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...
Layal Atassi joined ICARDA’s Geoinformatics Unit in 2006, applying GIS and remote sensing domain methods and models for watershed characterization, climate change, agro-ecosystems, conservation agriculture, and production environment descriptors...
Chickpea Research Associate/BCI Farm Coordinator in Terbol
Tawffiq Istanbuli
Tawffiq Istanbuli is an agronomist with more than a decade of experience in rural engineering and crop breeding. In 2009, he joined ICARDA as a chickpea research associate in Aleppo, Syria, and in 2015 began coordinating ICARDA’s Biodiversity...
Research Team Leader - Resilient Agrosilvopastoral Systems (RASP) and Social Economy and Policy Research (SEP)
Barbara Ann Rischkowsky
Dr. Barbara Rischkowsky is program director of ICARDA’s Resilient Agricultural Livelihood Systems Research Program. She is a livestock scientist with experience in production systems analysis and the development of technological and...
Research Team Leader - Resilient Agrosilvopastoral Systems (RASP) and Social Economy and Policy Research (SEP)
Barbara Ann Rischkowsky
Dr. Barbara Rischkowsky is program director of ICARDA’s Resilient Agricultural Livelihood Systems Research Program. She is a livestock scientist with experience in production systems analysis and the development of technological and...
Sara Jani is the Knowledge Management Coordinator at ICARDA’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Team. She is based in Canada. She provides support and training to ICARDA staff. She is responsible for the quality assurance and management...
Food and Feed Processing Scientist/Country Coordinator - Syria
Muhi El-Dine Hilali
Dr. Muhi El-Dine Hilali is a livestock scientist with experience in dairy science, food technology, small ruminant farm management, and nutrition. His current research interests include traditional processing methods, the quality and safety of...
