# 2024-25 Participants

**Source**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ipia/what-we-do-pages/international-research-academy/2024-participants.html
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The 2024-25 cohort of participants was chosen from an outstanding pool of applicants. Each member has committed to:

- attend and actively participate in all group meetings and to make the program a priority;
- meet regularly with their mentor, at least once per month and over the course of the year;
- develop and submit a concept note on a research topic developed with advice from their mentor; and
- participate in group trips to Washington, DC and an international destination.

Laramy Enders

Entomology

Mentor - Cathie Aime, Botany and Plant Pathology

Brady Hardiman

Forestry and Natural Resources

Mentor - Margaret Gitau, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Deandrae Smith

Food Science

Mentor - Sylvie Brouder, Agronomy