Dr. Ismail is a Principal Scientist with over 30 years of experience in crop improvement, focusing on enhancing resilience to climate change and adverse environmental conditions. His work includes understanding mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance...

Alexis leads all aspects of IRRI’s breeding work in East and Southern Africa (ESA).

In close collaboration with other IRRI breeders, molecular breeders, pathologists, physiologists, and national partners, Alexis develops new products for lowland...

Amelia Henry's research supports abiotic stress trait development at IRRI. Her group conducts physiology experiments on rice with aims to identify new accessions for stress tolerance and to characterize variation in the breeding pool. Research topics...

Amit specializes in geospatial technology and currently leads the IRRI South Asia Geospatial Lab. His research primarily focuses on South Asia, as well as regions in Africa and Southeast Asia. At IRRI, he has conducted extensive studies on technology...

Born to a farming family in India, Dr. Swamy has always had a keen interest in agriculture from his early young age. His desire to be a researcher in agriculture to improve the livelihood of farming families made him pursue his career in Agricultural...

Ole currently leads IRRI’s country office in Thailand. He is a Senior Scientist and climate change focal point of the Institute. His research group focuses on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation technologies. Ole completed his PhD at the...

As an enabler and strategic partner, Carla leads the strategic direction and global execution of the HR function across IRRI’s operations in Asia and Africa. She works closely with IRRI’s senior leadership and the CGIAR People & Culture community to...

As IRRI’s Global Head of Policy Development, Elizabeth is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining policies across multiple corporate services departments.

Previously, she worked as IRRI’s Corporate Services Manager for the...

Atty. Perez serves as IRRI’s Senior Counsel and is a member of the IRRI Leadership Team. He contributes his legal expertise across various fields, including strategic leadership, governance and oversight, resource management, human resources, and...

Guoyou Ye is a plant geneticist and breeder with a solid experience in designing conventional and molecular breeding strategy, quantitative genetic analysis, and developing analytical tools for agricultural researchers, geneticists, and breeders.

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Hom Nath Gartaula is a Senior Scientist in gender and social research under Sustainable Impact through Rice-based Systems. He is an Agricultural Anthropologist passionate about the interdisciplinary research on resources, equity, and wellbeing of...

As Country Representative for Bangladesh, Dr. Bhandari leads IRRI's programs in the country which includes developing strategies, managing the office and programs, liaising with the government, and handling stakeholder relations. As an agricultural...

Dr. Choi is a plant virologist specializing in management of virus diseases and the gene functions in relation to virus-plant interactions. Since 2001 he has been working at IRRI on various aspects of rice tungro, grassy stunt, ragged stunt and...

In this critical role, Neil will spearhead efforts to optimize HR processes, leverage technology, and drive innovation to enhance productivity and cost-effectiveness. With a strong background in global HR projects,ERP, data analytics, and audits...

Inez is currently the head of Rice Genetic Design and Validation unit at IRRI and is assigned as the the global lead of CGIAR gene editing initiative.  Her research portfolio includes improving nutrition through healthier rice, disease resistance...

Damien leads the Breeding Innovations and Informatics cluster, which aims to evaluate and develop new technologies and opportunities ready for their implementation in the mainstream breeding pipelines.  Damien personally leads the design of superior...