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
Degefie Tibebe
Research Specialist
Deissy Martínez-Barón
Regional Lead, Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dejene K. Mengistu
Scientist-II
Desire Kagabo
Project Leader
Dessalegn Molla Ketema
Postdoctoral Fellow-Social Scientist, Country Representative for Ethiopia
Diana Carolina Arias Sinisterra
Research Associate
Diana Carolina Lopera
Senior Research Associate
Diana Duarte-Delgado
Molecular Biology Leader
Diana Giraldo Mendez
Research Fellow
Diana Gutierrez
Senior Research AssociateDiana Katherine Quintero Cano
Research Associate