Jean-Claude Micha is a professor of Ecology, Hydrobiology and Aquaculture at the University of Namur and UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. They are also a visiting professor at the National University of Benin, the University of Burundi, the Universities of Kinshasa and Kisangani, the Abdou Moumouni University in Niger, and the Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology in Algiers, Algeria. Their studies are on continental and brackish aquatic environments, mainly focusing on fish and crustaceans and activities focused on sustainable fisheries and integrated agro-fish farming.