Dr. Bèwadéyir Serge Poda at Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Burkina Faso
👨🎓 Profiles
🌟 Summary
Dr. Bèwadéyir Serge Poda is a dedicated researcher in applied biological sciences, specializing in medical entomology. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, he focuses on in-flight mating behaviors in Anopheles malaria mosquitoes.
🎓 Education
Dr. Poda earned his PhD in Applied Biological Sciences, Medical Entomology from University Joseph KI-ZERBO in Burkina Faso in 2021. He also holds a Master’s degree in Microbial and Cellular Biotechnology (2014) and a Bachelor’s in Fundamental and Applied Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology (2011) from the same institution. He completed his Baccalaureate in Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry in 2007.
💼 Professional Experience
Since 2022, Dr. Poda has been a postdoctoral fellow at Wageningen University & Research, where he studies in-flight mating in sympatric swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes. Prior to this, he was a PhD student at IRSS (Burkina Faso) and MIVEGEC-IRD, CNRS (France) from 2017 to 2021, focusing on the chemical and visual cues used by Anopheles females. He also worked as a postgraduate fellow at IRSS, investigating the effects of irradiation on the reproductive success of An. arabiensis from 2014 to 2017, and completed various internships related to malaria entomology.
🏆 Accolades and Recognition
Dr. Poda has received several prestigious grants, including serving as the Principal Investigator for the Africa Talent Programme grant (€291k, 2022-2025) and as a co-investigator for the LAMIVECT grant (€3k, 2020). He has also been awarded multiple scholarships, such as the UEMOA scholarship of excellence (2019), the French National Research Institute PhD scholarship (2017-2020), and the Burkina Faso government PhD scholarship (2017-2021).
🔬 Research Interests
His research interests encompass the ecology and behavior of malaria vectors, the development of genetic control strategies for mosquito populations, and assessing the effectiveness of vector control measures. Dr. Poda is proficient in molecular techniques, mosquito rearing, and behavioral studies.
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