The Alliance Scientists
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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
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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/xivk18141_0.jpg?itok=DvzWHjsQ)
Jhon Larry Moreno
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/1155.04.jpg?h=639a2ed3&itok=F1bX20kl)
Job Kihara
Principal Scientist, Soil and Water Management![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/51986733793_822bb248a4_o-EDIT_0.jpg?h=b4629e53&itok=YadrHwRl)
Joe Tohme
Managing Director, Americas![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/microsoftteams-image-4.png?h=2cdfdba5&itok=4x52D7L-)
Johana Marcela Castillo Rivera
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/img_7035.jpg?h=123dc74d&itok=UjQDcek7)
Johanna Mazabel
Coordinator │ Animal Nutrition & Quality Forages Laboratory![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/foto_perfil.jpg?h=6529ab60&itok=uZwFYy0P)
Jonatan Stivens Soto Bermeo
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/MOCKCHELL%20JONATHAN.jpg?h=56d64ea8&itok=L_YV2dKa)
Jonathan Mockshell
P.I and Project Leader![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/jono.jpg?h=5df01b70&itok=tRLiZlDR)
Jonathan Newby
Program Leader, Cassava![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/JS_reducedsize.jpg?itok=XFb7Gtwd)
Jonathan Steinke
Development Researcher![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/dsc_7925-ok.jpg?h=144f06ca&itok=LG8_GZFg)
Jorge Andres Perez Escobar
Research Associate![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/Fotograf%C3%ADa%20-%20Jorge.jpg?h=bd1509e3&itok=aAykeohm)
Jorge Eliécer Vargas Acosta
Agricultural Engineer![](/sites/default/files/styles/400x400_scalecrop/public/profile-picture/049eb7e7-1872-4971-8cbe-370ec84193c3.jpg?h=13a879fd&itok=SDtAQCZC)