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)
Armando Martinez-Valle
Specialist, Climate Actgion
Ashleigh Basel
Data Scientist
Athanasios Petsakos
Scientist
Augusto Castro-Nunez
Senior Scientist and Program Lead, Low-Emissions Food Systems
Bailey Rowland
Program Manager and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Officer
Beatrice Ekesa
Senior Scientist, Country Representative for Uganda
Benson Kenduiywo
Data Science Specialist, East Africa-Lead CGIAR FOCUS Climate SecurityBerta Ortiz Crespo
User Experience Design Specialist
Bia Silveira Carneiro
Social Research & Media Specialist
Boaz S. Waswa
Scientist
Bogale Nigir
Research officer