The Alliance Scientists
![](/sites/default/files/styles/1920_scale/public/images/39035598191_22db7617aa_k_0.jpg?h=67bbcae4&itok=JGI464Il)
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
![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/172a0964-2.jpg?itok=IreNyci4)
Mark Lundy
Director, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/lulseged-desta-1.jpg?h=423d7eed&itok=vHQ33_HS)
Lulseged Desta
Director, Multifunctional Landscape![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/ana-maria-loboguerrero_0.jpg?h=7ee945e4&itok=mk6njpxM)
Ana Maria Loboguerrero
Director, Climate Action![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/carlo-fadda-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpg?itok=F3By3rth)
Carlo Fadda
Director, Agrobiodiversity![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/jacob-van-etten-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpg?h=83547a77&itok=2wpuG7Tr)
Jacob van Etten
Director, Digital Inclusion![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/maria-fernanda-alvarez-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpeg?itok=7PXPhq-W)
María Fernanda Álvarez
Director, Crops for Nutrition and Health, and Program Leader, Rice Breeding and Genetics![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/marlene-elias-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpg?itok=pKLFuDfQ)
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/elisabetta-gotor.png?h=c58aa1c6&itok=X_9J3z1m)
Elisabetta Gotor
Director Land Resource Economics Unit and Program Leader ∙ Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact (PISA4)![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/profile-picture1.jpg?itok=ZtfGOBsM)
Dejene K. Mengistu
Scientist![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/Dess.png?h=15cd4f7d&itok=okPzs2CG)
Dessalegn Molla Ketema
Postdoctoral Fellow-Social Scientist, Country Representative for Ethiopia![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-16%20at%208.15.59%20AM.jpeg?h=938100cb&itok=qoQEDdki)
Diana Carolina Arias Sinisterra
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/20190822_102459-04.jpg?h=ef9d1298&itok=lHUroumP)
Diana Carolina Lopera
Senior Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/captura-de-pantalla-2023-10-03-a-las-12.03.02.png?h=cedb3222&itok=RJwvC7CE)
Diana Gabriela Lope Alzina
Honorary Research Fellow![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/fotolike.jpg?h=045a0832&itok=Xw77wJom)
Diana Giraldo Mendez
Research Fellow![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/diana-gutierrez-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpg?h=d59282b0&itok=seioyAOa)
Diana Gutierrez
Senior Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/yo.jpeg?itok=QuEXeUbe)
Diana Katherine Quintero Cano
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/didier-lesueur-alliance-bioversity-international-ciat.jpg?itok=RD0p48iE)
Didier Lesueur
Senior Soil Microbiologist - Coordinator of the Common Microbial Biotechniology Platform (CMBP)![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/dsc_0003_ed-1-1.jpg?h=ef8f6aa5&itok=rumCINLE)
Diego Alejandro Álvarez Caro
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/diego-obando-picsa_1.png?itok=wSEPz8tp)
Diego Obando Bonilla
Senior Research Associate, Honduras![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/pic.jpg?h=98392fb4&itok=IvFuURzs)