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
Bogale Nigir
Research officer
Bola Amoke Awotide
Research Team Leader, Country Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brayden Youngberg
Research Specialist
Brenda Ndenga
Research Fellow
Brian Mayanja
Research Specialist
Brice Even
Research Team leader
Brigitte Melly
Senior Research Officer - Data Science
Burra Dharani Dhar
Scientist, Data Products and Solutions Lead, CGIAR Hub for Sustainable Finance (ImpactSF)
Camilo Barrios-Pérez
Research Specialist in Agroclimatic Modeling - Leader of the Agroclimatic Modeling Team
Camilo E. Sánchez Sarria
Research Associate
Carlo Fadda
Director, Agrobiodiversity