Biography
Riaz provides strategic leadership to the Global Food Security (GFS) programme and drives forward cross-stakeholder, interdisciplinary activities in partnership with the UK public funders of food security research.
Riaz has worked at BBSRC (who formally lead on the multi-partner programme) since 2005, and in that time has undertaken secondments to the RCUK Executive Directorate to work on cross-Council research coordination and policy, and the Gates Foundation to work on Grand Challenge Explorations.
Riaz is a strong advocate of interdisciplinary working to tackle the biggest challenges facing society.
To get in touch with Riaz, please email web@foodsecurity.ac.uk.