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)
Christian Bunn
Scientist II
Christine Chege
Agri-Nutrition and Food Systems Scientist
Christophe Béné
Principal Scientist - Senior Policy Advisor
Chun Song
Spatial Econometrician
Ciniro Costa Jr
Climate and Food Systems Specialist| Brazil Lead, ATDT
Colin K. Khoury
Visiting Researcher
Cristian Duarte Osorio
Senior Research Associate
Daniel Jimenez R.
Senior ScientistDaniel M. Villegas
Research Associate
Danny Hunter
Principal Scientist, Convener for the Pacific
David Andres Rios Segura
Senior Research Associate