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, Agrobiodiversity
Jacob van Etten
Director, Digital Inclusion
Joe Tohme
Managing Director, Americas, and Director, Crops for nutrition and health
Marlène Elias
Director, Gender and Inclusion
Elisabetta Gotor
Director Land Resource Economics Unit and Program Leader ∙ Performance, Innovation and Strategic Analysis for Impact (PISA4)
James Edward Giles
Climate Strategy Specialist
James Garrett
Senior Scientist
Jane Girly Cuerdo Balanza
Research Associate - Geospatial Analysis and Data Management
Janelle Sylvester
Research Fellow
Janneth Patricia Gutiérrez Artunduaga
Genetic Biologist
Jean Claude Rubyogo
Lead, Global Bean Program and Director, Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)
Jefferson Valencia Gómez
Research Fellow
Jeimar Tapasco
Principal Scientist
Jennifer Wilker
Lead Bean Breeder, Latin America
Jenny Wiegel
Americas Lead, Food Environment and Consumer BehaviorJérôme Bartholomé
Rice Geneticist and Breeder