The Alliance Scientists

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. To do so, the Alliance and its scientist community works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors.
We encourage you to engage with our community of scientists and researchers here and on other professional platforms.
Meet Our Directors

Mark Lundy
Director, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior
Lulseged Desta
Director, Multifunctional Landscape
Ana Maria Loboguerrero
Director, Climate Action
Carlo Fadda
Director, Agrobiodiversidad
Jacob van Etten
Director, Inclusión Digital
Joe Tohme
Director, Cultivos para la nutrición y la salud, y Director Gerente, Americas
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion
Elisabetta Gotor
Principal Scientist and Program Leader│ Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact -PISA4Impact
Diego Obando Bonilla
Asociado de Investigación Senior Honduras
Adam Savelli
Climate Security Specialist
Adama Ouedraogo
Agribusiness Economist
Adams Kwaw
Lead Environmental and Social Safeguard Specialist, Accelerating Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
Akullo Jacqueline
Research Associate- Nutrition
Al Imran Malik
Scientist II
Alcade C. Segnon
Scientist
Alejandra Marín
Research Specialist
Alejandra Rubio Botero
Research Associate
Alessandro Craparo
Associate Scientist
Alex Nduah Nderi
Research Associate