Aminata Mbow

Chief of Air Quality Monitoring Center (Centre de Gestion de la Qualité de l’Air - CGQA) since 30 October 2014, Direction of Environment and Classified Establishment (Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissements Classés - DEEC) at the Senegalese Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. I firstly worked as the IT expert of CGQA (2008- 2014) and had in charge the data transfer system between the five air quality monitoring stations and the central laboratory, the air quality web portal design and maintenance, the Geographic Information System (GIS) management, the air quality index calculation and publication. My present assignments also include the writing and publishing of 

monthly, quarterly and annual reports on air quality. I am one of the co-authors for the manuscripts entitled "Linkages between Observed, Modeled Saharan dust loading and Meningitis in Senegal during 2012 and 2013" published in the 

International Journal of Biometeorology, and “Observed and modeled seasonal air quality and respiratory health in Senegal during 2015 and 2016” published in GeoHealth. I also contributed to the book “Smart Economy in Smart African Cities”, through the chapter entitled “Air pollution in African cities” published in Springer. In 2023, I participated in the WHO report on “Improving the capacity of countries to report on air quality in cities: Users’ guide to the repository of United Nations tools” through an article entitled “Case study: national air quality management system in Senegal”. I hold an Engineering degree from Polytechnic School of Dakar (Senegal), a Master of Science in Internet and Multimedia Engineering of South Bank University (London – UK), a certificate in “Air Pollution Source Management” from Kitakyushu (Japan) and a certificate in deployment the Air Quality Management System (Airquis) developed by NILU (Norway).