He has attained academic degrees as follows:

 Ph.D in Development Economics

 Master of International Development Studies

 Bachelor of Engineering in Applied Physics

He has worked for international organizations such as International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) as well as Mars & Company in the private sector. He also has extensive experience in working freelance.

·           Co-Principal Investigator: Advancing the Development and Adoption of Post-Harvest Grain Legume Technologies by Smallholder Farmers. Malawi and Tanzania. [McKnight Foundation]

·           Coordinator for ICRISAT: KULIMA, Improving the Access to and Use of Agricultural Research Innovations by Malawian Farmers. [EU & GIZ].

·           Principal Investigator: Reducing Drudgery and Increasing Efficiency in Groundnut Post-harvest Operations through Labor Saving Technologies. Malawi and Mozambique. [McKnight Foundation]

·           Objective Leader: Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement of Sorghum, Pearl Millet, and Finger Millet in Africa. Ethiopia and Tanzania. [BMGF]

·           Team Leader for Malawi: Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning in Africa. Malawi and Ethiopia. [UK Department for International Development].

·           Principal Investigator: Post-harvest loss assessment for groundnut using nationally representative on-time stakeholder interview approach, combined with on-farm assessment. Malawi. [CRP PIM].

·           Chief Analyst: Nutrition, food safety, and complementary feeding trials. Malawi. [McKnight Foundation].

·           Chief Analyst: Nutrition, food safety, and complementary feeding trials. Tanzania. [USAID].

·           Team Leader for Zambia & Malawi: Impacts of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa. Zimbabwe, Zambia, & Malawi. [FAO].

·           Focal Point: Gender impacts of groundnut post-harvest interventions. Zambia [CRP-PIM & USAID].

·           Chief Analyst and Lead Author: Role of sorghum and pearl millet in subsistence farming systems. Mozambique. [CRP Dryland Cereals].

·           Team Leader for Malawi: Economic impact assessment of groundnut technologies in Malawi. [CRP Grain Legumes].

·           Chief Analyst and Lead Author: Pigeonpea trait preferences and food fuel system in southern Malawi [CRP Dryland Systems].

·           Supervisor: Baseline assessment for Malawi Seed Industry Development Program for sorghum production in Southern Region and gender indicators in Central Region. Malawi [Irish-Aid].

·           Analyst and Coauthor: Farmer-to-farmer dissemination of improved rice technologies among smallholder farmers. Tanzania [JICA & CRP RICE].

·           Analyst and Lead Author: Social capital spillover among villagers: irrigated community vs. rainfed community [JICA & JIRCAS].

·           Team Leader for the Philippines and Lead Author: Methods of tracking improved varieties in five countries in South Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan). [BMGF].

·           Analyst and Lead Author: Assessment of NMRice. The Philippines [CRP RICE].

·           Member and Coauthor: Demonstration of NMRice at demonstration plots. The Philippines [CRP RICE].

·           Member and Coauthor:  An African Green Revolution: Finding Ways to Boost Productivity on Small Farms. [World Bank, FASID].

In addition, 13 confidential projects in the private sector.

 Agricultural Economics

 Natural Resources Economics

 Poverty Reduction

 Social Capital Formation

 Technology Adoption

 Ex-post Impact Evaluation

 Gender in Smallholder Agriculture

 Survey Methods

 Spatial Econometrics

 Monitoring & Evaluation

 Corporate Management

He has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals including World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Public Health Nutrition, Mycotoxin Research, Journal of International Development, Water, Development in Practice, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Journal of Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics, and so forth.

In addition, he has published peer-reviewed working papers, conference papers, discussion papers, book chapters as well as donor project reports.

IAAE (International Association of Agricultural Economists), AAEA (Agricultural and Applied Economics Association of the U.S.A.), AARES (Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society), etc.

·           Reviewer for journals including Journal of Rural Studies, Applied Economics Perspectives and Policies, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, African Development Review, Agro-ecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Biomass and Bioenergy, etc.

·           Organizer of training sessions on electronic survey programming and administration for enumerators and scientists.

·           Resource Persons for various workshops and training.

·           Chair for the procurement committee.

·           Chair for the division seminar organizing committee.

·           Chair and reviewer for sections of conferences.

·           Co-founder and former co-executive director of defunct Office T&T Inc.

·           Co-founder and former board member for the NPO Happy Steps.

·           Yoga and contemporary dance instructor.