Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo received his Agronomist degree from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi (FSA/UAC), Republic of Benin, an M.Sc. in Forestry (Management of Environment and Natural Resources) from the same University in 2000, and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Biosciences Engineering, University of Ghent, Belgium. He is currently a Full Professor at the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of AbomeyCalavi, Benin. His research interests mainly focus on agronomy and natural resources; agroforestry and forestry; ethnobotany; and conservation genetics.