Our fellows
BAZEBIZONZA Nicy
Scholarship period: 2021-2024
Status/function: Geologist - Cartographer.
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, Ph.D. program.
Research subject: "Inventory, mapping, and study of the karst network with analysis of its development in the Republic of Congo: Contribution to the study of the paleoclimate."
BOUNKOUTA Jémina Consolé
Scholarship period: 2024-2027
Status/function: Geologist - Data Collection Officer
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, Ph.D. program.
Research subject: “Morphoclimatic oscillations of karst: Reconstruction of karst processes, impact of climate change, and natural land occupation (Republic of Congo).”
FURAHA Ghislain
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Status/function: Administrator and geologist in Ntega Mining Burundi
Institute: University of Burundi, Ph.D. program.
Research subject: "Lithostructural control of the mineralizing fluids circulation and trapping of the transported metallic components: "tin, niobium-tantalum, tungsten and gold. Case of study: the formations of the quartzite ring of Murehe, the proximal formations in Kirundo, Ngozi and Muyinga, Republic of Burundi."
KALIKONE Christian
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: Teacher-Assistant at the Official University of Bukavu.
Institute: University of Burundi, Ph.D. program.
Research subject: "Lithostructural control of the mineralizing fluids circulation and trapping of metallic components transported in the cross-border area of Kivu (Kalehe-Idjwi-Kamanyola) -Rwanda (Kibuye) -Burundi."
HUBERT KAWAYA Trésor
Scholarship period: 2024 - 2026
Statut/function: Geologist / Assistant à l'université de Kinshasa
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Petrological and geochronological characterization of the Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary basin of the Tshela region: geodynamic and metallogenic implications.”
KEZIMANA Lee Fred
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: Assistant à l'Université du Burundi
Institute: University of Burundi, Ph.D. program
Research subject: “Lithostructural control of mineralizing fluids and trapping of transported metallic compounds: The case of the Ndora–Mwokora–Kabarore–Mparamirundi formations (Northern Burundi).”
LOVE PAY Aimée
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: Géologue AU CRGM, R.D. Congo
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Field study and petrological study of Paleoproterozoic rocks of the Kimeza orogen, Kongo Central (DR Congo).”
LUSONGO Jeaney
Scholarship period: 2024 - 2026
Statut/function:
Geologist / Assistant at the University of Kinshasa
Cartographer Researcher at the National Remote Sensing Center (MINESURSIT)
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Study of karst sedimentary deposits: the case of the DIMBA and NGOVO caves in the Mbanza-Ngungu territory, DR Congo.”
LUTETE Junior
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/function: Geologist / Assistant at the University of Kinshasa
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Study of an aerial and underground karst hydrographic network and analysis of its development in relation to fracturing south of Mbanza-Ngungu, DR Congo.”
MADHASI Brigitte
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: Geologist / Assistant at the University of Lubumbashi
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, DEA
Research subject: “Assessment of surface and groundwater contamination by metallic pollutants in Lubumbashi.”
MALANGO Samy
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: Geologist / Assistant at the University of Lubumbashi
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, DEA
Research subject: “Petrogenesis of the Kyandamu Formation in the Lukutwe area (Haut-Katanga, D.R. Congo). Implications for the paleogeographic reconstruction of the Katangan Basin.”
MAZAMA Jojo
Scholarship period: 2025 - 2027
Statut/function: Geographer / Researcher at the Geographic Institute of Congo (IGC-DRC)
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Identification and Mapping of Human Occupations in the Karst Formations of the Mbanza-Ngungu Region (DRC).”
MOUNTOU Hevecel Freude Welcom
Scholarship period: 2024 - 2027
Statut/function: Geologist
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, Ph.D. program
Research subject: “Petrological, thermobarometric, structural and geochronological studies of the Proterozoic belts in the Republic of the Congo.”
MUCHIZA BACHINYAGA Israel
Scholarship period: 2024 - 2027
Statut/function: Chef de travaux
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, Ph.D. program
Research subject: “Study of local perceptions of the impact of extractive activities on the availability, quality and management of water around cobalt and gold mines.”
MULONGO Sonia
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function: “Lecturer at the University of Lubumbashi.”
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, DEA
Research subject: “Soil geochemistry of the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
MURHAMBO Arsène
Scholarship period: 2024 - 2026
Statut/function: Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the University of Goma
Institute: University of Burundi
Research subject: “Detailed characterization of tectonic deformations and implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Karagwe-Ankole belt and the East African Rift in South Kivu and Burundi.”
N'KOUDISSA FOUKA Alnas Christine
Scholarship period: 2025 - 2027
Statut/function: Master’s student in Archaeology
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, MSc.
Research subject: “Characterizing the human occupation of the Mbelo II cave (Bouenza Province), its chronology, and its regional context.”
NDABEREYE Divine
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/function: Teaching Assistant at the University of Lubumbashi
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, DEA
Research subject: “Soil pollution in Haut-Katanga: assessment of the situation in the city of Lubumbashi and avenues for decontamination and remediation.”
NKODIA Hardy
Scholarship period:
Phase 1: 2018 - 2021 / Phase 2: 2024 - 2025
Statut/function :
Lecturer at UMNG, Republic of Congo
Researcher at Pukyong National University, South Korea
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, Ph.D. program/Postdoc
Research subject: “Tectono-structural evolution and comparative brittle deformation in the West Congolian Supergroup (foreland of the belt) and the Inkisi Group on both sides of the Congo River, in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
NGALA Nadege
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/fonction : Geologist at the Geological and Mining Research Center (CRGM – Kinshasa).
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Contribution to the geological study of the caves in the Mbanza-Ngungu region (Kongo Central, DRC). Case study of the Nkiesa and Ndundu caves.”
NGOY Théophile
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/function: Assistant at the University of Lubumbashi
Institute: University of Lubumbashi, DEA
Research subject: “Mapping and environmental impact of artisanal Cu–Co mining in Southern Katanga (Case of the city of Likasi).”
PREFINA Samba
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/function: Geologist at SREM
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, Ph.D. program
Research subject: “Study of the surface and underground hydrographic network in karst areas in the Republic of the Congo. Relationship between water flow and structural orientations in karst environments.”
THIJENIRA Ange
Scholarship period: 2018 - 2021
Statut/function : Assistante à l'Université de Kinshasa
Institute: University of Kinshasa, DEA
Research subject: “Study of the karst in the Mbanza-Ngungu and Kimpese region (Kongo Central, DRC). State of knowledge, inventory of karst sites and topography placed within their geological context.”
OTSASSOU Noëlie Delphina
Scholarship period: 2024
Statut/function: Master’s student in Geology
Institute: Marien Ngouabi University, MSc.
Research subject: “Petrographic and geochronological characterization of the gneissic complex of the Bilinga Suite, Republic of the Congo.”
SAFARI Evelyne
Scholarship period:
Phase 1: 2021 - 2023 / Phase 2: 2024 - 2025
Statut/function: Geologist – Research Assistant at the Geological and Mining Research Center (CRGM – South Kivu Station)
Institute: University of Burundi, Ph.D. program
Research subject: “Geology, petrology and geodynamic significance of the basic magmatism associated with the granitoids of the Karagwe–Ankole belt, Idjwi sector, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
TOUSSAINT Nathanël
Scholarship period: 2021 - 2023
Statut/function: Lecturer–Researcher at the Official University of Bukavu
Institute: Official University of Bukavu, DEA
Research subject: “Lithostructural control of the circulation of mineralizing fluids and the trapping of transported metallic components, and its relationship with the regional geology of the Meso–Neoproterozoic Karagwe–Ankole belt: Ngweshe–Luwinja–Burhinyi sector, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
