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Ampofo Darko
Assistant Professor
PhD 2010, University of Florida
BS 2004, Guilford College
adarko@utk.edu
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Ernest Bennin
Graduate Researcher
BS 2021, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ebennin@vols.utk.edu
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Bukola Ogunyemi
Graduate Researcher
BS 2020, University of Ibadan
bogunyem@vols.utk.edu
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Paul Pitcher
Graduate Researcher
BS 2023, University of Tennessee
ppitcher@vols.utk.edu
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Micah Lewis
Graduate Researcher
BS 2023, Liberty University
mlewi103@vols.utk.edu