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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

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Timothy Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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  • Iván Mauricio Hurtado Rivas

    Research Associate

    Iván Hurtado is a Research Associate with HarvestPlus in the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit, based at the CIAT campus in Palmira, Colombia. His work focuses on advancing the development and dissemination of biofortified varieties of beans, rice, maize, and cassava, as well as conducting statistical analyses to support crop […]


  • Lieven Huybregts

    Senior Research Fellow

    Lieven Huybregts is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, and is the acting chair of IFPRI’s Institutional Review Board. He is a nutrition epidemiologist with expertise in maternal and child malnutrition in developing countries. His current research areas include: the impact of prenatal and postnatal […]


  • Elyse Iruhiriye

    Research Fellow

    Elyse Iruhiriye is a Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Her research focuses on nutrition policy and policy processes, with an emphasis on how evidence, institutional capacity, and stakeholder engagement shape nutrition decision-making in policy and programs. She uses qualitative and mixed methods approaches to examine […]


  • Nazrul Islam

    Senior IT Specialist

    Nazrul Islam is a Senior Information Technology (IT) Specialist in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He supports the Feed the Future Bangladesh Research Activity project. He has more than 14 years of experience in IT services and joined IFPRI-Bangladesh in 2013. He completed his master’s […]


  • Mir Raihanul Islam

    Research Analyst

    Mir Raihanul Islam is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit who joined IFPRI in 2021 under the USAID-funded Bangladesh Agriculture Policy Activity program. His research interests are related to public health, food security, resilience, and WASH (water, sanitation, and health). Before joining IFPRI, he worked as […]


  • Eleanor Jones

    Program Manager

    Eleanor Jones is a Program Manager in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit. Prior to her work at IFPRI, she worked as a research consultant at the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago. She also served as the managing editor for the Journal of Poverty and Public Policy. […]


  • Eliot Jones-Garcia

    Associate Research Fellow

    Eliot Jones-Garcia is an Associate Research Fellow with the Agrifood Innovation and Resilience Unit. His research focuses on human–AI interaction, user-centered design, and the ethical and responsible development of AI. At IFPRI, he explores the conceptual and methodological advancements of AI, the skills and governance structures needed to responsibly integrate […]


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    Nina Jovanovic

    Associate Research Fellow

    Nina Jovanovic is an Associate Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Division based in Cairo, Egypt. Her dissertation looked at the effects of technology adoption decisions made by smallholder farmers with incomplete information. She completed her PhD in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University in 2023.


  • Kinya Kaibung’a

    Research Officer

    Kinya Kaibung’a is a Research Officer with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a keen interest in leveraging machine learning, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies to boost climate resilience and food security in smart agriculture systems. She has previously worked with the Kenya Institute […]


  • Abul Kamar

    Senior Research Analyst

    Abul Kamar is a Senior Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in the South Asia Office in New Delhi. Presently, he works on the Regional Trade and Agricultural Transformation in the Bay of Bengal Countries project and the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region […]