(As of 31 December 2002)

SYRIA (Aleppo: Headquarters)

Director General’s Office

Prof. Dr Adel El-Beltagy, Director General
Dr Mohan C. Saxena, Assistant Director General
     (At-Large) and Assistant Director General
     (International Cooperation)
Dr William Erskine, Assistant Director General (Research)
Dr John Dodds, Special Advisor
Dr Elizabeth Bailey, Project Officer
Ms Houda Nourallah, Administrative Officer to the Director General and Board of Trustees

Administration

Mr Michel Valat, Director of Corporate Services

Government Liaison

Dr Faisal Maya, Director, Office of Government Liaison

Finance

Mr Vijay Sridharan, Director
Mr Ahmed El-Shennawy, Associate Director
Mr Srinivasan Sethuraman, Finance Officer,
     Budget, Donor Reporting and Outreach
Mr Mohamed Samman, Treasury Supervisor

Natural Resource Management Program

Dr Richard Thomas, Director
Dr Aden Aw-Hassan, Agricultural Economist
Dr Adriana Bruggeman, Agricultural HydrologySpecialist
Dr Eddy De Pauw, Agroclimatologist
Dr Luis IÒiguez, Senior Small-Ruminant Scientist
Dr Hiroaki Nishikawa, Honorary Consultant (Animal Parasitology)
Dr Theib Oweis, Water Management/Supplemental Irrigation Specialist
Dr Mustafa Pala, Wheat-Based Systems Agronomist
Dr John Ryan, Soil Fertility Specialist
Dr Abdul Bari Salkini, Agricultural Economist/Liaison Scientist
Dr James A. Tiedeman, Range Management Scientist
Dr Francis Turkelboom, Soil Conservation/Land Management Specialist
Mr Akhtar Ali, Water and Soil Engineer
Ms Azusa Fukuki, Research Associate, Anthropology
Mr Adekunle Gabriel Ibiyemi, Senior GIS Analyst
Dr Roberto La Rovere, Researcher in Economics
Dr Malika Abdelali Martini, Research Associate,
     Socioeconomics and Gender Analysis
Dr Ahmed Mazid, Agricultural Economist
Ms Monika Zaklouta, Research Associate, Animal Nutrition
Dr Safouh Rihawi, Research Associate, Animal Nutrition
Dr Wilko Schweers, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Land Management
Dr Celine Dutilly-Diane, Junior Professional Officer, Socioeconomics
Dr Sota Kobayashi, Associate Expert (JICA),Animal Health
Ms Birgitte Larsen Hartwell, Junior ProfessionalOfficer, Animal Science
Mr Kristof Scheldman, Junior Professional Officer, Agroecological Characterization
Mr Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Associate Expert (JICA), Animal Health
Ms Inger Waldhauer, Junior Professional Officer, Animal Science
Ms Shibani Ghosh, Research Fellow, Human Nutrition
Mr Alois Klewinghaus, Research Fellow, Land Management
Ms Katharina Lange, Visiting Research Fellow
Mr Haben Asgedom Tedla, Research Fellow,
     Land Management (BMZ/GTZ Project)

Germplasm Program

Dr Thomas Blake, Director and acting Spring Wheat Breader
Dr Osman Abdalla El Nour, Breeder/Pathologist (CIMMYT/ICARDA wheat program)
Dr Ali Abdel Moneim, Forage/Legume Breeder
Dr Michael Baum, Biotechnologist
Dr Mustapha El-Bouhssini, Entomologist
Dr Salvatore Ceccarelli, Barley Breeder
Dr Stefania Grando, Barley Breeder
Dr Rajinder Malhotra, Chickpea Breeder
Dr Miloudi Nachit, Durum Wheat Breeder (CIMMYT/ICARDA wheat program)
Dr Ashutosh Sarker, Lentil Breeder
Dr Amor Yahyaoui, Cereal Pathologist
Dr Moussa Guirgis Mosaad, Visiting Scientist Coordinator, ICARDA/Turkey Activities
Dr Bassam Bayaa, Consultant, Legume Pathologist
Dr Lukas Brader, Sabbatical, Visiting Scientist
Dr Wafa Chouman, Consultant Biotechnologist
Dr Khalil Shaaban, Consultant Faba Bean Breeder
Dr Sripada M. Udupa, Biotechnologist
Mr Fadel Afandi, Research Associate
Mr Akinnola Nathaniel Akintunde, International
     Crop Information System and International Nursery
Ms Aixa Del Greco, Junior Professional Officer
Mr Takahiro Sato, Visiting Research Associate (JICA)
Ms Elena Iacono, Research Fellow
Dr Ismahane El-Ouafi, Visiting Scientist

Genetic Resources Unit

Dr Jan Valkoun, Head
Dr Ahmed El-Ahmed, Consultant Seed Pathologist
Dr Kamel Chabane, Biotechnologist
Mr Jan Konopka, Germplasm Documentation Officer
Dr Kenneth Street, Associate Expert
Mr Bilal Humeid, Research Associate
Dr Siham Asaad, Research Associate

Seed Unit

Dr Antonius van Gastel, Head
Dr Samuel Bockari-Kugbei, Seed Economist
Mr Zewdie Bishaw, Assistant Seed Production Specialist
Mr Abdul Aziz Niane, Research Associate

Communication, Documentation, and Information Services

Dr Surendra Varma, Head
Mr David Abbass, Science Writer/Editor
Mr Moyomola Bolarin, Multimedia/ Training Material Specialist
Dr Nihad Maliha, Library and Information Services Manager

Human Resources Development Unit

Dr Samir El-Sebae Ahmed, Head
Mr Faik Bahhady, Consultant

Computer and Biometrics Services

Dr Zaid Abdul-Hadi, Head
Dr Murari Singh, Senior Biometrician
Mr Awad Awad, Database Administrator and Financial Systems Senior Analyst
Mr Hashem Abed, Scientific Databases Specialist
Mr Fadil Rida, Applications Specialist (Oracle Financials)
Mr Michael Sarkissian, Senior Maintenance Engineer
Mr Colin Webster, Systems Programmer/Network Administrator

Station Operations

Dr Juergen Diekmann, Farm Manager
Mr Bahij El-Kawas, Senior Supervisor (Horticulture)
Mr Ahmed Shahbandar, Assistant Farm Manager

Visitors

Mr Mohamad Hamwieh, Administrative Officer

Engineering Services Unit

Mr Ohanes Ohanessian, Physical Plant Manager

Purchasing and Supplies

Mr Essam Abd Alla Saleh Abd El-Fattah,
     Manager and Assistant Director of Corporate Services

Labor Office

Mr Marwan Mallah, Consultant

International School of Aleppo

Mr James Scorgie, Head

Damascus Office/Guesthouse, Syria

Ms Hana Sharif, Administrative Assistant

Beirut Office/Guesthouse, Lebanon

Mr Anwar Agha, Executive Manager/Consultant

Terbol Research Station, Lebanon

Mr Munir Sughayyar, Terbol Station Manager,
Station Operations

Regional Programs

North Africa Regional ProgramTunis, Tunisia

Dr Mohammed El-Mourid, Regional Coordinator
Dr Abderrezak Belaid, Project Coordinator,
     CIMMYT/ICARDA Durum Wheat Project, Morocco
Dr Veronique Alary, Socioeconomist

Nile Valley and Red Sea Regional Program
Cairo, Egypt

Dr Mohamed Habib Halila, Regional Coordinator
Dr Abelardo Rodriguez, International Facilitator

West Asia Regional ProgramAmman, Jordan

Dr Ahmed Amri, Biodiversity Project Coordinator

Arabian Peninsula Regional ProgramDubai, United Arab Emirates

Dr Ahmed Tawfik Moustafa, Regional Coordinator and Protected Agriculture Specialist
Dr Asadullah Al-Ajmi, Water/Irrigation Management Specialist
Dr Ahmed El Tayeb Osman, Range/Forage Scientist/Ecologist
Dr Asadullah Al-Ajmi, Water/Irrigation Management Specialist

Highland Regional ProgramTehran, Iran

Dr Habib Ketata, Coordinator, Iran/ICARDA Collaborative Project
Dr Javed Rizvi, Post-Doctoral Fellow

Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional Program
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Dr Rajendra Singh Paroda, Regional Coordinator and Head,
     Program Facilitation Unit, CGIAR Program for CAC
Dr Mekhlis Suleimenov, Assistant Regional Coordinator
Mr Yerken Azhigaliyev, Regional Environmental Management Officer
Dr Bitore Djumahanov, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
     Cereal Breeder/Geneticist, ICARDA/ Uzbekistan
Dr Zakir Khalikulov, Consultant Scientist

Afghanistan

Dr Nasrat Wassimi, Executive Manager
Mr Abdul Rahman Manan, Assistant Manager

CIMMYT, Mexico

Dr Flavio Capettini, Post-Doctoral Fellow
     (Barley Breeder)

Consultants

Dr Giro Orita, Honorary Senior Consultant
Dr Hisham Talas, Medical Consultant (Aleppo)
Mr Edward Hanna, Legal Advisor (Beirut)
Mr Tarif Kayali, Legal Advisor (Aleppo)