Research Interests: 

Mosquito-borne arboviruses

Mosquitoes and their mating behaviours

Molecular and genomic aspects of mating in Insects

Education:

 PhD in Life Science Complexity, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. (2015-2018)

Master’s degree in Biochemistry - Biotechnology and Development, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon. (2008-2011)

Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, University of Yaoundé I. (2005-2008)

Contact: 

Email: fnanfackminkeu@wooster.edu 

Career: 

Visiting Professor of Biology at The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH (2022-Present)

Postdoctoral Researcher at The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH (2020-2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher at The Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (2019-2020)

Scientist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France (2015-2019) 

Assistant Engineer at the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), University of Strasbourg, France (2013)

Publications:

• Nanfack-Minkeu F, Delong A, Moses Luri M and Poelstra JW. 2023. Invasive Aedes japonicus mosquitoes dominate the Aedes fauna collected with gravid traps in Wooster, northeastern Ohio, USA. Insects, 14(1):56. doi: 10.3390/insects14010056.

• Ateutchia Ngouanet S, Wanji S, Yadouleton A, Demanou M, Djouaka R and Nanfack- Minkeu F. 2022. Factors enhancing the transmission of mosquito-borne arboviruses in Africa. Virusdisease., 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s13337-022-00795-7.

• Parsana D, Nanfack-Minkeu F and Sirot LK. 2022. Insemination status in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top107668

• Parsana D, Nanfack-Minkeu F and Sirot LK. 2022. Determining the Insemination Status of Aedes Mosquitoes. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot107954.

• Nanfack-Minkeu F and Sirot LK. 2022. Effects of Mating on Gene Expression in Female Insects: Unifying the Field . Insects 2022, 13(1), 69.

• Mbomen-Mbomen LM, Nanfack-Minkeu F, et al. 2020. Validation d’une méthode de valorisation matière et énergie des huiles de vidange. Déchets Sciences et Techniques, 83. https://doi.org/10.4267  

• Belda E, Nanfack-Minkeu F, et al. 2019. De novo profiling of RNA viruses in Anopheles malaria vector mosquitoes from forest ecological zones in Senegal and Cambodia. BMC genomics, 20:664.

• Nanfack-Minkeu F, et al. ( 2019). Interaction of members of the natural RNA virome with the African malaria vector, Anopheles coluzzii. Scientific reports  9 : 6319.

• Nanfack-Minkeu F and Vernick K. (2018). A systematic review of the natural virome of Anopheles mosquitoes. Viruses 10(5), 222.

• Nanfack-Minkeu F, Dongmo ZY, Fogang A. (2015). Les insectes impliqués dans les pertes post- récolte des céréales au Cameroun : méthodes actuelles de lutte la transgénèse. Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci., 9(3) :1630-1643.

• Bigoga D Jude, Nanfack-Minkeu F, et al., (2012). Seasonal prevalence of malaria vectors and entomological inoculation rates in the rubber cultivated area of Niete, South Region of Cameroon. Parasites & Vectors, 5:197.