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)
Jesús Fernando Flórez Herrera
Research Associate
Job Kihara
Principal Scientist, Soil and Water Management
Joe Tohme
Managing Director, Americas, and Director, Crops for nutrition and health
Johana Marcela Castillo Rivera
Research Associate
Johanna Mazabel
Coordinator │ Animal Nutrition & Quality Forages Laboratory
Jonathan Mockshell
P.I and Project Leader
Jonathan Newby
Program Leader, Cassava
Jonathan Steinke
Development Researcher
Jorge Andres Perez Escobar
Research Associate
Jorge Eliécer Vargas Acosta
Agricultural Engineer