Jacques Mari Ndong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Parasitology-Mycology and Tropical Medicine at the University of Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in Human and Tropical Biology, obtained at the Félix Houphouet-Boigny University of Abidjan, Ivory Coast in May 2018. His previous research work focused on the characterization of endemic areas based on microepidemiology, molecular markers of resistance and the therapeutic efficacy of antimalarial drugs. In addition, he also works on parasitic-HIV co-infections and the effect of co-trimoxazole on the persistence of resistance to sulfonamides. In 2019, he was an ARNTD Small Grants Second Cohort Fellow. He is currently one of the managers of the largest laboratory for the molecular diagnosis of SarsCov-2 in Gabon.