Deus Ishengoma is a Principal Research Scientist and the head of Genomics Laboratory at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), and an Adjunct Professor at Kampala International University in Tanzania. He is currently leading several collaborative projects which are investigating the genomics of malaria parasites, vectors and human genome variations in Tanzania. He is a recipient of several grants and awards including the Alan J. Magill Fellowship of 2019 from the American society of tropical Medicine and hygiene (ASTMH). He is a member of different associations and networks; including the Genomic Epidemiology of Malaria Network (MalariaGEN), the Partnership for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring in Africa (PARMA) supported by the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and ASTMH. He is a co-founder of the Pathogen Diversity Network Africa (PDNA), Tanzania Society of Human Genetics and African Society of Antimicrobial Resistance. Deus has published over 95 publications in peer reviewed journals, several technical reports and policy briefs to support decision and policy making for malaria elimination in Tanzania and beyond. He has trained/ is training over 12 PhD and 6 MSc students, five post-doctoral fellows and interns to build the capacity in genomics and bioinformatics in Tanzania and beyond.