BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

• 2011-2015: PhD in Applied Biology/Medical Entomology, University Nazi Boni (former Université Polytechnique) of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
• 2010-2011: Master 2 degree in Medical and Veterinary Entomology, University of Montpellier 2, France  -2009-2010: Master in Applied Biology, University Nazi Boni (former Polytechnique University) of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 
• 2004-2005: Control in Biochemistry, option: Applied Microbiology. Université Ouaga I Pr. Joseph KIZERBO (former Université de Ouagadougou), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
• 2003-2004: Bachelor in Biochemistry, option: Applied Microbiology, Université Ouaga I Pr. Joseph KIZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
• 2002-2003: 2 years university degree in Chemistry-Biology, Université Ouaga I Pr. Joseph KI-ZERBO, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
• 2000-2001: Baccalaureate D, scientific section

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

2012-2016:Sequential training fellowships/Consultancy at the Joint IAEA/FAO Centre of Nuclear techniques in Food and Agriculture / Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Seibersdorf, Austria, on Anopheles and Aedes rearing, sterilization, marking, quality control techniques in the laboratories (3-8 months/year)

2017-now: Researcher / Medical Entomologist, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Direction Régionale de l’Ouest (IRSS/DRO), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

2020-October 2022 : Medical Entomologist/Technical Officer at the Insect Pest Control laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria

2019-2022: Technical officer of the SIT Regional South Asian Technical Project at the Insect Pest Control laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria

2021-2022: Technical officer of the SIT National Project of Brazil Technical Project at the Insect Pest

Control laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria

Nov 2022-Now: Project officer of the development of a biotechnology in Africa, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (ID NV-037164) 

June 2023-Now: Project officer of the project_ Burkina Faso site : ‘Can Gene drive be safely implemented in Africa?’ Consortium funded by the Wellcome Trust to Pr A Diabate.

ONGOING/COMPLETED PROJECTS IN WHICH I WAS INVOLVED

Title of the project: Assessing swarming and mating behavior of sterile male Aedes aegypti under large cages and field conditions Awarding body: IAEA Grant holders: Hamidou Maiga, Principal Investigator (PI) Amount awarded: 30 000 Euro Start date: January 2023 End date: December 2028, role: PI

Title of the project: Developing the Sterile Insect Technique to control the urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi Awarding body: BMGF Grant holders: Dongjing Zhang, Principal Investigator (PI) Amount awarded: ￥2,762,800 Start date: October 2022 End date: October 2025, role: parter/ contribution during drafting the proposal.and in identifying an African partner.

Title of the project: African Center of Excellence in Biotechnological Innovation for the elimination of Vector-Borne Diseases (CEA/ITECH-MTV) Awarding body: The World Bank Grant holders: Abdoulaye Diabate, Principal Investigator (PI) Amount awarded: $ 8 million Start date: January 2019 End date: December 2024, role: lecturer/training to master and PhD students.

Title of the project: Building molecular research capacity in Burkina Faso. Awarding body : Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Grant holder : Diabate Abdoulaye (PI). Amount Awarded : $ 3 381 243 Start date: July 2022 End date: June 2027; role: lab and field coordinator/Project officer

Title of project: Targeting Male mosquitoes for vector control Awarding body: Medical Research Council Grant holders: Abdoulaye Diabate (PI) and Frederic Tripet (Co-PI, UK) Amounts awarded: GBP 600 000. Start date: 2011 End date: 2017, role: PhD student /field and lab coordinator

Title of the Project “Completing the integrated Innovation of the Lehmann Trap to Reduce Malaria” Awarding body: Canada Grand Challenges grant ID S6_0510-10-10-4. Grant holders: Abdoulaye Diabate (PI), Amounts awarded: $ 100 000, Start date: 2014 End date: 2015, role: lab and field coordinator

Title of the project: Characterization of the mating systems of Anopheles gambiae in malaria control perspectives. Awarding body: Multilateral Initiatives on Malaria Grant holders: Abdoulaye Diabate (PI) Amounts awarded: $210 000. Start date: August 2009 End date: July 2012, role: Master student /field and lab data collection

MENTORSHIP/ CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE

I have contributed to mentorship during my carrier including so far three Master students (2 defences in 2021, 2022, 1 ongoing (to be defended in 2023) and 1 bachelor student. One of my master students has started his PhD in 2023. We are currently building a strong team on advanced genetics and molecular biology where 9 PhD students (5 already recruited) and two post docs will be involved under my coordination.

I have also published/co-authored numerous papers in various peer-reviewed scientific journals on mosquito male mating behaviour, trapping and on the development of the sterile insect technique package in the lab and in the field. 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

1. Maïga H., R. K. Dabiré, T. Lehmann, F. Tripet and A. Diabaté. 2012. Variation in Energy Reserves and Role of Body Size in the Mating System of Anopheles gambiae. J Vector Ecol, 37(2):289-297.
2. Maïga H., A. Niang, S.P. Sawadogo, R.K. Dabire, R.S. Lees, J.R. Gilles, F. Tripet, A. Diabate. 2014. Role of nutritional reserves and body size in Anopheles gambiae males mating success. Acta Trop. 132:S102-7.
3. Maïga H., D. Damiens, A. Niang, S.P. Sawadogo, O. Fatherhaman, R.S. Lees, O. Roux, K.R. Dabire, G.A. Ouedraogo, F. Tripet A. Diabate and J.R.L. Gilles. 2014. Mating competitiveness of sterile male Anopheles coluzzii in large cages. Malar J 2014,13:460
4. Maïga H, Damiens D, Diabaté A, Dabiré RK, Ouédraogo GA, Lees RS, Gilles JR. Large-scale Anopheles arabiensis egg quantification methods for mass-rearing operations. Malar J. 2016 Feb 6;15(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1119-7.
5. Maïga H, NS Bimbilé-Somda, H Yamada, O Wood, D Damiens, W Mamai, F Balestrino, RS Lees, Roch

K Dabiré, A Diabaté, and J.R.L. Gilles. Enhancements to the mass rearing cage for the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis for improved adult longevity and egg production. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata- doi/full/10.1111/eea.12614.

6.Maïga H, Mamai W, Bimbilé Somda NS, Konczal A, Wallner T, Herranz GS, Herrero RA, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Reducing the cost and assessing the performance of a novel adult mass–rearing cage for the dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika vector, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Sep 25;13(9):e0007775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007775. eCollection 2019 Sep.PMID: 31553724 

7. Maïga H, Wadaka Mamai, Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda, Thomas Wallner, Bèwadéyir Serge Poda, Gustavo Salvador-Herranz, Rafael Argiles-Herrero, Hanano Yamada, Jérémy Bouyer. Assessment of a Novel Adult Mass-Rearing Cage for Aedes albopictus (Skuse) and Anopheles arabiensis (Patton). Insects. 2020 Nov; 11(11): 801. Published online 2020 Nov 13. doi: 10.3390/insects11110801.PMCID: PMC7697024
8. Maïga H, Gilles JRL, Susan Lees R, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Demonstration of resistance to satyrization behavior in Aedes aegypti from La Réunion island. .Parasite. 2020;27:22. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020020. Epub 2020 Apr 7.PMID: 32254018
9. Maiga H, Deng Lu,Wadaka Mamai,Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda,Thomas Wallner,Mame Thierno Bakhoum, Odet Bueno Masso,Claudia Martina,Simran Singh Kotla,Hanano Yamada,Gustavo Salvador Herranz,Rafael Argiles Herrero, Chee Seng Chong,Cheong Huat Tan,Jeremy Bouyer. Standardization of the FAO/IAEA flight test for quality control of sterile mosquitoes. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. – Biosafety and Biosecurity. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.876675
10. Soma DD, Maïga H, Mamai W, Bimbile-Somda NS, Venter N, Ali AB, Yamada H, Diabaté A, Fournet F, Ouédraogo GA, Lees RS, Dabiré RK, Gilles JRL. Does mosquito mass–rearing produce an inferior mosquito? Malar J. 2017 Sep 7;16(1):357. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2012-8.PMID: 28882146

11.Mamai W, Maiga H, Gárdos M, Bán P, Bimbilé Somda NS, Konczal A, Wallner T, Parker A, Balestrino F, Yamada H, Gilles JRL, Bouyer J. The efficiency of a new automated mosquito larval counter and its impact on larval survival. Sci Rep. 2019 May 15;9(1):7413. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-433330.PMID: 31092868 

12. Yamada H, Maiga H, Juarez J, De Oliveira Carvalho D, Mamai W, Ali A, Bimbile-Somda NS, Parker AG, Zhang D, Bouyer J. Identification of critical factors that significantly affect the dose–response in mosquitoes irradiated as pupae. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Sep 9;12(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3698y.PMID: 31500662
13. Bimbilé Somda NS, Maïga H, Mamai W, Yamada H, Ali A, Konczal A, Gnankiné O, Diabaté A, Sanon A, Dabiré KR, Gilles JRL, Bouyer J. Insects to feed insects – feeding Aedes mosquitoes with flies for laboratory rearing. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 6;9(1):11403. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47817-x.PMID: 31388041

14.Yamada H, Maiga H, Bimbile-Somda NS, Carvalho DO, Mamai W, Kraupa C, Parker AG, Abrahim A, Weltin G, Wallner T, Schetelig MF, Caceres C, Bouyer J. The role of oxygen depletion and subsequent radioprotective effects during irradiation of mosquito pupae in water. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Apr 17;13(1):198. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04069-3.PMID: 32303257 

15.Mamai W, Maiga H, Somda NSB, Wallner T, Konczal A, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Aedes aegypti larval development and pupal production in the FAO/IAEA mass–rearing rack and factors influencing sex sorting efficiency. Parasite. 2020;27:43. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020041. Epub 2020 Jun 18.PMID: 32553098   

16. Sanou R, Maïga H, Bilgo EM, Sawadogo SP, Sow BBD, Ouema A, Bayili K, Belem AMG, Toé LP, Dabiré RK, Diabaté A. Assessment of novel Lehmann’s funnel entry trap prototypes performance to control malaria mosquito populations. Malar J. 2021 Jan 1;20(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03532x.PMID: 33386073
17. Mamai W, Maiga H, Bimbilé Somda NS, Wallner T, Masso OB, Resch C, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Does Tap Water Quality Compromise the Production of Aedes Mosquitoes in Genetic Control Projects? Insects. 2021 Jan 12;12(1):57. doi: 0.3390/insects12010057.PMID: 33445407
18. Niang A, Maïga H, Sawadogo SP, Konaté L, Faye O, Lee Y, Dabiré RK, Diabaté A, Tripet F. Perfect association between spatial swarm segregation and the X–chromosome speciation island in hybridizing Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles gambiae populations. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 24;12(1):10800. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14865-9.PMID: 35750745
19. Bouyer J, Maiga H, Vreysen MJB. Assessing the efficiency of Verily’s automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia–infected mosquitoes. Nat Biotechnol. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01324-z.
20. Bimbilé Somda NS, Maïga H, Mamai W, Bakhoum T, Wallner T, Poda SB, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Adult mosquito predation and potential impact on the sterile insect technique. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 15;12(1):2561.

doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06565-1.PMID: 35169252 

21. Yamada H, Maiga H, Kraupa C, Mamai W, Bimbilé Somda NS, Abrahim A, Wallner T, Bouyer J. Effects of Chilling and Anoxia on the Irradiation Dose–Response in Adult Aedes Mosquitoes.

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 May 2;10:856780. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.856780. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35586555 .

22. Vreysen MJB, Abd-Alla AMM, Bourtzis K, Bouyer J, Caceres C, de Beer C, Oliveira Carvalho

D, Maiga H, Mamai W, Nikolouli K, Yamada H, Pereira R. The Insect Pest Control Laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme: Ten Years (2010–2020) of Research and Development, Achievements and Challenges in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique. Insects. 2021 Apr 13;12(4):346. doi: 10.3390/insects12040346.PMID: 33924539  Review.

23. Nignan C, Niang A, Maïga H, Sawadogo SP, Poda BS, Gnankine O, Dabiré KR, Tripet F, Diabaté A. Comparison of swarming, mating performance and longevity of males Anopheles coluzzii between individuals fed with different natural fruit juices in laboratory and semi–field conditions. Malar J. 2020 May 6;19(1):173. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03248-y.PMID: 32375825
24. Poda SB, Guissou E, Maïga H, Bimbile-Somda SN, Gilles J, Rayaisse JB, Lefèvre T, Roux O, Dabiré RK. Impact of irradiation on the reproductive traits of field and laboratory arabiensis mosquitoes. Parasit Vectors. 2018 Dec 17;11(1):641. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3228-3.PMID: 30558681
25. Yamada H, Dias VS, Parker AG, Maiga H, Kraupa C, Vreysen MJB, Mamai W, Schetelig MF, Somda NSB, Bouyer J. Radiation dose–rate is a neglected critical parameter in dose–response of insects. Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 14;12(1):6242. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10027-z.PMID: 35422488
26. Mamai W, Bimbilé Somda NS, Maiga H, Konczal A, Wallner T, Bakhoum MT, Yamada H, Bouyer J. Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass–rearing Aedes Parasite. 2019;26:57. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2019059. Epub 2019 Sep 19.PMID: 31535969 27. Bimbilé Somda NS, Dabiré KR, Maiga H, Yamada H, Mamai W, Gnankiné O, Diabaté A, Sanon A, Bouyer J, Gilles JL. Cost–effective larval diet mixtures for mass rearing of Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors. 2017 Dec 22;10(1):619. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2552-3.PMID: 29273056
27. Wang G, Vega-Rodríguez J, Diabate A, Liu J, Cui C, Nignan C, Dong L, Li F, Ouedrago CO, Bandaogo AM, Sawadogo PS, Maiga H, Alves E Silva TL, Pascini TV, Wang S, Jacobs-Lorena M. Clock genes and environmental cues coordinate Anopheles pheromone synthesis, swarming, and mating. 2021 Jan 22;371(6527):411-415. doi: 10.1126/science.abd4359.PMID: 33479155
28. Nignan C, Poda BS, Sawadogo SP, Maïga H, Dabiré KR, Gnankine O, Tripet F, Roux O, Diabaté A. Local adaptation and colonization are potential factors affecting sexual competitiveness and mating choice in Anopheles coluzzii Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 12;12(1):636. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-047048.PMID: 35022496

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24. Mamai W, Lobb LN, Bimbilé Somda NS, Maiga H, Yamada H, Lees RS, Bouyer J, Gilles JRL. Optimization of Mass–Rearing Methods for Anopheles arabiensis Larval Stages: Effects of Rearing Water Temperature and Larval Density on Mosquito Life–History Traits. J Econ Entomol. 2018 Sep 26;111(5):2383-2390. doi: 10.1093/jee/toy213.PMID: 30020467
25. Yamada H, Kraupa C, Lienhard C, Parker AG, Maiga H, de Oliveira Carvalho D, Zheng M, Wallner T, Bouyer J. Mosquito mass rearing: who’s eating the eggs? 2019;26:75. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2019075. Epub 2019 Dec 20.PMID: 31859620
26. Mamai W, Lees RS, Maiga H, Gilles JR. Reusing larval rearing water and its effect on development and quality of Anopheles arabiensis Malar J. 2016 Mar 16;15(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s12936016-1227-4.
27. Mamai W, Bimbile-Somda NS, Maiga H, Juarez JG, Muosa ZA, Ali AB, Lees RS, Gilles

JR.Optimization of mosquito egg production under mass rearing setting: effects of cage volume, blood meal source and adult population density for the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis. Malar J. 2017 Jan 24; 16(1):41. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1685-3.

28. Mamai W, Hood-Nowotny R, Maiga H, Ali AB, Bimbile-Somda NS, Soma DD, Yamada H, Lees RS, Gilles JRL.Reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration for recovery and reuse of larval rearing water in Anopheles arabiensis mass production: Effect of water quality on larval development and fitness of emerging adults. Acta Trop. 2017 Jun;170:126-133. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.02.033. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
29. Sawadogo P.S., M. Namountougou, K.H. Toe, J. Rouamba, Maïga, K.R. Ouedraogo, T. Baldet, L.C. Gouagna, P. Kengne, F. Simard, C. Costantini, G. Gibson, A. Diabate;, R.S. Lees, J.R. Gilles, K.R. Dabire;. Swarming behaviour in natural populations of Anopheles gambiae and An. coluzzii: review of 4 years survey in rural areas of sympatry, Burkina Faso (West Africa).Acta Trop.2014 Apr;132 Suppl:S42-52.
30. Yahouedo G.A., L. Djogbenou, J. Saizonou, B.S. Assogba, M. Makoutode, J.R. Gilles, Maïga, K. Mouline, B.K. Soukou,F. Simard. 2014. Effect of three larval diets on larval development and male sexual performance of Anopheles gambiae s.s. ActaTrop.Apr; 132 Suppl: S96-101
31. Sawadogo SP, Niang A, Bilgo E, Millogo A, Maïga H, Dabire RK, Tripet F, Diabaté A. Targeting male mosquito swarms to control malaria vector density.PLoS One. 2017 Mar 9; 12(3):e0173273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173273. eCollection 2017.
32. Chen S, Zhang D, Augustinos A, Doudoumis V, Bel Mokhtar N, Maiga H, Tsiamis G, Bourtzis K. Multiple Factors Determine the Structure of Bacterial Communities Associated With Aedes albopictus Under Artificial Rearing Conditions. Front Microbiol. 2020 Apr 15;11:605. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00605. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32351473
33. Zawada JW, Dahan-Moss YL, Muleba M, Dabire RK, Maïga H, Venter N, Davies C, Hunt RH, Coetzee M, Koekemoer LL. Molecular and physiological analysis of Anopheles funestus swarms in Nchelenge, Malar J. 2018 Jan 25;17(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2196-6.PMID: 29370805

40.Guissou E, Poda S, de Sales Hien DF, Yerbanga SR, Da DF, Cohuet A, Fournet F, Roux O, Maiga H, Diabaté A, Gilles J, Bouyer J, Ouédraogo AG, Rayaissé JB, Lefèvre T, Dabiré KR. Effect of irradiation on the survival and susceptibility of female Anopheles arabiensis to natural isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. Parasit Vectors. 2020 May 20;13(1):266. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04135-w.PMID: 32434542 41. Ranathunge T, Harishchandra J, Maiga H, Bouyer J, Gunawardena YINS, Hapugoda M. Development of the Sterile Insect Technique to control the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) in Sri Lanka. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 4;17(4):e0265244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265244. eCollection 022.

42. Bimbilé Somda NS, Yamada H, Kraupa C, Mamai W, Maiga H, Kotla SS, Wallner T, Martina C, Bouyer J. Response of male adult Aedes mosquitoes to gamma radiation in different nitrogen environments. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Sep 12;10:942654. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.942654. eCollection 2022.
43. Maïga H, Bakhoum MT, Mamai W, Diouf G, Bimbilé Somda NS, Wallner T, Martina C, Kotla SS, Masso OB, Yamada H, Sow BBD, Fall AG, Bouyer J. From the Lab to the Field: Long-Distance Transport of Sterile Aedes Mosquitoes. Insects. 2023 Feb 18;14(2):207. doi: 10.3390/insects14020207.
44. Pagabeleguem S, Koughuindida O, Salou EW, Gimonneau G, Toé AI, Kaboré BA, Dera KM, Maïga H, Belem AMG, Sanou/Ouédraogo GMS, Vreysen MJ, Bouyer J. Gamma-radiation of Glossina palpalis gambiensis revisited: effect on fertility and mating competitiveness. Parasite. 2023;30:8. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2023009. Epub 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 37010449; PMCID: PMC10069399.

45. Zhang DJ, Yan S, Yamada H, Wu Y, Wang G, Feng QD, Paerhande D, Maiga H, Bouyer J, Qian J, Wu ZD, Zheng XY. Effects of radiation on the fitness, sterility and arbovirus susceptibility of a Wolbachia-free Aedes albopictus strain for use in the Sterile Insect Technique. Pest Manag Sci. 2023 Jun 15. doi: 10.1002/ps.7615. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37318795.
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