2020-2021)
  • Stephanie Potts, Syracuse University (2020-2021)
  • Lisa Saleh, Syracuse University (2020-2021)
  • Umberto Tabalappi, King’s College London (2020-2021)
  • Hae Won Chung (Aug – Dec 2021)
  • Anamaria Rizo, University of California Davis (2020)