Scientist – Seed System Specialist/Country Coordinator - Pakistan
Muhammad Imtiaz
Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz is a Seed Systems Specialist and Plant Breeder with over 30 years of experience in research for development in developing and developed countries. He focuses on seed sector development and provides strategic and technical...
Senior Research Assistant - Land and Water Management
Rania Gamal
Dr. Rania Gamal is a Senior Research Assistant - Soil, Water, and Agronomy at ICARDA. She received her Ph.D. in Water Resources Management from Department of Bio Systems Engineering, Arid Land Agricultural Research Institute (ALARI), Ain Shams...
Research Associate – Genomic Selection of Durum Wheat
Hafssa Kabbaj
Dr. Hafssa Kabbaj is a Research Associate at ICARDA. She joined the durum wheat breeding program of ICARDA- Morocco in 2019 and is now leading the genomic selection pipeline of ICARDA’s durum wheat breeding program. Her work is aimed at...
Mina Devkota-Wasti has more than ten years-research experience in different fields of agronomy and soil science in South Asia and the irrigated dry lands of Central Asia. Before joining ICARDA, she worked as an agronomist for the International...
Research Team Leader - Genetic Resources, conservation, characterization, and use (GRS)/ Country Coordinator - Morocco
Zakaria Kehel
Dr. Zakaria Kehel is a genetic resources scientist and senior biometrician who leads gene bank accession mining and implementation of ICARDA’s Focused Identification of the Germplasm Strategy. He also conducts biometrics research, statistical...
Filippo Bassi is a senior scientist leading ICARDA's Durum Wheat Breeding Program, which aims to deliver superior varieties with increased yields against a backdrop of rapid climate change. He also works in Ethiopia, India, Senegal, Mauritania...
Dr. Mesut Keser is a wheat breeder who specializes in winter and facultative wheat. Before joining ICARDA, he worked with Turkey’s national agricultural research system, where his team developed 19 cultivars (14 bread wheat, three durum wheat...
Dr. Wuletaw Tadesse Degu leads the spring bread wheat breeding program at ICARDA. Before joining the Center in 2010 he worked at CIMMYT as a postdoctoral wheat breeder and in the Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute as a crop breeder. Dr...
Dr. Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu is an agricultural economist with a focus on international development. He has research interest and experience in various areas of agricultural development, including production economics, technology adoption, out...
Dr. Fouad Maalouf joined ICARDA as a senior scientist in 2007. His current research focuses on fava bean improvement. He has supervised 19 students on different aspects of fava bean breeding, and has authored or co-authored more than 42 research...
