• Agnes Quisumbing, a senior research fellow, co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes. Her past work at IFPRI analyzed the ...
  • Carmen Ruiz is a Senior Program Analyst for the Director General’s Office (DGO) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). In this capacity, she provides donor stewardship, communicates IFPRI’s research results to relevant ...
  • Claudia Ringler was appointed Deputy Division Director of IFPRI’s Environment and Production Technology Division in 2011. From 1996 until her current appointment, she served in various other research positions in that division. She currently ...
  • Cristina Chiarella joined IFPRI, as a Research Assistant, in May 2010. Cristina holds a B.A. in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Before joining IFPRI, Cristina worked as a research assistant for the Group for the ...
  • Derek Headey is a research fellow in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), where he joined as a postdoctoral fellow in 2008. A development economist, his research encompasses a ...
  • Eduardo Maruyama joined IFPRI in 2007 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Born and raised in Peru, he studied a Ph.D. in Economics in the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). His past work has focused on studying risk-coping strategies of the ...
  • Gissele Gajate Garrido received her PhD in Economics from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on June 2010. She also holds a Masters in Economics from UCLA and graduated with honors from Universidad del Pacífico (Peru). She has worked ...
  • Jef Leroy is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division. At IFPRI, he studies the impact of two large scale integrated food and nutrition programs in Burundi and Guatemala on maternal and child nutrition and health. ...
  • Jody Harris joined IFPRI’s Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division as a research analyst in September 2010. Her work is primarily on linking agriculture and heath for nutrition, including program evaluations and reviews of published evidence. ...
  • José Falck-Zepeda joined IFPRI in 2004 as a Research Fellow. His work at IFPRI focuses on the economics and impact assessment of biotechnology, biosafety and emerging technologies. In addition, José focuses on agricultural R&D policy and ...
  • Jose Funes is originally from Honduras. Before joining HarvestPlus, he worked with the Development Strategy and Governance division at IFPRI as GIS research analyst. He received his undergraduate degree in Agricultural Engineering from Zamorano ...
  • Manuel Hernandez joined IFPRI in July 2009 as a Postdoctoral Fellow and was promoted to Research Fellow in 2012. He received his PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University in August 2009. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from ...
  • Mara van den Bold joined IFPRI in January 2012 as a Research Analyst in IFPRI’s Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (PHND). Prior to joining IFPRI, Mara worked in London at WaterAid, an international NGO focused on improving access to safe ...
  • Marcelle Thomas joined IFPRI in 1988 and is now a research analyst in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division (MTID). As part of her ongoing work at MTID, Marcelle has joined the team on Globalization and Trade, applying the MAcMap dataset ...
  • Marie T. Ruel was appointed Division Director of IFPRI's Food Consumption and Nutrition Division in 2004. From 1996 until her current appointment, she served as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division. Since joining IFPRI, she ...
  • Maximo Torero is the Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute, leader of the Global Research Program on Institutions and Infrastructure for Market Development and ...
  • Meagan Keefe joined IFPRI as a Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow through the Congressional Hunger Center in July of 2007. Through her fellowship, she worked for the Development Strategy and Governance Division in IFPRI’s regional office ...
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  • Nicholas W. Minot is a senior research fellow in the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division. Since joining IFPRI in 1997 as a post-doctoral fellow, he has carried out research on the agricultural market reform in Africa, fertilizer policy, ...
  • Noora-Lisa Aberman is a Program Analyst for the Poverty Health and Nutrition Division of IFPRI. She holds an MA in International Economic Policy from American University. With IFPRI, Noora has worked on a broad range of topics and programs ...
  • Peter joined IFPRI in 2006 as an Information and Knowledge Management Specialist in the Communications Division. Prior to IFPRI Peter worked for the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD) in managing a ...
  • Timothy Sulser joined IFPRI as a Research Analyst in 2004 to work on the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT). A US citizen, Sulser holds a M.A. in Tropical Conservation & Development from the ...