Michelle Tigchelaar is a climate scientist with more than a decade of experience in interdisciplinary research for impact, spanning the aquatic and terrestrial and the ecological and human. Her research focuses on climate change impacts on the sustainable development outcomes of food systems and on scaling climate adaptation solutions.

Marius Apkoffo was born in 1988 in Benin. Holder a MSc degree in Agronomy since 2024, Marius is fascinated by agricultural research activity conduction. He has more than 10 years working experiences in different fields related to climate smart agriculture.

Dr. Nguyen Van Nguyen is an expert in fish nutrition and aquafeed development. He is the Director of APOTEC-RIA2 in Vietnam. Over the past 24 years, he has collaborated on many international research projects and contributed to advanced aquafeed and management practices to improve sustainability in aquaculture.

Jie Su's current research focuses on elucidating the intricate interplay between climate change and small-scale aquaculture, viewing it through the lens of social-ecological systems. Through interdisciplinary collaborations and participatory research methodologies, she aims to enhance adaptive capacity of small-scale aquaculture communities under climate change, particularly in the Global South.

Dr. Dilys Sefakor MacCarthy is an Associate Professor with the Soil and Irrigation Research Centre, of the University of Ghana. She leads the West African team of scientists working with AgMIP. She teaches and supervises postgraduate students in the School of Agriculture, University of Ghana.

He is a fine researcher with research interest in coastal and marine environment, global climate change and aquatic pollution studies. He is the Founder and Centre Coordinator for ACCARD. He is passionate about advancing issues relating to delta conservation, environmental pollution management, climate change and response studies, water and food systems governance.

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and at the Columbia Climate School. At NASA GISS, she heads the Climate Impacts Group whose mission is to investigate the interactions of climate (both variability and change) on systems and sectors important to human well-being.

Dr. Tall led the project activities in Senegal, ensuring alignment between national policies and local adaptation strategies. She will present results from climate and agricultural modeling, integrating gender perspectives, and coordinating stakeholder engagement with government and local actors. Her leadership drove the co-creation of evidence-based policies for climate resilience and food security in Senegal.

Dr. Roberto Valdivia is Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Oregon State University. He is co-leader of the AgMIP regional economics team and co-leader of the Tradeoff Analysis Project. His research is focused on developed and developing countries.