Corneille BAKOUAN was born on November 11, 1986 in Gnama/Divo (Republic of Ivory Coast) to Burkinabe parents. After his baccalaureate, he attended Burkina Faso for his graduate studies at the University of Ouagadougou, currently known as the University Joseph KI-ZERBO. After obtaining his Diploma of Study in 2012, he began a doctoral thesis between the University Joseph KI-ZERBO and the University of Mons. He conducted his research at the laboratory of Molecular and Materials Chemistry at the University Joseph KI-ZERBO and at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering at the University of Mons. His thesis work was focused on "Caractérisation de quelques sites latéritiques du Burkina Faso : application à l’élimination de l’arsenic (III) et (V) dans les eaux souterraines". He is currently working at the University of Ouahigouya as a senior lecturer and is carrying out his research at the laboratory of Molecular and Materials Chemistry at the University Joseph KI-ZERBO.