Prof. Kone Tidiani
Member, AfricaRice Board
Professor Tidiani KONÉ, a Côte d'Ivoire citizen, did part of his university studies at the National University of Côte d'Ivoire and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) in Belgium, where he graduated with a PhD in Biological Sciences.
Professor KONÉ's areas of specialization include ichthyology, aquatic ecology and bio-telemetry. His career path includes the following: research professor at the Biosciences Training and Research Unit of Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB); Head of the Hydrobiology Laboratory at the UFHB Biosciences Training and Research Unit; Vice-President in charge of Pedagogy, Campus Life, Research and Technological Innovation at Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé (Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire).
Since July 2023, he is Director General of Research and Innovation at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. In 2023, he was appointed Board Chair of the Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique (CSRS) in Côte d'Ivoire and the Institut Pasteur in Côte d'Ivoire (IPCI). In the same year, he was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Agency for the Development of rice sector in Côte d'Ivoire (ADERIZ). He was aapointed in January 2024 to serve on the Board of AfricaRice Board of Trustees.
Professor Koné was awarded the 2016 National Research Prize by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He had earlier been awarded the 2001 Development Cooperation Prize of the Kingdom of Belgium for his work on the freshwater and brackish water ecosystems of southeastern Côte d'Ivoire. Professor KONE was a 2007 recipient of the Fulbright fellowship award which enabled him to participate in a program on the implementation of advanced bio-telemetry techniques at the University of Washington in Seattle.
