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)
Sintayehu Workeneh Dejene
Research Management Coordinator
Solomon Waweru Mwendia
Scientist- Forage Agronomy
Sonia Gallego Castillo
Senior Research Associate, AgrobiodiversityStefan Burkart
Senior Scientist
Stephanie Jaquet
Project leader
Stephen Beebe
Bean Program Lead
Steven Sotelo
Assitant Fellow
Sylvia Monica Kalemera
Monitoring Learning and Geographical Information System Analyst
Tam Thi Le
Senior Research Associate
Tatiana Rivera
Research Associate
Teresa Borelli
Associate Scientist