Yvonne Libona Bonzi-Coulibaly is the first female doctor in chemistry in Burkina Faso, a full professor at the University of Ouagadougou,[1] a member of the Academy of Sciences of Burkina Faso,[2] the Director-General of the Institute of Sciences of Burkina Faso,[3] and a laureate of the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Prize.[2]
Biography edit
After obtaining a "baccalauréat série D" in 1978, she entered the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan to study chemistry-biology-geology.[2] Bonzi-Coulibaly earned a doctorate at Strasbourg-I University in organic chemistry from Guy Ourisson.[2]
From 2008 to 2013, she was director of research at the University of Ouagadougou,[2] where she has been a professor-researcher since 2002.[1] She is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Burkina Faso.[2] Since 2018,[4] she has been the Director-General of Burkina Faso's Institute of Sciences which was created in 2004.[3]
In 2020, in partnership with the academic and scientific cooperation of higher education establishments of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, she began working with Pascal Gerbaux on organic farming and market gardening to replace synthetic inputs with bio-inputs.[5]
Awards edit
2013: African Union Kwame Nkrumah Prize[2]
Publications edit
- Removal of COD in wastewaters by activated charcoal from rice husk, Yacouba Sanou, Samuel Pare, Gnon Baba, Nyonuwosro Kwamivi Segbeaya et Libona Yvonne Bonzi-Coulibaly, Revue des sciences de l’eau / Journal of Water Science, Vol. 29, No. 3, pgs. 265–277, 2016, issn: 0992-7158, issn2: 1718-8598, doi: 10.7202/1038927ar.
References edit
- ^ a b "Le prix Prix Kwamé Nkrumah 2013 revient au Pr Bonzi/Coulibaly Libona Yvonne". Burkina24. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Portrait : Yvonne Bonzi, une référence dans le domaine scientifique au Burkina". netafrique.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Enseignement supérieur : L'Institut des sciences célèbre ses 15 ans d'existence". lefaso.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du jeudi 1er mars 2018". Service d'Information du Gouvernement (sig.bf). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Burkina Faso : Des bio-intrants pour la rentabilité de l'agriculture bio et la santé des Burkinabè". ARES (Academie de Recherche et d'Ensignement Superieur). Retrieved 22 April 2021.