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)Thanh Duong
Research Associate
Thierry Tran
Scientist
Tiffany Talsma
Team co-Lead, Data Driven Sustainability
Tiziana Pagnani
Postdoctoral Fellow
Tosin Harold Akingbemisilu
Research SpecialistTuyen Huynh
Team Lead, Food Environment and Consumer Behavior, Asia
Valentin Guignon
Bioinformatics Specialist
Walter Ocimati
Scientist; Healthy and Productive Farms and Landscapes
Wanjiku Githu
GIS Analyst
Warren Arinaitwe
Plant Pathologist
Wietske Kropff
Reseach Specialist