Pulcherie Bissiengou attended the Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, where she followed the three-year BSc program for biology and chemistry. During the last year of the BSc program, she undertook a hands-on field course called “Bio-Traverse”, where she got the opportunity to learn about Gabon’s unique biodiversity through travel from the South-East to the North of Gabon in order to study its different types of ecosystems. In 2001, she entered a Master Degree course, at Stellenbosch University and she obtained her Master of Science degree in 2005. Since 2006, she has worked at the National Herbarium of Gabon as a scientific staff member and has been involved in the production of the “Flore du Gabon” series as author and member of the editorial team. In August 2008, she obtained a sandwich grant from Wageningen University allowing her to start her PhD project at the National Herbarium Nederland – Wageningen branch on the systematics of Ochnaceae. She obtained her PhD degree in 2014. Currently, she is the head of the National Herbarium Laboratory department and has coordinated many projects.