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
Director, Climate Action
Carlo Fadda
Director de Agrobiodiversidad
Jacob van Etten
Director de Inclusión Digital
Joe Tohme
Director, Cultivos para la nutrición y la salud, y Director Gerente, Americas
Marlène Elias
Directora de Género e Inclusión
Elisabetta Gotor
Director Land Resource Economics Unit and Program Leader ∙ Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact (PISA4)Lorena Belixa Gómez Centeno
Research Associate
Luis Fernando Delgado
Data Analyst, Cassava Program
Luz Adriana Jimenez R.
Senior Coordinator
Mahalinagam Govindaraj
Senior Scientist
Manabu Ishitani
Principal Scientist
Manuel Narjes
Lead Environmental and Agricultural Economist, Multifunctional Landscapes
Marcela Beltrán
Postdoctoral Fellow
Maria Blanco
Research associate
María Camila Rebolledo
Researcher
Maria del Mar Esponda
Research Associate
Maria Eliza Villarino
Visiting Researcher