Athanase Badolo is a CAMES Professor of Medical Entomology at the Department of Entomology, Université Joseph KI-ZERBO. He is the head of the Arthropod Vector and Vector-borne Diseases Group and responsible for the insectaries (Anopheles, Aedes, and Culex) molecular Biology platform. Athanase Badolo has a PhD in Medical Entomology with a Master's in Biology and Ecology and more than 15 years of experience researching and teaching about mosquito biology, ecology and control. His research interests include mosquito bionomics; populations genetics; and vector control, malaria and dengue transmission. He is a member of the PanAfrican Mosquito Control Association, a council member of the International Society of Infectious Disease, and a country representative member of PTR-Santé.