Welcome to Prof. Salif Diop website

Salif Diop is a Professor of University. He is a water expert with broad experience in various aspects of scientific assessment of freshwater, coastal and marine resources and coastal oceanography as well as in areas related to the management and sustainable development of the environment. Prof. S. Diop has worked as Chief Technical Advicer of a UNDP/UNESCO project on capacity development on marine sciences in Africa and as senior staff member in UNEP, Scientific Assessment Branch - Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) in Nairobi,

Salif Diop holds a 3rd Cycle Doctorate at the University Louis Pasteur / Strasbourg / France he defended in 1978 and a Doctorat D'Etat that he defended in the Same University in 1986.

He spent a sabbatical year - between 1986 and 1987 - in his capacity as Senior Fulbright Scholar at RSMAS (Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) University of Miami / USA - Division of Biological Sciences and Living Resources.  

S. Diop is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and Techniques of Senegal (ANSTS), the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Sciences in the Developing Countries (TWAS). Recently, Prof. S. Diop has been elected for three years, in May 2020 as AAS Vice-President for West Africa region.