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 Tamene Desta
Director, Multifunctional Landscape
Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Director (a.i.), Climate Action, and Principal Scientist on Climate Impacts
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 (PISA4)
Abdul-Latif Baamonyor Jizorkuwie
Research Associate
Abdul-Rahim Abdulai
Post doctoral Research Fellow
Adam Drucker
Honorary Research Fellow
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)
Ageyo Collins
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
Al Imran Malik
Scientist II
Alberto Cenci
Associate Scientist
Alcade C. Segnon
Scientist
Alejandra Gil-Ordóñez
Research Associate