Starting my conservation career with a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences, majoring in Natural Resources Management, I am experienced in forest ecology and have been enrolled in a PhD degree at the University of Bern since December 2021, focusing on the Ecology and Conservation of Forest Patches in West Africa. Collecting data on tree community composition, natural regeneration and functional ecology, my main interest is to understand the ecology of tree communities and I am focusing on the Guineo-Sudanian and Guineo-Congolian forests for my PhD research.

I participated in forest restoration projects in Benin as a Research Assistant at the Laboratory of Applied Ecology at the University of Abomey-Calavi, where I really started my ecological career, learning from eminent ecologists as well as local communities managing natural resources in Africa.

Tree conservation and propagation as well as studying the ecology of tree communities have been my key interests. In addition to my PhD research, I am developing tree conservation projects, working on tree natural regenerations and functional traits, which are understudied in the tropics. I intend to update some African floras, and generate data on tree natural regeneration and functional traits.
By joining GTSG, I intend to contribute to the red list assessments for tropical trees. Being aware that several tropical trees are not yet evaluated for the red list, and few African countries have developed a national red list for trees, I am motivated to help fill the gap.