Dr Gayane Faye is the coordinator of the Senegalese space program based at the Ministry of Height Education Research and Innovation of Senegal, tasked with implementing Senegal’s space efforts. He is a lecturer and researcher who has carried out several research projects on themes centred around Earth observation data.
Since 2016, Dr Faye has directed the Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory (Laboratoire de Télédétection Appliquée-LTA) of Cheikh Anta DIOP University of Dakar.