Yvan Ritter Guimapi
<p><strong>Research project:</strong> Development and implementation of software to optimize field application of biopesticides for the management of arthropod pests</p>
<p>Rittter is an ARPPIS PhD Scholar supervised by Dr Samira Mohamed (<em>icipe</em>) and Dr George Okeyo (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya). He is currently researching the modeling of arthropod dispersal, to develop and implement a software to optimize field application of biopesticides for the management of arthropod pests. He is currently registered for a PhD at JKUAT, and is supported by a scholarship from DAAD.</p>
<p>Ritter completed his undergraduate studies in Mathematics and Computer Science, at University of Dschang, Cameroon and obtained a MSc in Computer Sciences from the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. Ritter serves on the <em>icipe</em> Scholars Association committee as the PhD representative.</p>
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