Former GeoRiskA PhD and Postdoc researchers

Pascal SIBOMANA (2020-2025), RMCA/ULiège/Rwanda Polytechnic
“Landslide distribution in the changing landscapes of the NW provinces of Rwanda”

Clemence IDUKUNDA (2021-2025), UNamur/RMCA/Université du Rwanda
“Assessing vulnerability to flood and landslide hazards in the North-Western Rwanda” 

Violet KANYIGINYA TWAGIRA (2019-2025), RMCA/VUB/Mbarara University of Science and Technology 
“Natural hazards and their interactions under the lens of citizen science: a multi-hazard assessment for the South Western region of Uganda”

Toussaint MUGARUKA BIBENTYO (2019-2025), RMCA/UGent/Université Officielle de Bukavu
“Geological and geomorphological controls on large landslides: North Tanganyika - Kivu Rift region”

Guy ILOMBE MAWE (2019-2024), ULiège
“Predicting the susceptibility, expansion rate and impacts of urban gullies in the DRC”

Axel DEIJNS (2020-2024), RMCA/VUB
“Geomorphic hazards and compound events in the western branch of the East African Rift”

Ephrem KAMATE KALEGHETSO (2020-2024), KU Leuven/ULiège/RMCA/OVG/Université de Lubumbashi/Université de Goma
“Petrological study of Nyamulagira volcano, (North-Kivu, DR Congo): A tool for minimizing the threat of future eruptions on Goma’s population and surroundings”

Mercy ASHEPET (2019-2024), RMCA/KU Leuven
“Citizen Science in the Global South: motivational frameworks and impact on policy making. Case-study on CS for natural hazard risk management and vector borne disease reduction in Uganda”

Josué SUBIRA (2019-2024), RMCA/ULiège/Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma
“Développement d'une chaîne de traitement automatique en temps-réel pour la détection, la classification et la localisation des signaux sismo-volcaniques dans la province des Virunga”

Jean NSABIMANA (2019-2024), RMCA/UNamur/Université du Burundi
“Vulnérabilité face aux processus hydrologiques : le cas de la ville de Bujumbura (Burundi)”

John SEKAJUGO (2019-2024), VUB
“The added value of citizen science to environmental hazard assessment and risk analysis: the case of the Geo-observer network in SW Uganda”

Blaise MAFUKO (2019-2023), RMCA/VUB/Université de Goma
“Assessment of volcanic risk perception and awareness-raising initiatives for effective risk culture establishment: the case of the population of Goma, Eastern DRC”

Liuelsegad BELAYNEH BUNARE (2017-2023), VUB
“Mapping and quantifying the rate of soil loss by gullies and landslides: Abaya-Chamo Lake catchments, Southern Ethiopia” 

Jean-Claude MAKI MATESO (2017-2022), UCLouvain
“Landslides and land use at the heart of the anthropisation of a rural world: focus on the Lake Kivu region in DRC”

Désiré KUBWIMANA (2018-2022), Mohammed V University in Rabat/Université du Burundi
“Mouvements de terrain dans les reliefs de Bujumbura (Burundi): apport des géosciences, inventaire, caractérisation et prédiction d’un aléa par les méthodes géostatistiques”

Arthur DEPICKER (2017-2021), KU Leuven
“Landslides in a Changing Tropical Environment: The North Tanganyika-Kivu Rift Region, Africa” 

Antoine DILLE (2016-2021), RMCA/VUB 
“Dynamics of deep-seated landslides in the tropics – natural and anthropogenic controls”

Elise MONSIEURS (2015-2020), RMCA/Université de Liège/F.R.S.-FNRS 
“The potential of satellite rainfall estimates in assessing regional landslide hazard in Central Africa”

Adalbert MUHINDO SYAVULISEMBO (2015-2019), RMCA/Université Libre de Bruxelles/Observatoire Volcanologique de Goma
“La variation spatio-temporelle de la population et l’analyse de l’accessibilité à ses ressources vitales: Vers une meilleure gestion du risque volcanique à Goma, République démocratique du Congo”

Liesbet JACOBS (2014-2018), RMCA/Vrije Universiteit Brussel  
“Landslides in the Rwenzori Mountains: field-based characterisation and susceptibility assessments in a data-scarce tropical environment”

Caroline MICHELLIER (2012-2017), RMCA/Université Libre de Bruxelles/Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“Contribuer à la prévention des risques d'origine géologique: l'évaluation de la vulnérabilité des populations dans un contexte de rareté de données. Les cas de Goma et Bukavu (RDC)”

Benoît SMETS (2012-2016), RMCA/Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“Dynamics of volcanic activity in a youthful extensional setting studied by means of remote sensing and ground-based monitoring techniques: Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes (North Kivu, DRC)”

Christelle WAUTHIER (2007-2011), RMCA/ Université de Liège
“InSAR Applied to the Study of Active Volcanic and Seismic Areas in Africa”

Fils MAKANZU IMWANGANA (2017-2018)
“Developing strategies for natural hazard data collection in a poorly developed region with very low capacity” (Post Doc South project - BELSPO)

Denis SAMYN (2015-2018)
“Rwenzori Ice Dynamics and Environnemental Changes” (EU project-MARIE CURIE - RIDEC)

Adriano NOBILE (2014-2018)
“InSAR modeling of volcanic activity related deformation in the Virunga” (BELSPO SSD GeoRisCA project and STEREO RESIST project)

Fabien ALBINO (2012-2014)
“Study and monitoring of the Virunga volcanoes by Tandem-X” (BELSPO-STEREO project - Vi-X)