Macsamuel Sesugh Ugbaa

• Member of team that developed project proposal, implementation plan, work plan and budget template/plan
• Reviewed source documents and listings to compile resources for identifying and correcting data allocation issues.
• Collated student participation data for the Environmental standards component trainings and prepared summary reports
• Member of monitoring and evaluation committee ensuring compliance to processes to achieve objectives and meet progress indicators within time and budget
• Member of Procurement team designing, implementing procurement plans and managing contracts
• Member of ICT committee

Assisted the Principal Investigator to lead research team on the Project Genetic improvement of cowpea for resistance to striga and Alectra using molecular tools

Designed and implemented research projects

Facilitated engagements with farmers for participatory research

Cleaned and analyzed data

Wrote and submitted progress reports

• Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
• Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
• Mentored undergraduate and graduate students in effective next-steps for education and career preparedness.
• Selected and designed lesson plans and curriculum to meet academic objectives.
• Conducted individual research projects to actively contribute to institution's research work.
• Designed and distributed lecture handouts to round out material and increase student understanding.
• Participated in various campus memberships at each assigned school to promote academics and faculty development.

• Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations.
• Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while independently locating and correcting concerns.
• Collaborated with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of collection.
• Streamlined research processes to meet tight deadlines for multiple projects.
• Set up equipment, organized inventory and maintained facilities.
• Gathered and organized information for research purposes.
• Collaborated with staff to develop and implement best practices and accomplished all team goals.
• Collaborated with team members to initiate best practices to achieve organizational goals.
• Wrote research papers, reports, reviews regarding cowpea research at our lab.
• Performed screen house and field experiments and research and documented findings.