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Aarish Maqsood
Senior Research Officer - Artificial Intelligence & Data Science
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)
Abdur Cheema
Regional Researcher – Water Governance and Institutional Specialist
Abena Ofosu
Senior Research Officer - Innovation Scaling
Abhijit Behera
Research Officer - Land and Water Management
Abubakar Aslam
Senior Researcher Officer - Water Management
Adebayo Oke
Regional Researcher - Agricultural Water Solutions
Afua Owusu
Postdoctoral Fellow – Remote Sensing and Hydrology
Ahmed Masoud
Postdoctoral Fellow - Water-Conflict and Resilience
Akiça Bahri
Member, Board of Governors
Akif Rahim
National Researcher - Climate Change Adaptation
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
Ammala Chanthalath
Research Officer - Participatory Methods
Anil Aryal
National Researcher – Water Resources Management
Anne Heese
Head of Human Resources
Anuj Mishra
Research Officer - Socio-Technical Innovation
Anurag Banerjee
Research Officer- Economics of Water Policy and Climate Change
Anwar Maqsood
Senior Research Officer - Hydrologist
Asif Naseer
National Researcher - Water Resources Management
Asmi Yazeen
Head of Program Management
Avinandan Taron
Researcher - Environmental and Resource Economist
Azeem Shah
Researcher – Water Governance Institutions
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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
Chu Thai Hoanh
Emeritus Scientist
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D. P. Wickremasinghe
Member, IWMI 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
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
Dimuthu Malalgoda
Regional Researcher - Groundwater Management
Dipaka Sena
Researcher - Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Dzifa Agbefu
Innovation Hub Coordinator
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Elizabeth Wamba
Regional Communications and Knowledge Management Expert, East Africa
Emmanuel Attoh
Researcher - Climate Adaptation Specialist
Enrica Porcari
Member, CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board
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
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
Senior Research Officer - Geoinformatics
Fulco Ludwig
Strategic Program Director – Water Data Science
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Gamini Halvitige
Head of Finance
Gerald Atampugre
Regional Researcher - Social and Natural Science
Giriraj Amarnath
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
Henk Ovink
Member, Board of Governors
Henry Roman
Country Representative - South Africa
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Ian Overton
Country Manager - Sri Lanka
Idil Ires
Researcher - Enabling Environment
Imtiaz Khan
Independent expert
Indika Arulingam
Senior Research Officer
Inga Jacobs-Mata
Strategic Program Director – Water, Growth and Inclusion
Iqra Akram
Senior Research Officer – Water & Climate Policy
Ireny Khella
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Sustainable Agriculture
Iskandar Abdullaev
Senior Researcher
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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
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 (WGPE)
Juliana Knapp
Senior Manager - Resource Mobilization and Partnerships
Juliane Reissig
Communications Manager
Julien Harou
Independent expert
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Kaleem Ullah
Researcher - Hydrologist
Kanwal Waqar
Deputy Country Representative - Pakistan & 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
Kekeli Gbodji
Research Officer - Inclusive Agricultural Finance
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
Manahari Singarachchi
Project Coordinator
Manikanta Radhakrishna
Research Officer - Economics of Water Policy and Climate Change
Manohara Khadka
Country Representative – Nepal (Rotational CR)
Mansi Tripathi
Researcher – Resource Recovery and Reuse
Mansoor Leh
Researcher - Spatial Hydrology
Manuel Magombeyi
Regional Researcher
Mariangel Garcia Andarcia
Research Group Leader – Water Futures Data & Analytics (WFDA)
Marie-Charlotte Buisson
Research Group Leader – Economics and Impact Assessment (EcIA)
Mark Dubois
Country Representative – Lao & Regional Representative – South East Asia
Mark Smith
Director General
Mark Thomson
Director - Business Strategy and Delivery
Matthew McCartney
Research Group Leader – Sustainable Water Infrastructure and Ecosystems
Mauricio Lopes
Member, CGIAR Integrated Partnership Board
Mengistu Debela
Senior Researcher - Gender and Social Inclusion
Meron Teferi Taye
Researcher - Transitioning Landscapes
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
Mohammad Ashraf
Country Representative - Pakistan
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 Cheema
Deputy Country Representative - Pakistan & Researcher - Water Resources Management
Muhammad Khalifa
Regional Researcher - Integrated Modeling and Assessment
Muhammad Zain Akbar
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 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
Principal Manager - Monitoring - Evaluation and Learning
Naqash Abbasi
Senior Researcher Officer - Geoinformatics
Naveed Iqbal
Regional Researcher - Hydrologist
Navya Chandu
Research Officer - Water Resource Management
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
Regional Researcher - Water Resources Engineer, Deputy Country Manager - Sri Lanka
Nishtha Paliwal
Communication Specialist
Noah Adamtey
Senior Researcher - Resource Recovery and Agri-food System Expert
Nora Hanke-Louw
DCR & Project Coordinator
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
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Pacem Kotchofa
Researcher – Political Economy of Food, Land and Water Policies
Palanisami Kuppannan
Emeritus Scientist
Patricia Wouters
Member, Board of Governors
Paul Pavelic
Senior Researcher - Hydrogeology
Pay Drechsel
Senior Fellow-Advisor - Research Quality Assurance
Petra Schmitter
Research Group Leader – Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Pathways
Phay Ko U
Project Coordinator
Philip Kuriachen
Researcher - Water and Livelihoods
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 Hyde
Research Officer - Social Sciences
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
Research Officer - Social Scientist
Sarfraz Munir
Regional Researcher - Water Management
Saurav Pradhananga
Senior Research Officer - Climate Change and Hydrology
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
Simi Kamal
Chair, Board of Governors
Sitara Gill
Senior Research Officer - Agricultural Economics
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
Sumble Ghani
Remote Sensing & GIS Officer
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
Syed Mizan
Researcher – Groundwater Hydrology
Syon Niyogi
Chief Operating Officer
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Thai Thi Minh
Principal Researcher
Tharindu Perera
Assistant Research Officer - Water Data Applications
Thilina Madushanka
National Researcher - Hydrology and Water Management
Tinashe Dirwai
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
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
Researcher - Remote Sensing-GIS
Zeshan Ali
Senior Research Officer - Hydrologist
Zolo Kiala
Postdoctoral Fellow - Water Data Science