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)
Mathieu Rouard
Senior Scientist - Plant genomics and bioinformatics
Max Ruas
Officer, Agrobiodiversity
Mayesse da Silva
Senior Soil Scientist
Meklit Chernet
Project Leader, Data Science and Digital Agricultural Adaptation
Mercy Mutua
Senior Research Associate
Mestawet Gebru
Research OfficerMichael Peters
Program Lead, Tropical ForagesMichael Selvaraj
Senior Scientist
Miguel Dita
Senior Scientist - Plant Health
Miguel Romero Sanchez
Research Fellow, Multifunctional LandscapesMilan Urban
Bean Physiology Lead