Research projects

Belgian Federal Science Policy: Research Programme for Earth Observation STEREO III RESIST - REmote Sensing and In Situ detection and Tracking of geohazards (Kivu rift region, R.D. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, 2015-2019) Research Programme Science for Capacity Building GeoRisCA - Geo-risks in Central Africa (Kivu rift region, R.D. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, 2012-2016) Action 1 programme (research projects) CinRift - Kinematics of rifting at a Rift-Rift-Rift triple junction (Tanzania & RDC, 2010-2011) TectoSediCongo - Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Congo Basin (RDC, 2008-2009) Rukwa - Active tectonics and sedimentation in the Rukwa basin (Tanzania, 2004-2007) Tectorift extension - Active tectonics and natural risks in continental rift basins (Tanzania & Siberia, 1998-1999) TectoRift - Active tectonics and natural risks in continental rift basins (Tanzania & Siberia, 1994-1997) IGS - Inheritance of Geological Structures (Tanzania & Siberia, 1989-1993) Action 3 programme (participation to international research projects) Participation to the AfricaArray Initiative (Rwanda, Tanzania, RDC, 2006-2007) Development Cooperation Projects: AC S1_RGL_Georisk - Capacity building in georisk observation and studies in the Great Lakes Region (Kivu rift), R.D.Congo and Burundi (2013-2017, Belgian DGCD) AC S1_RDC_CRGM - Capacity building for the Geological Survey of the R.D.Congo (CRGM), Kinshasa, RDC (2013-2017, Belgian DGCD) AC S1_RDC_Geodyn - Capacity building in Geodynamics at the University of Lubumbashi, RDC (2008-2012, Belgian DGCD) RESON - Rungwe Environmental Scientific Observatory Network (Tanzania, 2007-2009, French CORUS programme) International projects: AfricaArray initiative (University of Witwatersrand South Africa, Penn State University USA) NSF project "Kinematic constraints on mantle-lithosphere interactions ", Tanzania (2007-2010, coordinated by Eric Calais from Purdue University) IGCP 482-489 "Evolution of the East Africa Rift" (2003-2007) INTAS "Present-day deformation in the Altai-Sayan, Siberia" (2000-2002) EC INCO/COPERNICUS project "Landslide Risk Triggered by Earthquakes in Kyrgyzstan" (1998-2000, Project coordinator) IGCP 400 "Geodynamics of Continental rifting" (1996-2000, Project leader) EC-DGXII "Rukwa" (Paleoclimatic investigations in Lake Rukwa), Tanzania (1994-1996) INTAS-93-134 "Continental rift tectonics and evolution of sedimentary basin" (1994-1996) Consulting activities: Petroleum exploration scientific advice and field studies (RDC, Siberia) Environnemental impacts (Belgium) Project management and evaluation (European Sysmin project in Burkina Faso)