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 Desta
Director, Multifunctional Landscape
Ana Maria Loboguerrero
Research Director, Climate Action
Carlo Fadda
Director, Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture
Jacob van Etten
Director, Digital Inclusion
Joe Tohme
Managing Director, Americas, and Director, Improving Crops
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion
Elisabetta Gotor
Principal Scientist and Program Leader│ Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact -PISA4ImpactDaniel M. Villegas
Research Associate
Danny Hunter
Senior Scientist
David Andres Rios Segura
Senior Research Associate
David Guerena
Scientist
Debbie Pierce
Research Associate
Deborah Nabuuma
Associate Scientist
Degefie Tibebe
Spatial Analyst
Deissy Martínez-Barón
Regional Lead, Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dessalegn Molla Ketema
Postdoctoral Fellow-Social Scientist
Diana Gutierrez
Research Associate
Diana Katherine Quintero Cano
Research Associate