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Mrs. Edna Hounsa

Researcher at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Research Unit in Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of natural substances

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Born on October 1, 1991, in Benin, I completed my secondary education at the College of General… (more)

Born on October 1, 1991, in Benin, I completed my secondary education at the College of General Education ''les Cocotiers'' of Benin, graduating in 2010 with a scientific baccalaureate. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Analysis obtained in 2015 at the Polytechnic School and a master's degree in 2019 in Applied Pharmacology and Physiology from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC). Currently in the third year of my thesis in microbiology at the Doctoral School of Life and Earth Sciences, my experiences have allowed me to have to my credit 11 scientific publications. I belong to Research Unit in Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of Natural Substances and proven myself through my position as the person in charge of the follow-up and supervision of young female students in their Bachelor and Master years. I obtained the travel grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for my participation in the annual ASM microbe conference in 2019 and 2020. Member of several learned societies such as American Society for Microbiology, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World and Rotary Club International, I am very committed to the promotion of gender equality. My achievements and experiences allowed me in March 2022, to be selected by the Erasmus+ program for a scientific mobility for  5 months in the laboratory of the Medico environmental intervention group of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).