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Sushant Mukherjee is the Director of Finance and Administration. Before joining IFPRI, Sushant led the Financial Analysis and Planning team at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, where he oversaw the financial management of donor-funded projects. During his tenure there, he also published research on the economic impact of HIV […]

Mike Murphy is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, and a PhD student in Economics at the University of Bordeaux. He works primarily on the OneHealth CGIAR Initiative focusing on the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health. His research looks at how individual decision-making […]

Kuhima Mwango is a Senior Field Assistant with the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit.

Emily Myers is a Senior Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender and Inclusion Unit, based in Washington, DC. She uses qualitative methods to investigate gendered constraints to women’s participation in agriculture. Emily has supported the development of various instruments to measure women’s empowerment, such as the project-level Women’s Empowerment in […]

A Myintzu is a Research Analyst with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Sudha Narayanan is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in the South Asia Office in New Delhi. Sudha’s research interests span agriculture, food and nutrition policy, and human development. She is particularly interested in survey-based research using microeconometric approaches to understand broader questions of […]

Ryan Nehring is a Research Fellow in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit whose research focuses on the political economy of natural resource policy, agricultural research institutions, and food systems. He has worked as a researcher in sustainable development for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)–International Policy Centre (Brasília, Brazil) […]

Sumanta Neupane is a Program Manager with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.

Phuong Hong Nguyen is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit whose research interests are in maternal and child health and nutrition. She plays a significant role in the Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation of Alive & Thrive, a multiyear initiative promoting optimal infant and young child […]

Reza Nia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit.