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 -PISA4Impact
Jairo Rodriguez Chalarca
Senior Coordinator │ Crops for Nutrition and Health
Jane Girly Cuerdo Balanza
Research Associate - Geospatial Analysis and Data Management
Jefferson Valencia Gómez
Research Fellow
Jeimar Tapasco
Principal Scientist
Jérôme Bartholomé
Rice Geneticist and Breeder
Joe Tohme
Managing Director, Americas, and Director, Improving Crops
Johana Marcela Castillo Rivera
Research Associate
Jonathan Mockshell
P.I and Project Leader
Jonathan Newby
Program Leader, Cassava
Jonathan Steinke
Development Researcher
Jorge Eliécer Vargas Acosta
Agricultural Engineer