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)
Barbara Vinceti
Senior Scientist
Bartholomeus Panis
Principal Scientist
Belay Terefe Mengesha
Research Project Coordinator
Benjamin Schiek
Senior Research Associate
Benson Kenduiywo
Research Specialist
Bernardo Caldas de Oliveira
Research Team Leader
Berta Ortiz Crespo
User Experience Design Specialist
Bia Silveira Carneiro
Social Research & Media Specialist
Boaz S. Waswa
Scientist
Bogale Nigir
Research officer
Bola Amoke Awotide
Research Team Leader