Dr. Etienne Gnimpieba is a Research Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at USD. He received a Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at University of Technology of Compiegne (France), and a MS on Computational Engineering in Informatics and Mathematics for Integrative Biology at the University of Evry Val D'Essonne (France). His research focuses on systems and data integration in life science research, including development of intuitive data acquisition and management systems for relevant knowledge discovery. His long-term goal is to develop a new decision-support knowledge base for predictive and precision bioscience and biomedicine.