Dr. Niassy is the Coordinator of the prestigious Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the African Union (AU-IAPSC), based in Cameroon. Dr Niassy was the Head of the Technology Transfer Unit at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Niassy’s international research covers the bioecology of arthropod pests, insect pathology and biological control, integrated pest management (IPM), insects for food and feed, technology transfer and rural development, data science, and policy. In all these areas, he has made more than 190 scientific contributions; his Google Scholar H-index = 34, and he has >4000 citations as of March 2025.
After his PhD at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) funded by the ARPPIS-German Academic Exchange (DAAD), Dr Niassy pursued a Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pretoria to coordinate the Research Network on Climate Change first Coordinator in African Mountains AfroMont (2011-2013). Dr Saliou Niassy pursued a second Postdoctoral fellowship (Grain legumes) (2013-2015) before becoming a Technology Transfer Scientist at icipe in late 2014.
He has supervised and co-supervised several undergraduates, 15 MScs, and 10 PhDs to completion. Dr Niassy introduced several agricultural technologies to more than 25 African countries (reaching approximately 60 million farmers).
His scientific citizenship includes serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (published by Springer) and being the immediate past president of the African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS).
Dr Niassy has an outstanding track record of resource mobilization and has attracted more than US$ 30 million in funding.
In 2024, Dr Niassy was appointed an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and the Department of Zoology and Entomology.
