International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups: Central Asia Project
Administrative component of the ICBG Central Asia Program
Dr. Ilya Raskin - Group Leader; Director of the Central Asian Programs; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Biotechnology Center and Plant Biology Department. Email: raskin at aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Vyacheslav (Slavik) Dushenkov - Associate Group Leader; Associate Director of the Central Asian Programs; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Email: dushenkov at aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Judy Snow -
Group Administrator; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Biotech Center.
Email: snow at aesop.rutgers.edu
Ms. Barbara Halpern - Group Administrator; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Biotech Center.
Email: halpern at aesop.rutgers.edu
Plant Associate Program
Dr. Mary Ann Lila - Associate Program Co-Leader; Professor, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences; Assistant Dean for Research, College of ACES (Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign. Email: imagemal at uiuc.edu
Dr. Ilya Raskin - Associate Program Co-Leader (see above)
Dr. James Simon - Investigator; Director, New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program, Department Plant Biology; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Email: jesimon at aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Alex Poulev - Investigator; Natural Product Chemistry; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Email: poulev at aesop.rutgers.edu
Fungal Associate Program
Dr. James White - Associate Program Leader; Chairman, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Email: jwhite at aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Mariusz Tadych - Investigator; Department of Plant Biology and Pathology; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Email: tadych at aesop.rutgers.edu
Prokaryotic Microorganisms Associate Program
Dr. Jerome J. Kukor - Associate Program Leader; Director, Microbial Bioprospecting Program; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Email: kukor@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Gerben J. Zylstra - Investigator; Director; Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Email: zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. Lee Kerkhof - Investigator; Department of Marine Sciences; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Email: kerkhof@imcs.rutgers.edu
Structural and Analytical Chemistry Associate Program
Dr. Mary Ann Lila - Associate Program Leader; (see above)
Dr. Chris Knight - Investigator; Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Training Associate Program
Dr. Lena Struwe - Associate Program Leader; Department of Plant Biology and Pathology and Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources; Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Email: struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu
Dr. James Simon - Investigator; (see above)
Ms. Andrea Bohn - Investigator; Assistant Dean for Academic Programs; College of ACES (Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Email: abohn at uiuc.edu
Dr. Mariusz Tadych - Investigator; (see above)
Sasha Eisenman - Department of Plant Biology and Pathology. Email; eisenman at eden.rutgers.edu
Kyrgyzstan Associate Program
Dr. Jamin Akimaliev - Associate Program Leader; General Director of Kyrgyz Agricultural Research Institute. Email: kaa at imfico.bishkek.su
Dr. Tinatin Doolotkeldieva - Investigator; (Microbiology) Head, Microbiology Department; Kyrgyz Agrarian Academy, Academy of Science of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
Dr. Ishimby Sodonbekov - Investigator; Director of Kyrgyz National Botanical Garden
Dr. Anarbek Akimaliev - Investigator, Department of Biopharmacology; Institute of Bio-Soils of the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan .
Dr. Makhabad U. Kunurbaeva – Investigator; (Mycology) Research Associate, Institute of Bio-Soils of the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan .
Mrs. Tamara J. Alidaeva – Bookkeeper, RSIA.
Tajikistan Associate Program
Dr. Yusuf Nuraliev (TJAP), General Director, Professor International institute for study of Avicenna heritage and pharmacology
Mijgona Sharofova - Program adminstrator, Executive Director, International institute for study of Avicenna heritage and pharmacology
Abdurasul Halimov (TJAP-PAP)- Tajik State National University
Muhabbat Rahmatulloeva (TJAP-FAP)- Tajik State Medical University
Saidbeg Satorov (TJAP-PMAP)- Tajik State Medical University
Abdurasul Halimov (TJAP-BCTAP)- Tajik State National University
Rustam Latipov (TJAP-BCTAP)- Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan
Dr. Tojinisso Zubaydova - Investigator, Head of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, International institute for study of Avicenna heritage and pharmacology
Dr. Jumaboy Sanginov - Consultant, Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan
Firuz Kalonov - Investigator (chemist), Tajik State National Medical University
Kazakhstan Associate Program
Dr. Guram Pichkhadze (KZAP) - Kazakh National Medical University named after S.D. Asfendiyarov
Dr. Natasha Kurbatova (KZAP-PAP) - Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Dr. Irina Smirnova (KZAP-FAP) - Institute of Microbiology and Virology
Dr. Lyudmila Trenozhnikova (KZAP-PMAP) - Institute of Microbiology and Virology
Dr. Zharylkassyn Abilov - Investigator, Dean of Department of Chemistry, Professor, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Dr. Raisas Muzykina - Investigator, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Vitaliy Gromov (KZAP-BCTAP, Conservation ) - Director, Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK)
Dr. Vladimir Berezin (KZAP-PMAP+FAP, manager) - Institute of Microbiology and Virology
Uzbekistan Associate Program (former participants)
Dr. Khasan Ch. Buriev - Associate Program Leader; President of Tashkent State Agrarian University
Dr. Igor V. Belolipov - Coordinator, Investigator; Chairman of Botany Department; Tashkent State Agrarian UniversityDr. Mariyetta R. Eliseyeva - Investigator; (Screening) Laboratory Head Institute of Cardiology, Tashkent
Dr. Kahramon D. Davronov - Investigator; (Microbiology) Director, The Institute of Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Dr. Ozodbek A. Ashurmetov - Investigator; Director of Uzbek Scientific Institute of Botany
Dr. Abdushukur A. Khanazarov - Investigator; (Botany) Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of Forestry
Dr. Abdusaid Sh. Sheraliev – Investigator; (Mycology) Professor, Tashkent State Agrarian University
Dr. Djumaniyaz K. Kutliev – Investigator; (Microbiology) Professor and Head of the laboratory of Water and Geological Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology , Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan .
Dr. Buston Islamov – Investigator; (Botany) Associate Professor. The Samarkand State University .
Dr. Mariyetta R. Eliseeva - Investigator; (Screening) Professor, Head of the laboratory of Hypertension; Institute of Cardiology .
Dr. Salakhutdin Kh. Zakirov - Investigator; (Extractions) Associate Professor, Laboratory of Chemistry, Tashkent State Agrarian University
Dr. Abdushurur A. Khanazarov – Consultant, Professor. Uzbek Scientific Research Institute of Forestry.
Dr. Ravshan D. Kurbanov – Consultant, Professor, Director of the Institute of Cardiology .
Dr. Anvar G. Kurmukov – Consultant, Professor. Pharmacologist. Institute of Cardiology .
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