Christian Rogers
CSC Head of International Partnerships
University of Cambridge
Christian Rogers leads international partnerships at the Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge, managing strategic relationships with Gates Ag One, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Allan & Gill Gray Foundation, Novo Nordisk, and Mastercard. For over a decade, he has led the operations of Enabling Nutrient Symbioses in Agriculture (ENSA), a multi-institutional programme pursuing the transformative goal of developing self-fertilising crops by enhancing natural symbioses with soil microbes. Christian established a global crop engineering platform and founded a cross-sector consortium to align innovation with farmer needs. He previously directed operations during the development of the Crop Science Centre and served as a management consultant to the Gates Foundation, supporting impact-focused research management. His experience spans the John Innes Centre, the Sainsbury Laboratory, and now the Department of Plant Sciences at Cambridge.
Science areas: Crop engineering platforms, International partnerships, Programme management