Choungo Nguekeng Patrick Bustrel (M.Sc) is an ICRAF Research Fellow and 2nd year Ph.D. student enrolled in the study program Tropical Agrobiology and Bioresources Management (TABM), at the Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU) at Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Prague. He is from Cameroon and received a Czech government scholarship to study at CZU. Patrick has a background in biodiversity conservation, tree domestication techniques, and environmental sciences, with a with a major in agroforestry. He graduated his bachelor’s degree (2015) and master’s degree (2018) from the Higher institute of Environmental Sciences (HIES/IBAYSUP) in Cameroon (Yaounde). He has been working on various topics, including socio-economic issues, population structure and diversity, assessments in cocoa agroforestry systems, and recently, genomics studies of tropical trees, such as the shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) and Djangsang (Ricinodendron heudelotii). Patrick's current research interests are tropical agroforestry, conservation of genetic resources, and sustainable development.