Marie Hidjo is Young Researcher at Research Unit in Applied Microbiology and Pharmacology of natural substances at the University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), the Polytechnic School of Abomey Calavi (EPAC), Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo-Phtisiologie (CNHPP) Lazaret à Cotonou, Benin. She is specialised in microbiology, biotechnology and molecular biology.