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)
José Luis Marulanda González
Research AssociateJuan Andres Cardoso
Plant ecologist and physiologist
Juan David Lobatón
Lead Molecular Geneticist
Juan Sebastian Rivas
Research Associate - Policies and Institutions
Julián David Barrios Pérez
Senior Research Associate, Climate Action
Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Principal Scientist on Climate Impacts
Julie Sardos
Genetic Resources Scientist
Justin Mabeya Machini
Senior Research Associate
Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu
Research Management Coordinator
Karen Valeria Camilo Reyes
Research Associate
Karoll Valentina Yomayuza
Research Associate