Dr Fatou Thiam obtained a PhD in Immunology in 2011 at the University Of Burgundy, Dijon, France. Following this, she occupied postdoctoral positions at the Pluridisciplinary Institute of Research on Environment and Materials, Université de Pau et des Pays de l´Adour, France and the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal. Dr Thiam joined in 2015 the Advanced Polytechnic School, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal as a faculty member. She was an Associate Researcher at the Immonogenetics unit, Pasteur Institute of Dakar where her researches focused on the immunology of malaria. Dr Thiam’s current research interests include the physiopathology of infectious diseases and the impact of the environment on the emergence of infectious diseases. At the Applied Biotechnologies & Environmental Bioprocesses Research Group (GRBA-BE), she particularly focuses on relevant immune genes and their association with severe forms of malaria and the analysis of seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 in the Senegalese population. Dr Thiam is in charge of lectures and practicals in Immunology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry.