Our Experts

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in Washington, DC. She is an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in global health and nutrition, program evaluation, development economics, and quantitative methods. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and […]

Jeff Bloem is a Research Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit whose research interest is in applied microeconomics with applications in agriculture, conflict, and psychology. He holds a BS in economics from Calvin College, Michigan; an MS in Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics from Michigan State University; and […]

Antoine Bouët is a Non-resident Senior Fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit at IFPRI, and is also the director of the Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CEPII) in Paris. He first joined IFPRI as a Senior Research Fellow to conduct research on global trade modeling, trade policies, […]

Sedi is a Research Coordinator in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Prior to 2023, she worked as a consultant for IFPRI for two years and supervised data collection, data analysis, and preparation of impact assessment reports under the International Fund for Agricultural Development–funded program on […]

Erick Boy is the chief nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin […]

Tamunotonye Braide is a Senior Research Officer with the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit.

Rebecca Brander is a Research Fellow with the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit.

Clemens Breisinger is Program Leader for the Kenya Strategy Support Program and a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Previously, Clemens led IFPRI’s Middle East and North Africa team and was based in Cairo from 2016 to 2021, where he also established and led IFPRI’s country program […]

Inge Brouwer is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Inge’s research focuses on innovative and sustainable food systems interventions that improve the diets of vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. The core of her research is on intake, patterns, and quality of diets and […]

Elizabeth Bryan is a Research Fellow in the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit, where she conducts policy-relevant research on gender, sustainable agricultural production, climate-smart agriculture, and small-scale irrigation using mixed methods. She currently leads the Gender, Climate Change, and Nutrition Integration (GCAN) Initiative, co-leads the Methods Module of the CGIAR […]