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
Regassa Bekele
Research Officer
Rein van der Hoek
Livestock Scientist
Ricardo Andres Pedreros Pérez
Research Assistant II
Ricardo Gonzalez-Quintero
Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Modeling of Livestock Systems
Ricardo Oliva
Senior Scientist, Banana Program leader for Latin America & the Caribbean
Riina Jalonen
Scientist
Robert Andrade
Scientist
Robert B. Zougmoré
Director, AICCRA
Robert Fungo
Nutritionist
Romain Gautron
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ronnie Vernooy
Senior Scientist, Genetic Resources and Seed Policies