Dr. Souleymane Diallo is a Postdoctoral fellow in Vector Chemical ecology under the Animal Health Theme and is based at Duduville.

He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics/Chemical ecology from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He conducted is PhD project at icipe, under the ARPPIS-DAAD PhD scholarship.

Prior to joining icipe, Dr. Diallo worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Czech University of Life Sciences and at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) both in Prague, Czech Republic. He also worked as a consultant at CIRDES, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. He is a member of International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) and an alumnus of IBRO international School of Neurosciences.

Dr. Diallo has authored/co-authored several peer-reviewed publications and mentored students from Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Czech Republic.

His previous research focused on insect neuroethology. He aimed to decipher the sense of smell of insect using multidisciplinary approach including bioinformatics, genetic manipulation and electrophysiology coupled to behavioural assays.

His current research focus is to understand how arthropods of medical and veterinary importance navigate their environment and how to ultimately use this knowledge to efficiently manage arthropod-borne disease. He is also interested on the understanding of the major drivers of chemosensory evolution in insect vectors.