Aristid is a holder of a Master of Science and PhD candidate in Biochemistry from the University of Yaoundé I (UYI). His Masters’ thesis focused on the molecular speciation of malaria parasites in the North-West region of Cameroon and showed malaria infections in this region were mostly due to mixed infections predominantly P. falciparum/P. malariae. At the Biotechnology Centre (BTC) of UYI, Aristid actively participated in several research projects, on malaria notably, between 2010 and 2014. The experience and skills gathered have led him to work in 2013 with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Foundation, Cameroon as a field enumerator, seeking to improve the use of malaria Rapid Diagnostics Tests (RDTs) in Cameroon. In 2015 Aristid became a PhD fellow of the EU-funded intra-ACP AFIMEGQ Doctoral mobility program in collaboration with the University of Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal. In Dakar, he joined the research team of Profs Souleymane Mboup and Coumba Touré-Kane and undertook his PhD research under the framework of EDCTP (European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnerships) – West African Network of Excellence against Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria (WANETAM). His PhD work looked at the Molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in three neighboring countries of the Western coast of Africa: virological efficacy of and drug resistance (acquired and transmitted) to first-line antiretrovirals, HIV-1 molecular evolution and transmission dynamics. Interesting results emerged from his works, parts of which have been published/submitted in peer review journals and presented in international conferences. So far Aristid has authored/co-authored between 7 and 8 peer reviewed articles on HIV and malaria. Future collaboration with the Systems Virology Group at Lund University will be instrumental for Aristid to mature his skills and interest on the use of state-of-the art Bioinformatics and phylogenetics to disentangle the molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in West-Africa. The acquired skills will be an invaluable asset to explore and understand the transmission dynamics of other viruses such as Covid-19, especially in his home country, and possibly in the context of viral-viral/malarial co-infections.