CGIAR Borlaug Fellow working with Dr. Jean Ristaino as the NC State faculty mentor. Fellow conducted research on Phytophera infestans population structure and pathogen evolution in eastern Africa. Fellow has has mapped the pathogen population in five eastern Africa countries as a basis for P. infestans surveillance in the region. Additionally, she has generated pathogen data for the potato national breeding programs interested in a particular European potato variety as well as CIP’s potato biotechnology breeding group, that can be used for future deployment of the 3R transgenic potato for Africa.