Dr Bramel is currently the Assistant Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Previously she has been Deputy Director General, Research for Development at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA). She has more than 30 years of experience as a researcher, which includes 11 years as a Tenured Associate Professor of Agronomy at Kansas State University as a sorghum breeder, 12 years of experience in research and management at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), including Director of Genetic Resources and Principal Scientist, Genetic Resources, and 7 years as Director then DDG-R4D at IITA. She has also been involved in agricultural research and development as a consultant, mainly for CRS, with a focus on recovery of seed systems after disasters. She has contributed to the design of a genebank for native flora for KISR. She has contributed to more than 70 refereed journal articles, 7 books, and 38 book chapters.