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