Director of the TIDRC, Moudachirou Ibikounle is a full professor of parasitology at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin. His research focuses on Neglected Tropical Diseases, particularly the epidemiology, control, and elimination of Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Onchocerciasis.