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, and also know more about our scientist emeriti, who contributed to our history.
Meet Our Directors
Marcela Quintero
Associate Director General, Research Strategy, and Innovation
Mark Lundy
Director, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior
Mayesse da Silva
Director (a.i), Multifunctional Landscapes
Henri Rueff
Director, Climate Action and Principal Scientist
Carlo Fadda
Director, Agrobiodiversity
Jacob van Etten
Director, Digital Inclusion
María Fernanda Álvarez
Director, Crops for Nutrition and Health, and Program Leader, Rice Breeding and Genetics
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion
Elisabetta Gotor
Director, Land Resource Economics Unit, and Program Leader, Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact
Lorena López-Galvis
Postdoctoral Fellow
Louis Butare
Scientist I and WECABREN Coordinator
Lucy Njuguna
Postdoctoral Fellow
Luis Alfonso Valderrama Florez
Senior Research Associate - Bean Genetics And Breeding
Luis Armando Muñoz B
Research Specialist
Luis Fernando Delgado
Data Analyst, Cassava Program
Luis Guillermo Santos Meléndez
Bean curator/Seed Conservation and Viability Lab Coordinator II
Luis Hernandez
Research Coordinator II
Luis Molina Carpio
Research Fellow - Environmental Modeler
Luisa María Claros Trujillo
Research Associate
Luz Adriana Jimenez R.
Senior Coordinator