Agronomist and Data Analyst (Skills: R, SQL and Python programming), Postdoc fellow at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)–Africa hub, based in Senegal. I held a Bachelor's degree in Agronomy and an Engineering degree in crop science from the National Agronomic School (ENSA), in Thies/Senegal and a Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) in Beijing/China. Before joining CIAT, I worked as a plant breeder scientist for the Senegalese Agriculture Research Institute (ISRA) in Senegal, between 2018 and 2024. In this position, I developed 09 cotton new lines which were highly productive in term of cotton fiber yield. I have worked previously as an agronomist at the Senegalese development for rice and horticulture cultivation society (SAED) in Saint Louis/Senegal from 2010 to 2014.
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Nairobi, Nairobi City, Kenya
Climate Action
Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC)
People's republic of China
Post Doctoral Researcher
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, Nairobi, Kenya
01 Apr 2024 - 01 Mar 2026
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Dakar, Senegal
01 Nov 2018 - 01 Mar 2024
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, Japan
01 Apr 2018 - 01 Oct 2018
PhD student
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
01 Aug 2014 - 01 Mar 2018
Agronomist engineer
SAED, Saint-Louis, Senegal
01 Mar 2010 - 01 Jul 2014