Dr. Ir. Roseline Remans is a Senior Scientist with The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Her research focuses on measuring and managing biodiversity in food systems for healthier diets, better livelihoods and environmental sustainability. Her approach is cross-sectoral with publications in Nature, Science, PNAS, The Lancet, and others, and with public and private sector applications in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia, Europe and the US. Before joining the Alliance, Remans was a Marie Curie fellow and research scientist at the Earth Institute of Columbia University in New York (2008-2013) and Addis Ababa (2013 -2016). She has a PhD in Biosystems engineering from KULeuven (2007) with applications in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.