Internationally and nationally (managerial) recruited staff members

Click the NAME for the staff member's photo and biodata. Staff email addresses generally follow this format: [initial firstname].[surname]@cgiar.org.

ALPHABETICAL LIST
ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL 
COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATIONS SERVICES 
CROP AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION 
GRAIN QUALITY, NUTRITION, AND POSTHARVEST CENTER 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE 
IRRI-CIMMYT CROP RESEARCH INFORMATICS LABORATORY 
LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 
PLANT BREEDING, GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAM PLANNING AND COMMUNICATIONS 
SCIENTISTS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS 
SOCIAL SCIENCES 
T.T. CHANG GENETIC RESOURCES CENTER 
TRAINING CENTER 



ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
ROBERT S. ZEIGLER
Ph D,  Director General
ACHIM  DOBERMANN
PhD,  Deputy Director General for Research
WILLIAM G. PADOLINA
Ph D,  Deputy Director General for Operations and Support Services
MICHAEL T. JACKSON
Ph D,  Director for Program Planning and Communications
MELBA M. AQUINO
BS,  Senior Manager, Fin Planning & Reporting Unit
SYLVIA R. ARELLANO
BSC,  Executive Assistant to the Director General
GERARD F. BARRY
PhD,  Head, IPMU and Program 4 Leader, Coordinator, GoldenRice Network
MARICHU A. BERNARDO
MS,  Senior Manager - Risk Management and Quality Assurance
GELIA T. CASTILLO
Ph D,  Consultant
HIRAM D. GOMEZ, JR.
MS,  Senior Manager, PMMS
HECTOR V. HERNANDEZ
LLB,  Head, Human Resources Services
NORMAN A. MACDONALD
CA,  Director for Management Services
MARIA CHARINA ASUNCION G. OCAMPO
LLB,  Manager, Community and Employee Relations Services
ELISA S. PANES
BS,  Senior Manager , Financial Operations Unit
INEZ H SLAMET-LOEDIN
PhD,  Shuttle Scientist


COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATIONS SERVICES
EUGENE P. HETTEL
MA,  Editor and Head
BILL  HARDY
Ph D,  Science Editor/Publisher
ALBERT A.  BORRERO
BA,  Manager, Multimedia Services
ADAM  BARCLAY
Dip,  International Research Fellow


CROP AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION
BAS A. BOUMAN
Ph D,  Head
ROLAND J. BURESH
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Soil Science
JILL E. CAIRNS
PhD,  International Research Fellow
BHAGIRATH S CHAUHAN
PhD,  Post-doctoral Fellow
IL-RYONG  CHOI
Ph D,  Scientist, Plant Virology
SARAH  COVSHOFF
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
YUICHIRO  FURUKAWA
PhD,  Project Scientist
DILANTHA  GUNAWARDANA
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
STEPHAN M. HAEFELE
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Soil Science/Agronomy
KONG LUEN  HEONG
D Sc,  Senior Scientist, Entomology, IPM Specialist
YASUKAZU  HOSEN
Ph D,  Scientist, Soil Science
ELIZABETH  HUMPHREYS
PhD,  International Research Fellow/Theme Leader, Challenge Program on Water and Food
ABDELBAGI M. ISMAIL
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Plant Physiology
KRISHNA SV JAGADISH
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
DAVID E. JOHNSON
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Weed Science
SARAH  JOHNSON BEEBOUT
PhD,  International Research Fellow, Soil Science
CHRISTINE K. KREYE
PhD,  International Research Fellow, Agronomy
JAGDISH K. LADHA
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Soil Science; Coordinator, Rice Wheat Consortium; and Country Representative for India
TANGUY  LAFARGE
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Crop Physiology
RUBENITO M. LAMPAYAN
Ph D,  Postdoctoral Fellow
TWNG WAH W. MEW
Ph D,  Consultant
SHAOBING  PENG
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Crop Physiology
BENJAMIN  K.  SAMSON
Ph D,  Scientist, Agronomy
RACHID  SERRAJ
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Crop Physiology
JOHN E. SHEEHY
Ph D,  Head, Applied Photosynthesis and Systems Modeling Laboratory, Senior Scientist, Crop Ecology/Crop Modeling
GRANT R SINGLETON
Ph D,  Coordinator, Irrigated Rice Research Consortium
IMPA MUTHAPPA  SOMAYANDA
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
MICHAEL J. THOMSON
Ph D,  Post-doctoral Fellow
TO PHUC  TUONG
Ph D,  Senior Scientist
CASIANA M. VERA CRUZ
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Plant Pathology
GEORGINA  VERGARA
PhD,  Post-doctoral Fellow
ROMEO M. VISPERAS
MS,  Senior Associate Scientist
REINER  WASSMANN
PhD,  Coordinator, Rice and Climate Change Consortium


GRAIN QUALITY, NUTRITION, AND POSTHARVEST CENTER
MELISSA A. FITZGERALD
Ph D,  Head
MARTIN  GUMMERT
Dip ,  Scientist, Postharvest Development


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
MARINUS CORNELIS   VAN DEN BERG
Head, IT Services
ROGELIO P ALVAREZ
BS,  Manager


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE
JOSEPH F. RICKMAN
MS,  Program 3 Leader, IRRI Representative for the East and Southern Africa Region
MOHAMMED ZAINUL  ABEDIN
FoSHoL Project Team Leader and IRRI Representative in Bangladesh, Bangladesh
GARY C. JAHN
Ph D,  IRRI Coordinator and Representative for the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), Senior Scientist, Entomology
ZAKARIA L. KANYEKA
PhD,  Regional Plant Breeder for East and Southern Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
JULIAN A. LAPITAN
MS,  Senior Manager
M.A. HAMID   MIAH
Liaison Scientist for Bangladesh
MAHYUDDIN  SYAM
MPS,  Liaison Scientist for Indonesia/Malaysia/Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia/Malaysia/Brunei
MING  ZHAO
PhD,  Liaison Scientist for China


IRRI-CIMMYT CROP RESEARCH INFORMATICS LABORATORY
CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM  MCLAREN
Ph D,  Program 6 Leader, Senior Scientist and Head
RICHARD  BRUSKIEWICH
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics Specialist
RAMIL P. MAULEON
PhD,  Post-doctoral Fellow
THOMAS  METZ
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Research Informatics
SAMART   WANCHANA
Ph D,  Postdoctoral Fellow


LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION SERVICES
MILA M. RAMOS
MS,  Chief Librarian


OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
TERRY B. JACOBSEN
Head
DOUGLAS D. AVILA
BS,  Senior Manager, Physical Plant Services
TOMAS P. CLEMENO
BSA,  Manager, Experiment Station
ENRIQUE O. DELOS REYES
BS,  Manager, Physical Plant Services
GLENN A. ENRIQUEZ
BS,  Senior Manager, Safety and Security Services
PATRIA G. GONZALES
MS,  Manager, Seed Health Unit
ILDEFONSO R. JIMENEZ
BL,  Senior Counsel, Legal Services
MA. OBDULIA B. JOLEJOLE
BS,  Senior Manager, Food and Housing Services
ARNOLD R. MANZA
MS,  Senior Manager, Experiment Station
ALFREDO M. MAZAREDO
BS,  Manager, Physical Plant Services
MANUEL F. VERGARA
BS,  Senior Manager, Transport Services


PLANT BREEDING, GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
DARSHAN S. BRAR
Ph D,  Head
PEPITO Q. CABAUATAN
PhD,  Senior Associate Scientist
HAO  CHEN
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
JOONG-HYOUN   CHIN
Ph D,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MATTHIEU  CONTE
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
DAISUKE  FUJITA
PhD,  Project Scientist
GLENN B. GREGORIO
Ph D,  Scientist, Plant Breeding
DEEPINDER  K GREWAL
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
PHILIPPE M. HERVE
PhD,  Scientist, Molecular Biology
SIGRID  HEUER
PhD,  Scientist, Molecular Biology
KSHIROD KUMAR  JENA
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Plant Breeding and IRRI Representative for Korea
NOBUYA  KOBAYASHI
PhD,  Scientist, Plant Breeding
ARVIND  KUMAR
PhD,  Scientist, Plant Breeding
ROMEO  V. LABIOS
PhD,  Consultant IRRI-Japan Submergence Tolerant Rice Project
KYU-SEONG  LEE
PhD,  Senior Scientist, IRS seconded from RDA, Korea
HEI  LEUNG
Ph D,  Program 5 Leader and Senior Scientist, Plant Pathology
ZHIKANG  LI
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Molecular Genetics and Coordinator, International Network for Molecular Breeding
DAVID J. MACKILL
PhD,  Senior Scientist,
SUSANNA  POLETTI
PhD,  Post-doctoral Fellow
VENUPRASAD  RAMAIAH
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
EDILBERTO D REDOÑA
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Plant Breeding and Coordinator, INGER
SERGE  SAVARY
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Plant Pathology
ENDANG M. SEPTININGSIH
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
RAKESH K. SINGH
PhD,  International Research Fellow
JING  TAN
Consultant
PARMINDER S. VIRK
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Plant Breeding
LAETITIA  WILLOCQUET
PhD,  Scientist, Plant Pathology
FANGMING  XIE
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Hybrid Rice Breeding
DULE  ZHAO
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
XIANGQIANG  ZHAO
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow


PROGRAM PLANNING AND COMMUNICATIONS
MICHAEL T. JACKSON
Ph D,  Director for Program Planning and Communications
CORINTA Q. GUERTA
MS,  Senior Manager
DUNCAN I. MACINTOSH
BA,  Head, IRRI Spokesperson and Development Director


SCIENTISTS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS
RANDY  HAUTEA
Ph D,  ISAAA Scientist and Director
AGUSTIN  B. MOLINA
Senior Scientist and Regional Coordinator, INIBAP- Asia and the Pacific


SOCIAL SCIENCES
RANDOLPH  BARKER
Acting Head (Consultant)
SUSHIL  PANDEY
Ph D,  Program 7 Leader, Senior Scientist, Agricultural Economics , Deputy Head
HUM NATH  BHANDARI
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
YANN H. CHEMIN
DTSc,  Postdoctoral Fellow
HARI B. GURUNG
PhD,  International Research Fellow, Farming Systems
ROBERT J. HIJMANS
PhD,  GIS Specialist
DAMIEN  JOURDAIN
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Agricultural Economics, Vietnam
KEI  KAJISA
PhD,  Agricultural Economist
DIGNA O MANZANILLA
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
PIEDAD F. MOYA
MS,  Senior Associate Scientist
THELMA R. PARIS
Ph D,  Senior Scientist, Gender Specialist
JACOB  VAN ETTEN
PhD,  Postdoctoral Fellow
SHIGEKI  YOKOYAMA
MSc,  IRS seconded from JIRCAS


T.T. CHANG GENETIC RESOURCES CENTER
NIGEL RUARAIDH  SACKVILLE HAMILTON
PhD,  Senior Scientist, Evolutionary Biology and Head, Genetic Resources Center
FLORA C. DE GUZMAN
MS,  Senior Associate Scientist
KENNETH  L.  MCNALLY
Senior Scientist, Molecular Genetics/Molecular Taxonomy


TRAINING CENTER
NOEL P. MAGOR
Ph D,  Head,
DAVID  SHIRES
M Ed,  Consultant

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