Nicola Cenacchi
Senior Research Analyst II at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolNicola Cenacchi is a Senior Research Analyst with over fifteen years of experience translating bio-economic modelling and climate-smart agricultural research into evidence-based policy for global development actors. Based in Rockville, Maryland, she has led cross-disciplinary teams at IFPRI and CGIAR to assess trade-offs between productivity, GHG emissions, water use, trade and nutrition, informing strategies for USAID, FAO and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As PIM Flagship Manager she combined program management, impact assessment and communications to steer large portfolios across Africa, Asia and Latin America while supporting systems-level transitions like ONE-CGIAR. Her work uniquely blends technical modelling (including the IMPACT and MARLO platforms) with stakeholder engagement to drive tangible policy outcomes. She also brings a background in coastal and water resource assessment from World Bank work and early scientific training in genomics, reflecting a capacity to bridge disciplines and scale insights from local ecosystems to global food-system policy.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, MSc at Imperial College LondonLaurea (BSc+MSc), Laurea (BSc+MSc) at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaExchange Student - Overseas Program, Exchange Student - Overseas Program at York UniversityProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
IFPRI/impact-model-projects
Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:116 PRs, 278 pushes in 8 months
NicIMPACT/impact-model-projects
Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:69 pushes, 115 branches in 3 months
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