Arif Hossain is the CEO and executive director of Farming Future Bangladesh (FFB), a Dhaka-based comprehensive communications and community engagement organization that operates in collaboration with the Cornell Alliance for Science. Arif is a 2015 Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellow and remains a Visiting Fellow and Honorary Visiting Scientist at Cornell's Department of Global Development. Arif is the former communications director of the Feed the Future South Asia Eggplant Improvement Partnership. He previously worked as the senior specialist in outreach and communication at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).  Arif is passionate about science communication and loves photography and playing guitar in his leisure time.