Our Experts

Moogdho Mahzab is a Research Fellow with the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a development economist with research interests in environment, health, and political economy. Prior to joining IFPRI, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Graduate Business School and Stanford Woods Institute for […]

Hazel Malapit is a Senior Research Coordinator in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Washington, DC. She coordinates research, training, and technical assistance on implementing the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), and conducts research on gender, women’s empowerment, agriculture, health, and nutrition issues. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the Gender, Agriculture […]

Pierre Mamboundou is an Associate Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. Pierre works with the Dakar team on various projects related to the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and climate change on food security and on Integration of global production, markets, trade, and […]

Rui Mao is a Nonresident Fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit.

Quinn Marshall is a Research Fellow with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.

Will Martin is a Research Fellow Emeritus in IFPRI’s Director General’s Office, where his main interests are agricultural trade policy, productivity growth, poverty reduction, prioritization of development interventions, and environmental impacts of agricultural support. Prior to joining IFPRI, Martin spent nearly 25 years at the World Bank. While there, he headed […]

Eduardo Maruyama is a Research Coordinator in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit. He first joined IFPRI as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently, he works on improving market access for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa through rural producer organizations (RPOs) as well as analyzing how valuable information flows from children to their parents and […]

Ian Masias is a Program Head in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Portland, OR. He currently manages the Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA), which seeks to improve governance in Myanmar’s agriculture sector. Since joining IFPRI, he has also managed the Nigeria Strategy Support […]

Harriet Mawia is a Research Officer in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit who conducts research on socioeconomics and gender policy issues using applied econometric analysis. Her focus is on gender equality and the empowerment of women in agriculture for economic development, food security, and improved livelihoods in Africa. Before […]

Jean Mbagurire is a Research Team Leader with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.