- 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 ...
- Timothy Thomas worked as an economist / consultant for 10 years at the World Bank before joining IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) in March 2010. His primary research at the World Bank was with land use and land use change, ...
- Tingju Zhu joined IFPRI in June, 2005 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. He obtained his Ph.D. in water resources engineering (minor in agricultural and resource economics) from the University of ...
- Tolulope Olofinbiyi (Tolu), a Nigeria national, is a Program Manager in the Director General’s Office. She manages activities for the Director General’s research and outreach. Tolu has worked with Development Alternatives Inc. in Bethesda., ...
- Tsitsi Makombe, a Zimbabwean national, joined IFPRI in 2005. At IFPRI, Tsitsi provides research and technical support to the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Before joining IFPRI she ...
- Valerie Mueller is the co-leader of the Development Strategy and Governance Division's research under the Rural-Urban Linkages for Development Program. Prior to joining IFPRI, she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Earth Institute at Columbia ...
- Vanessa Moreira, from Brazil, is a Senior Research Assistant for the Poverty Health and Nutrition of IFPRI. She has joined IFPRI to be part of a research team studying the impact of social protection programs in Latin America and Africa and is ...
- Victoria B. Chou holds a MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore and a PhD in International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her previous research experience ranged from ...
- Wahidur Quabili joined IFPRI in 2000 as a senior research assistant. His work focuses on urban challenges to food and nutrition security. In 1986 Quabili earned his bachelorÆs degree in agriculture from the Bangladesh Agricultural University in ...
- Wei Zhang is a research fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division. Her research focuses on ecosystem service (ES) and natural resource management, climate change and vulnerability analysis, and modeling and analysis of ...
- William M. Collier is a Senior Research Assistant in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division. He works within the food and water safety research theme focusing on links between agriculture, nutrition, and health in developing countries. ...
- A citizen of China, Zhang earned B.S. in mathematics from Nankai University, China; M.S. in economics from Tianjin University of Economics and Finance, China; and M.S. and Ph.D. in applied economics and management from Cornell University in ...
- Xinshen Diao is currently the Deputy Division Director and a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division of IFPRI and a subtheme leader for the CGIAR’s Policy, Institution, and Market Research Program (CRP2). She ...
- Yan is a Research Analyst at the Environment, Production & Technology Division. Her research focuses on poverty alleviation and different strategies to escape the poverty trap: sustainable development, livelihood strategies, public investment ...
- Yanyan Liu joined IFPRI in June 2009. Yanyan received a joint PhD in economics and agricultural economics from Michigan State University in 2006. Her dissertation examined determinants of maize productivity in Kenya and studied valuation of ...
- Yifei joined IFPRI as a Senior Research Assistant in 2011. She has been assisting with developing website, data visualization tools and technologies, and other communication tools for the ReSAKSS Africa and Asia projects. Before joining IFPRI, ...
- Yisehac Yohannes of Ethiopia conducts research and analysis related to poverty alleviation, vulnerability, targeting, and the welfare of the poor. Yohannes, who joined IFPRI in 1985, holds a B.S. in statistics from Haile Sellasie 1st University, ...




























