Chidodo is a Co-founder of the Tanzania Research and Conservation Organization (TRCO). Simon completed his MSc in Ecosystem Science and Management at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in 2019. His masters project focused on the assessment of rodents abundance in relations to habitat structure and type in the northern Uluguru Mountain, Tanzania. He completed his BSc in Eco-tourism and Nature Conservation at the Sebastian Kolowa Memorial University (SEKOMU), Tanzania. His BSc project assessed effects of land use and land cover on the macroclimate in Magamba village, Lushoto district, Tanzania. Simon has expertise on GIS and remote sensing, ecological surveys, ecohydrology, and socio-economic assessment surveys. As a research assistant, Simon worked with African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Rodent Pest Management and Biosensor Technology Development, Development Corridor Partnership. Simon participated in the assessment of local communities perceptions and attitudes towards pangolins in the Tanzania, Ruaha landscape. Simon is currently working with various researchers from the Tanzania National Parks, SUA, Finnish Embassy, the New Forest Company as expert or analyst in Remote sensing and GIS. Simon has multiple publications that focused on remote sensing, land use and land cover change, small mammals with particular focus on rodents, and climate change.