Sophie Dabo

Sophie Dabo-Niang is professor at university of Lille (France) and researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and INRIA (National Research Institute of Numerical Sciences and Technologies). She is Scientific Officer of CIMPA (International Centre of Pure and Applied Mathematics), member of the committee of diversity of IMU (International Mathematical Union). She has served as chair of the European Mathematical Society Committee of Developing Countries (EMS-CDC) (2019-2022).
She completed a 3-year PhD in Statistics from the Sorbonne University (Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie) in 2002. She headed the MeQAME axis of laboratory LEM CNRS 9221 of University Lille 3, from 2015 to 2019. She led the laboratory EQUIPPE of University of Lille 3, from 2010-2015. She is currently Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of Lille. Her research focuses on the representation of time and space in random environments through the use of stochastic space and time changes driven by real problems in various areas (i.e economics, epidemiology, physics, environmental and hydrological studies, natural resource management, renewable energy, agriculture). She published more than 70 scientific articles and edited 2 books. She supervised 14 PhD theses and is deeply involved and committed to promoting Mathematics and women in Mathematics in Africa, Europe and in the developing world.