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)
Alejandra Rubio Botero
Research Associate
Alejandra Suárez
Project Manager
Alessandro Craparo
Associate Scientist
Alex Nduah Nderi
Research Associate
Alexander Buritica
Senior Research Associate
Aman Bonaventure Omondi
Scientist II, Country Representative for Benin and Burundi
Amanda Sue Grossi
Research Team Leader for Climate Action and Resilient Food Systems
Amsalu Tilaye
Research officer II - Geospatial Developer
An Maria Omer Notenbaert
Team Lead, Africa Tropical Forages Program
Ana Elisabeth Portilla Benavides
Senior Research Associate
Ana Maria Leiva Sandoval
Senior Research Associate