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Laboratory Director: Prof Brice Sinsin

Prof Brice Sinsin

HIGHLIGHTS
• Director, Laboratory of Applied Ecology
• Ex Rector / Chancellor / President of the University of Abomey Calavi (2012-
2017)
• Publisher of more than 350 scientific papers
• Visiting Professor at many universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America
• Coordinator of more than 20 research-development projects
• Member of more than 25 international scientific groups such as IUCN-WCPA,
World Agroforestry Center
• Supervisor of more than 60 PhD graduates and countless MS and BS Students
• Spearheaded the UAC Foundation, Volunteer Group of UAC and the UAC
Startup Valley
• Chair, Tropical Ecology
• Reviewer of many journals including: Food and Chemical Toxicology, Plant
Ecology Evolution
• Editor, Annals of Agronomic Sciences
• Founder of the Beninese Association of Pastoralism
• Board Member of many organizations (e.g. ICRISAT)

CONTACT INFORMATION
01 B.P. 526 Cotonou, Benin
Cell: (229) 97 01 61 36
Fax: (229) 21 30 30 84
E-Mail: bsinsin@gmail.com ; brice.sinsin@fsa.uac.bj
Website: www.leabenin-fsauac.net
EDUCATION
• Ph.D., Free University of Brussels (Belgium), 1993, Major: Agronomy
• Agricultural Engineering Degree, University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), 1985, Major:
Agronomy & Forestry
• High School Diploma, Major Mathematics and Physics, Lycée d’Abomey, Benin, 1980

SKILLS, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTEREST

Agriculture, Agroforestry, Agronomy, Applied Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation,
Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring, Bush Fire Impact on Plant Life Forms, Climate
Change Biology, Conservation – Restoration, Conservation Biology, Ecological
Modeling, Ecological Restoration, Ecological Statistics, Ecosystem Ecology, Ecosystem
Functioning, Endangered and useful species conservation, Ethnobotany, Forest
Conservation, Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Landscape Ecology, Livestock,
Management of Rangelands and of Protected Area, Natural Resource Management and
Conservation, Nature Conservation, Non-Timber Forest Products Assessment, Plant
Biodiversity and Conservation, Plant community ecology (Phytosociology), Plant
Ecology and Phytosociology, Protected Area Management Assessment, Rangeland
ecology, Restoration Ecology, Species Diversity, Tropical Ecology and Biology,
Vegetation Ecology, Wildlife Census (ground and aerial census) and Conservation.

SELECTED GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OF EXPERIENCE

Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Nigeria, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Central Africa, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, etc.

EXPERIENCE IN RESEARCH
 National research projects
 EU research projects (SUN, DADOBAT, UNDESERT)
 Bilateral projects: Belgium (CIUF, VLIR)
 Germany (WV Stiftung; BIOTA)
 Netherlands (Flore du Benin)
 France (RIPESCA, VASA)
 etc.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Royal Botanical Society of Belgium
• Amicale Francophone de Phytosociologie
• Réseaux Parcours
 • Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa
• Groupe de Recherche et d’Information sur la Pharmacopée et l’Environnement
Tropical
• Society for Rangeland Management
• Ecological Society of America
• International Society for Tropical Ecology
• International Union for Conservation of Nature
• World Commission on Protected Areas
• Beninese Association of Pastoralism

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

• Member, International Fulbright Prize Selection Committee
• Alumni, Fulbright Prize Award
• Grand Chancelier de l’Ordre National du Bénin (2010)
• Award, International Foundation for Science
• Vice-Chair for West and Central Africa, IUCN/WCPA
• Best Manager of the Year, International Socrates Committee (2013)
• Prix de bonne gouvernance, Réseau National des Associations de Promotion de
la Bonne Gouvernance (Réseau Bénin Espoir ONG) (2013)
• RUFORUM IMPRESSA (Impact Research and Science in Africa) Award (2017)
• Award of Personal Achievement from the Chinese Government. Presented by
the Vice President of China (2016)
• Etc.

SELECTED PROJECTS
 Biota of the WAP complex – citizen science and online guides

 Farmers’ Approaches of Agrobiodiversity Conservation in Benin and West Africa

 NTFP and biodiversity conservation in Benin

 Assessment of Ecological Patterns of Termitaria Vegetation

 Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security in West Africa

 Socio-Economics of Agriculture Development in Africa

 Preliminary DRIS model parameterization to access pineapple variety ‘Perola’

nutrient status in Benin (West Africa)

 Pastoral resources management in northern Benin

 Evolutionary ecology of the genus Guibourtia

  UNDESERT (Understanding and combating desertification to mitigate its impact
on ecosystem services)

 SUN (Sustainable Use of Natural Vegetation in West Africa)

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