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)
Tiffany Talsma
Team co-Lead, Data Driven Sustainability
Todd Rosenstock
Principal Scientist
Tonya Schuetz
Leader of Strategic Performance and Results Management
Tosin Harold Akingbemisilu
Research Specialist
Tuyen Huynh
Team Lead, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior, Asia
Valentin Guignon
Bioinformatics Specialist
Victor Villa
Climate Security Specialist
Walter Ocimati
Scientist; Healthy and Productive Farms and Landscapes
Wanjiku Githu
GIS Analyst
Warren Arinaitwe
Plant Pathologist
Wendy Francesconi
Senior Scientist, Theme Leader of Ecosystem Services and Environmental Impacts sub-lever