Staff team
Brice Bredji
Director
Brice Bredji
Director
Economist by training (MSc in project management, Grenoble) with over ten years in operational leadership, partnership-building and fundraising across West Africa’s aquaculture sector. He has managed sizeable budgets and built collaborations with institutions (UNDP, FAO, World Bank), foundations and private players, and now leads the station’s strategy and operations.
Momy Seck Ndao
Field activities coordinator
Momy Seck Ndao
Field activities coordinator
She has supervised SIA’s field activities for seven years. A protected-areas and wildlife management engineer and PhD candidate in aquaculture (UGB), she specialises in fingerling production, applied research and schistosomiasis biocontrol; a FAO-certified fish-farming trainer and drone pilot.
Ismaila Diedhiou
Head of production
Ismaila Diedhiou
Head of production
Graduate in agronomy, aquaculture and food technology (UGB), he runs production schedules and teams across all sites (hatchery, ponds, rice fields). He oversees animal transfers and village missions tied to aquatic-ecosystem research (rice-fish farming, schistosomiasis control).
Louis Dossou Magblenou
PhD in aquaculture, deputy head of production
Louis Dossou Magblenou
PhD in aquaculture, deputy head of production
PhD in integrated aquaculture (UGB, 2026, with highest honours), specialising in hatchery management, water-quality monitoring and broodstock production. He contributed to the FISH and DISES projects and teaches aquaculture technology at master’s level.
Julbert Diatta
Production officer
Julbert Diatta
Production officer
He takes part in the station’s day-to-day aquaculture production, from the hatchery to stock monitoring.
Ndeye Mbaye
Field officer
Ndeye Mbaye
Field officer
Aquaculture technician, she bridges technical management and field projects: village engagement and outreach, data collection (malacology, drones), hatchery support and organising animal transfers.
Alassane Ndiaye
Facilitator team lead
Alassane Ndiaye
Facilitator team lead
Malacology and parasitology technician from Lampsar, with long field experience (PLAN International, EPLS, IRD, the DISES and Prawn projects). He leads the facilitator team: snail sampling and analysis, village outreach and support to schistosomiasis surveys.
Mamadou Diallo
Community facilitator
Mamadou Diallo
Community facilitator
Holder of a master’s in rural development and cooperation (UGB), specialising in monitoring-evaluation, GIS and local development.
Adama Samba Sow
Community facilitator
Adama Samba Sow
Community facilitator
Experienced in community support, monitoring income-generating activities and training producers.
Mouhamed Lamine Seck
Community facilitator
Mouhamed Lamine Seck
Community facilitator
Community development agent with an advanced diploma in local development and decentralisation, experienced in community mobilisation and outreach.
Mbargane Sarr
Community facilitator
Mbargane Sarr
Community facilitator
Development project manager, experienced in field coordination, planning, monitoring-evaluation and community development.
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Thierno Mamadou Sall
Community facilitator
Thierno Mamadou Sall
Community facilitator
State-registered nurse with solid experience in community health (outreach, follow-up and field campaigns).
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Amadou Diallo
Community facilitator
Amadou Diallo
Community facilitator
Holder of a master’s in rural development, he connects SIA with the village communities of its intervention area.
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Abdourahmane Diop
Community facilitator
Abdourahmane Diop
Community facilitator
Degree in fisheries and aquatic-ecosystem management (USSEIN), trained in ecological monitoring and community outreach.
Boubacar Ndiaye
Head of administration and finance
Boubacar Ndiaye
Head of administration and finance
Holder of a master’s in finance and accounting (UGB), he manages the station’s general and analytical accounting, payroll, tax and social filings, treasury and banking relationships.
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Ndeye Mbarka Fall
Administrative assistant
Ndeye Mbarka Fall
Administrative assistant
Holder of a master’s in studies, research and management and a degree in computerised management (UGB), specialising in human resources, she supports the station’s day-to-day administration and people management.
Tigui Ndiaye
Driver
Tigui Ndiaye
Driver
He handles the teams’ travel between the station and field sites.
Cheikh Sow
Security and grounds
Cheikh Sow
Security and grounds
He oversees site security and the upkeep of the station’s grounds.
Youssoupha Gueye
Head of security
Youssoupha Gueye
Head of security
He coordinates the station’s security.
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Amadou Sow
Security officer
Amadou Sow
Security officer
He helps keep the site and teams secure.
Day to day, around twenty people keep SIA running, from the Saint-Louis station to the villages of the valley. Researchers, aquaculturists, technicians and facilitators work side by side.
Partners
Nicolas Jouanard
Co-founder and managing director
Nicolas Jouanard
Co-founder and managing director
Co-founder and managing director of SIA, in charge of technical matters. For over fifteen years he has led research and intervention projects on the links between aquatic ecosystems and human health in Senegal and Madagascar, and supported fish-farming development in West Africa and South-East Asia.
Anne-Marie Schacht
Quality management
Anne-Marie Schacht
Quality management
Senior clinical research associate at the Institut Pasteur de Lille, she coordinates the laboratories and quality control of the EPLS centre in Saint-Louis and sits on its board. She has supported nine schistosomiasis vaccine trials (Bilhvax and Sm14) in France, Senegal and Niger.
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Fall
Aquaculture development
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Fall
Aquaculture development
Aquaculture engineer trained in France (professional degree in inland aquaculture, advanced diploma in aquaculture production) with a project-management MBA. Co-founder of SIA and aquaculture adviser at ANIDA, where he ran a 30-hectare fish farm, he brings over ten years of inland-aquaculture experience to the station.
Gilles Riveau
Immunology and vaccines
Gilles Riveau
Immunology and vaccines
Emeritus researcher at the Institut Pasteur de Lille and CNRS research director, he is also founder and director-general of the Espoir Pour La Santé (EPLS) biomedical research centre in Saint-Louis. He has devoted his career to the immunology of parasitic diseases and to developing a schistosomiasis vaccine taken to phase-3 trials. An international authority on the disease.
The partners bring SIA their scientific and strategic expertise.
In memoriam — Dabo
Driver at SIA. The team honours his memory.
Driver at SIA. The team honours his memory.