Boris-Enock Zinsou is a Public Health PhD candidate at Université Paris Cité (IRD - MERIT) under the supervision of Dr. Jérôme Clain, Professor Philippe Guérin, and Dr. Lucinda Harrison. At IDDO, his research focuses on the spatial, genetic, and epidemiological dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antimalarial drugs in West Africa and the Sahel, particularly in the context of chemoprevention strategies.

He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the École Pasteur-Cnam de Santé publique (France), a Master’s in Microbiology from Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), and a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Analysis from Université d’Abomey-Calavi (Benin).

Before starting his PhD, Boris-Enock worked as a biological engineer and laboratory manager at the Clinical Research Institute of Benin (IRCB), contributing to a clinical trial on malaria treatment. He also worked as a consultant biologist for the Benin Ministry of Health, the U.S. CDC, and SIGHTSAVERS, evaluating new diagnostic tools for onchocerciasis. Additionally, he was a virology research engineer at the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Reference Laboratory in Cotonou (Benin) and at the Virology Department of the Institut Pasteur de Dakar, where he contributed to the WHO Global Polio Eradication Program.

His research interests include infectious disease modeling, epidemiology, and control, with a focus on climate change challenges and fragile health systems, particularly in low-resource settings.