Yves Kwibuka is a plant pathologist specialising in viral diseases of plants. He is affiliated with the Terra research center of the University of Liège, where he has been involved for five years in a metagenomic and epidemiological study of the cassava virome as a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Sébastien Massart. He has developed skills in the molecular diagnosis of plant diseases, biotechnology, and bioinformatics. He has been focusing particularly on high-throughput sequencing (next-generation sequencing) and data mining of sequencing data for virus discovery and characterization. He has managed a research project on the socio-economic and ecological impact of agroforestry systems as part of his post-Doctoral specialization. He is permanently affiliated with the Catholic University of Bukavu as a researcher and teacher of plant pathology in the agricultural faculty and the plant pathology laboratory. He is a member of the Center for Tropical Diseases and Global Health (CTDGH), where he supports molecular investigations and bioinformatics.