Simon NJEUDENG TENKU is a researcher with the Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Republic of Cameroon. He works with the Forest and Wood Research Program with over two decades of experience in tree domestication and planting. 

He has knowledge on the utilization and vulgarization of non-timber tree species of high economic value and carrying out research in the field of remote sensing science. He received a degree in Forestry and Water Resources from the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Cameroon, and a Master of Science degree in Botany from the Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, United States.

NJEUDENG TENKU has held two managerial positions in research institutions near the Dja Forest Reserve, which is a UNESCO heritage. During that period, he supervised and assured tree regeneration - forest stewardship operations (from seed acquisition, domestication, hardening of seedlings, and transplanting - which was an accessible and affordable way of sequestrating atmospheric CO2 as an essential nutrient needed by all plants). In addition to various forestry species, he created a 10-hectare permanent sample plot with 13 economical timber tree species.

He has done outreach support on agroforestry training to the communities near agro-industrial plantations, such as rubber for sustainable livelihoods through domestication by cuttings, air layering of important livelihood species, and introducing seasonal tree crops and lianas such as aerial potatoes for sustainable livelihoods.