Our Experts

Mahalingam Govindaraj is a Senior Scientist in the HarvestPlus Program of the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit, where he leads CGIAR’s biofortification crop development research network and advances capacity building for the mainstreaming of biofortification traits. A globally recognized crop improvement leader, he has more than 15 years of experience […]

Zhe Guo is a Senior GIS Coordinator with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.

Monali Gupta is a Research Analyst with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.

Shweta Gupta is a Senior Research Analyst in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit, working on the CGIAR Science program on Multifunctional Landscapes (MFL-SP). She is also a doctoral candidate at Centre for Development Research at University of Bonn, Germany. Her research interests include sustainable agriculture, aspirations, methods research, gender […]

John Hanly is a Head, IT Services with the Finance and Administration Unit.

Faaiqa Hartley is a Scientist in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit, based in Cape Town, South Africa, where she helps develop and apply IFPRI’s IMPACT model. Faaiqa’s research focuses on the economic and distributional impacts of development, climate, and environmental policies in Africa, with a particular focus on South […]

Ganna Hassan is a Research Assistant with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Derek Headey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, where he has worked since 2008. A development economist, his research chiefly focuses on agricultural development and nutrition, though he has also worked on economic growth, food security, and poverty reduction issues. He was the Principal […]

Charlotte Hebebrand is the Director of Communications and Public Affairs. She has extensive experience researching as well as writing and communicating about food and agricultural policy topics. Charlotte served most recently as Director General of the Paris-based International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), a 500+ member association composed of different companies in […]

Jessica Heckert is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit.  She uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to address questions related to adolescent/youth well-being and work experiences, the impact of agricultural development interventions on women’s empowerment and other gender-related outcomes, and the intersection of household gender […]