Prof. Cheikh Mbow

Prof. Cheikh Mbow is the Director General of the Centre de Suivi Ecologique (CSE) in Senegal and an Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University (USA). Currently a member of the National Academy of Science in Senegal, he previously served as the Director of the Future Africa Institute at the University of Pretoria, Executive Director of START-International in Washington, DC, and Senior Scientist at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF). Prof. Mbow has been actively engaged in development-research and partnerships, and scientific networks, leading global science initiatives such as the World Atlas on Desertification, the IPCC's AR5 and AR6, and the Special Report on Food Security. He has also served on various scientific committees, including Future Earth (2013–2015) and the Agropolis Foundation-France. He works on various sustainability issues, particularly transdisciplinary research on food security, natural resource management, and climate change in Africa.