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Aarish Maqsood
Senior Research Officer - Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
Aayush Niroula
Communications Specialist, Nepal
Abdul Hakeem
National Researcher - Irrigation Agronomist
Abdul Rasheed
National Researcher - Applied Adaptive Agriculture Specialist
Abdulkarim Seid
Country Representative – Ethiopia, Regional Representative – East Africa (Rotational CR)
Abena Ofosu
Senior Research Officer - Innovation Scaling
Abhijit Behera
Research Officer - Land and Water Management
Abubakar Aslam
Senior Researcher Officer - Water Management
Adebayo Oke
Senior Regional Researcher - Next Generation Irrigation
Afua Owusu
Researcher - Water and Environmental Systems Modelling
Ahmed Masoud
Postdoctoral Fellow - Water-Conflict and Resilience
Akiça Bahri
Member, Board of Governors
Akif Rahim
National Researcher - Climate Change Adaptation
Ala’a Homaidan
Project Coordinator
Alan Nicol
Principal Researcher
Alemseged Tamiru Haile
Senior Researcher - Hydrology/Hydrological Modeling
Alok Sikka
Country Representative - India and Bangladesh / Senior Fellow
Amare Haileslassie
Principal Researcher
Amjad Jamal
Communications Specialist, Pakistan
Ammala Chanthalath
Research Officer - Participatory Methods
Anil Aryal
National Researcher – Water Resources Management
Anne Heese
Head of Human Resources
Anne-Cécile Delwaide
Advisor to the Director General
Anuj Mishra
Research Officer - Socio-Technical Innovation
Anurag Banerjee
Research Officer- Economics of Water Policy and Climate Change
Asif Naseer
National Researcher - Water Resources Management
Asmi Yazeen
Head of Program Management
Avinandan Taron
Researcher - Environmental and Resource Economist
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Barbara Janusz-Pawletta
Country Representative, Uzbekistan & Regional Representative, Central Asia
Barbara van Koppen
Emeritus Scientist
Bharat Sharma
Emeritus Scientist
Birhanu Zemadim Birhanu
Deputy Country Representative (IWMI-Ghana) & Senior Researcher - Water and Land Management Expert
Bunyod Holmatov
Research Group Leader – Water, Food, Energy Nexus (WFEN)
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Charity Osei-Amponsah
Senior Regional Researcher - Governance Institution and Inclusion, Deputy Country Representative - Ghana
Chaturangi Wickramaratne
Researcher - Freshwater Ecologist
Chiara Colombo
Policy & Engagement Advisor
Christopher Agyekumhene
Researcher - Sustainable Finance
Chu Thai Hoanh
Emeritus Scientist
Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio
Member, Board of Governors
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D. P. Wickremasinghe
Member, Board of Governors
Darshan Karki
Researcher - Social Scientist
Darshana Wickramasinghe
Research Analyst - Remote Sensing and GIS
Darshini Ravindranath
Research Group Leader – Climate Policies, Finance and Processes (CPFP)
David Molden
Member, Board of Governors
Davy Vanham
Senior Researcher - Integrated Modeling and Assessment
Debra Tan
Member, Board of Governors
Decide Mabumbo
Senior Researcher - Climate Risk Management and Disaster Resilience
Deepa Joshi
Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead Specialist
Deepa M P M
National Researcher - Water and Energy
Deepak Varshney
Regional Researcher
Dennis Choruma
Regional Researcher - Land-Water and Soil Solutions
Desalegn Tegegne
Research Officer III
Dhyey Bhatpuria
Researcher – Environmental Data Analyst
Dilmi Sithara
Assistant Research Officer - Water Resources Management
Dimuthu Malalgoda
Regional Researcher - Groundwater Management
Dipaka Sena
Researcher - Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Doulaye Kone
Member, Board of Governors
Dzifa Agbefu
Innovation Hub Coordinator
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Elizabeth Wamba
Regional Communications and Knowledge Management Expert, East Africa
Emma Greatrix
Senior Project Manager and Commission Lead
Enrica Porcari
Member, CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board
Eric Mortey
National Researcher - Geospatial Hydrologist
Eric Nartey
National Researcher
Evans Chinembiri
Senior Project Manager - Agribusiness Acceleration and Scaling
Everisto Mapedza
Senior Researcher - Social and Institutional Scientist
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Faiz Alam
Senior Regional Researcher
Fayrouz Eldabbagh
National Researcher - Political Scientist
Felix Opola
Postdoctoral Fellow - Equality Social Inclusivity and Digital Innovation
Fitsum Hagos
Social Science - Economist
Fiza Faizi
National Researcher - Geoinformatics
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Gaber Abdellatif
National Researcher - Water Quality & Food Systems
Gamini Halvitige
Head of Finance
Gerald Atampugre
Regional Researcher - Social and Natural Science
Giriraj Amarnath
Research Group Leader - Water Data for Climate Resilience / Principal Researcher – Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience
Girma Ebrahim
International Researcher – Hydrology and Water Resources
Giulia Zane
Researcher - Economist
Gopal Kumar
Deputy Country Representative - India & Researcher - Agroecology-Natural Resources Management
Greenwell Matchaya
Senior Researcher - Economics-ReSAKSS Coordinator, Deputy Country Representative - South Africa
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Hafsa Aeman
National Researcher – Remote Sensing and GIS
Hameed Alizai
Senior Research Officer - Community Mobilizer
Haseeb Zafar
National Researcher - Hydrologist
Hasindu Iduranga Ramanayake
Assistant Research Officer - Water Data Science
Henk Ovink
Chair, Board of Governors
Henry Roman
Country Representative - South Africa
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Ian Overton
Acting Director - Water Data Science / Country Manager - Sri Lanka
Idil Ires
Researcher - Enabling Environment
Imtiaz Khan
Independent expert
Inga Jacobs-Mata
Strategic Program Director – Water, Growth and Inclusion
Iqra Akram
National Researcher - Economist
Ireny Khella
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Sustainable Agriculture
Iskandar Abdullaev
Senior Researcher
Isuru Jayathissa
Assistant Research Officer - Water Data Applications
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Javier Mateo-Sagasta
Senior Researcher and Coordinator-Water Quality
Jeremy Stone
Researcher - Jahez Project Leader
Jibesh KC
Research Officer - Resilient Water Management and Livelihoods
Johan Gely
Asia Director for Research Impact
John Simaika
Senior Researcher - Aquatic Ecology
Jonathan Lautze
Research Group Leader – Integrated Management of Basins and Aquifers
Josey Kamanda
Researcher - Innovation Scaling and Agribusiness Acceleration
Juan Carlos Sanchez Ramirez
Research Group Leader - Water Governance and Political Economy
Juliane Reissig
Communications Manager
Julien Harou
Independent expert
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Kaleem Ullah
Researcher - Hydrologist
Kamila Zukhridinova
Administrative Officer
Kanishka Hewageegana
Assistant Research Officer - Water Data Science
Kanwal Waqar
Deputy Country Representative - Pakistan and Regional Researcher - Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
Karen Nortje
Research Group Leader - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)
Karthikeyan Matheswaran
Researcher - Water Productivity
Kashif Hussain
National Researcher – Irrigation Water Management
Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi
Country Representative - Ghana
Khadija Begum
Gender and Youth Specialist
Kifayat Zaman
Senior Regional Researcher - Irrigation Systems Planning and Development
Kirubel Gebreyesus
Regional Researcher - Water Systems Modelling
Komlavi Akpoti
Researcher - Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling
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Lahiru Madushanka
Research Officer – Water Data Cloud Analytics
Lal Muthuwatta
Researcher - Hydrology-Hydrological Modelling, Deputy Country Manager - Sri Lanka, CGIAR Country Convener - Sri Lanka
Likimyelesh Woldegiorgis
Research Management Coordinator
Lisa-Maria Rebelo
Principal Researcher (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development)
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Maha Al-Zu’bi
Regional Researcher – Sustainable & Resilient Water Systems
Mahesh Jampani
Regional Researcher – Water Risks, Climate Change and Health
Mahlatse Nkosi
Research Officer – Inclusive Agricultural Finance
Maïmouna Tall
Regional Communications and Knowledge Management Coordinator, West and Central Africa
Manahari Singarachchi
Project Coordinator
Manohara Khadka
Country Representative – Nepal
Mansi Tripathi
Researcher – Resource Recovery and Reuse
Mansoor Leh
Senior Researcher
Manuel Magombeyi
Regional Researcher
Mariangel Garcia Andarcia
Research Group Leader – Water Futures Data and Analytics
Marie-Charlotte Buisson
Principal Researcher – Economics and Impact Assessment (EcIA)
Mark Dubois
Country Representative – Lao PDR
Mark Smith
Director General
Mark Thomson
Director - Business Strategy and Delivery
Martin Morgan Mailosi
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Specialist
Matthew McCartney
Research Group Leader – Sustainable Water Infrastructure and Ecosystems
Mauricio Lopes
Member, CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board
May Attallah
National Researcher - Innovation Scaling and Partnership
Mengistu Debela
Senior Researcher - Gender and Social Inclusion
Meron Teferi Taye
Researcher - Water and Climate Systems
Migara Perera
Senior Manager - Facilities and Administration
Mirriam Makungwe
Postdoctoral Fellow - Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture & Climate Information Services
Mitchell McTough
Postdoctoral Fellow – Water, Conflict & Resilience
Moctar Dembele
Researcher - Spatial Hydrologist
Mohamed Aheeyar
Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management
Mohsin Hafeez
Strategic Program Director – Water, Food and Ecosystems
Muhammad Ali
Researcher - Economist
Muhammad Arshad
Researcher - Integrated Water Resources Management Specialist, Deputy Country Representative - Pakistan
Muhammad Ashraf
Country Representative - Pakistan
Muhammad Cheema
Deputy Country Representative - Pakistan & Researcher - Water Resources Management
Muhammad Khalifa
Regional Researcher - Integrated Modeling and Assessment
Muhammad Zain Akbar
Senior Research Officer - Policy and Water Governance
Muhammad Zohaib
National Researcher - Remote Sensing and GIS
Mulugeta Tadesse
Spatial Data Scientist
Muluken Adamseged
Deputy Country Representative - Ethiopia & Researcher - Innovation Scaling
Munyaradzi Junia Mutenje
Researcher - Scaling Water Solutions
Mutum Lamnganb
Postdoctoral Fellow - Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems
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Nada Al-Tantawi
Communications Consultant to MENA Region
Nafn Amdar
Senior Research Officer - Water Resources Management and Accounting
Naga Manohar Velpuri
Principle Researcher & Research Group Leader - Water Data Science for Action (WDSA)
Najeeb Ullah
Monitoring , Evaluation, Learning & Impact Assessment (MELIA) Hub Lead
Naqash Abbasi
Senior Researcher Officer - Geoinformatics
Naveed Iqbal
Regional Researcher - Hydrologist
Ngowenani Nohayi
Senior Research Officer - Policy and Water Governance
Nicole Langa
Research Officer - Future Creative Technologies for Agricultural Innovation
Nikunj Usadadia
Research Officer – Action Research
Nilantha Sangapalaarachchige
Head - Facilities and Administration
Nilanthi Jayathilake
Researcher - Septage Management and Reuse
Niranga Alahacoon
Regional Researcher - Remote Sensing and Disaster Risk Specialist
Nirman Shrestha
Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management
Nirudha Perera
Head of Information and Communications Technologies
Nishadi Eriyagama
Senior Regional Researcher - Water Resources Engineer, Deputy Country Manager - Sri Lanka
Noah Adamtey
Senior Researcher - Resource Recovery and Agri-food System Expert
Nora Hanke-Louw
Senior Project Manager (International)
Novaira Junaid
National Researcher – Economist
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Ojongetakah Enokenwa Baa
Researcher – Gender, Social Inclusion, and Youth
Olufunke Cofie
Africa Director for Research Impact
Oluwadara Alegbeleye
Postdoctoral Fellow - Microbiologist - Food Safety and Water Quality
Om Acharya
Office Manager
Oorna Raut
Research Officer - Rural Livelihoods
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Pacem Kotchofa
Researcher – Political Economy of Food, Land and Water Policies
Pakistan representative (TBD)
Member, Board of Governors
Palanisami Kuppannan
Emeritus Scientist
Pallavi Rajkhowa
Regional Researcher
Patricia Wouters
Member, Board of Governors
Paul Pavelic
Senior Researcher - Hydrogeology
Petra Schmitter
Research Group Leader – Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Pathways
Phay Ko U
Project Coordinator
Philip Kuriachen
Researcher - Water and Livelihoods
Pradeep Kulasing Liyanage
Multimedia Specialist
Priyanie Amerasinghe
Emeritus Scientist
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Rachael McDonnell
Deputy Director General – Research for Development
Radheeka Jirasinha
Researcher - Freshwater and Wetland Management
Ramesh Tamang
Administration and Logistics Assistant
Richard Golding
Member, CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board
Rodrigo Ordóñez
Global Communications Lead
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Safa Fanaian
Researcher - Social Science
Sahana V
Researcher - Water Risk Modeler
Salman Siddiqui
Researcher - Natural Resources Integration Systems Specialist
Salomon Obahoundje
Postdoctoral Fellow – Geospatial Tools for Water Management
Sander Zwart
Senior Researcher - Water and Climate Change Management & Deputy Country Representative - Ghana
Sandra Ruckstuhl
Research Group Leader – Fragility, Conflict, Livelihoods and Water
Sanjiv de Silva
Senior Regional Researcher - Natural Resources Governance
Sanju Koirala
Researcher - Social Science-Water and Natural Resources
Santosh Nepal
Researcher - Water Resources and Climate Change
Sarah Appiah
Senior Research Officer - Social Scientist
Sarfraz Munir
Senior Regional Researcher
Saurav Pradhananga
National Researcher - Climate Change and Water Resources
Sawsan Gharaibeh
Regional Researcher - Gender and Social Inclusion
Seifu Tilahun
Senior Researcher – Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Seipati Mokhema
Research Officer – Gender, Social Inclusion and Youth
Shahid Iqbal
Regional Researcher - Water Modelling
Shalini Rajakaruna
Scientific Manuscript Examiner
Shavkat Kenjabaev
National Researcher - Water Resources Management
Shilp Verma
Senior Researcher - Water-Energy-Food Policies, Deputy Country Representative - India
Shisher Shrestha
National Researcher - Renewable Energy Water & Climate Change
Shreya Chakraborty
Researcher – Climate Change Policy and Adaptation
Shweta Yadav
National Researcher – Water Quality and Waste Management
Smaranika Mahapatra
National Researcher - Water Data Modelling
Solomie Gebrezgabher
Senior Researcher - Economics
Somphasith Douangsavanh
Regional Researcher - Hydrogeologist
Souphalack Inphonephong
National Researcher - Social-Political Scientist
Stephen Fragaszy
Researcher - Al Murunah Project Leader
Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee
Policy Engagement Specialist
Sudharsan Malaiappan
IWMI-ITC Project Research Officer
Sujeewa Dissanayaka
Research Analyst - Remote Sensing and GIS
Suman Padhee
Researcher – Water Risk Modeler
Sumitra KC
National Researcher - Policy and Water Governance
Surajit Ghosh
Regional Researcher – Integrated Water Data Science Expert
Susanne Bodach
Research Group Leader – Integrated Circular Economy Transformations (ICET)
Sushila De Silva
Senior Communications Specialist
Syed Khair
Regional Researcher – Applied Agronomic Expert
Syon Niyogi
Chief Operating Officer
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Tanmoy Bhaduri
Communications Specialist, India
Thai Thi Minh
Principal Researcher
Tharindu Perera
Assistant Research Officer - Water Data Applications
Thilina Madushanka
National Researcher - Hydrology and Water Management
Thilina Prabhath
Manager - Water Data Analytics and Cloud Computing
Tinashe Dirwai
Senior Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Management Solutions
Tosin Somorin
Researcher - Circular Economy Waste Management
Tousif Bhatti
Regional Researcher – Water Management
Tushaar Shah
Emeritus Scientist
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Umar Liaqat
Senior Regional Researcher – Water Systems Modelling
Upali Amarasinghe
Emeritus Scientist
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Veena Srinivasan
Member, Board of Governors
Vidhisha Samarasekara
Strategic Program Director – Water Climate Change and Resilience
Vidya Mandave
Research Officer – Water and Agricultural
Viengxay Xaydala
National Researcher - Social Science
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Waleed Khan
National Researcher - Remote Sensing & GIS
Walter Mupangwa
Senior Researcher - Agroecology
Wasudha Abeyrathna
Project Coordinator
William Quarmine
Regional Researcher - Development Economist
Winnie Pele
Research Officer – Innovation Scaling (AICCRA Project)
Wolde Bori
Senior Researcher – Environment and Development
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Yakob Umer
Regional Researcher - Water Risks and Data Science Specialist
Youssef Brouziyne
Country Representative – Egypt & Regional Representative – MENA
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Zafar Gafurov
Senior Regional Researcher
Zolo Kiala
Postdoctoral Fellow - Water Data Science