Mentors & PhD students
My mentors
Prof. Sara Geenen, IOB, UAntwerpen, PhD & postdoc promoter
Prof. Lieven Bervoets, ECOSPHERE, UAntwerpen, PhD & postdoc promoter
Prof. Majaliwa Mwanjalolo, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, MSc supervisor
Dr. Alice Katusabe, College of Agriculture and Environnemental Sciences, Makerere University, MSc co-supervisor
Prof. Walangululu Masamba✝️, Faculté des Sciences agronomiques, Engineering degree thesis supervisor
Prof. Bashagaluke Bigabwa, Faculté des Sciences agronomiques, Engineering degree co-supervisor
CT. Janvier Mulumuna, Faculté des Sciences agroniques, MSc thesis supervisor
My student
Franck Mugisho Zahinda
2023-2027: PhD student in Environmental toxicology, University of Antwerp
"Environmental cost of building cities"
Promotors: Prof. Bossissi Nkuba & Prof. Lieven Bervoets
Serge Mukotanyi Mugisho
2024-2028: PhD student in Development studies, University of Antwerp
"Vulnerability of ecosystems and community to impacts of cobalt mining in Katanga"
Promotors: Prof. Bossissi Nkuba, Dr. Caroline Michellier & Prof. Sara Geenen
Israel Muchiza Bachinyaga
2024-2027: PhD student in Natural Ressources Management, Université de Lubumbashi
"Local perception of long term impacts of mining-derived pollution around cobalt mines"
Promotors: Prof. Michel Mpundu, Dr. Meurice Kesonga & Prof. Bossissi Nkuba
PhD commissions :
Kennedy O. Ouma, 2025, "Potential aquatic ecological risk in mining landscapes...", PhD @ Copperbelt University, Zambia