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KNOWLEDGE PARTNER

• 1977-1983: Mining Engineering Studies – Université de Lubumbashi, Zaïre.
• 1983-1985: Assistant in the Faculty of Applied Sciences – UNILU, Zaïre.
• 1985-1987: Master in Applied Sciences – orientation Rock Mechanics at the Faculty of Engineering Mons
(FPMs) – Belgium.
• 1987-1993: PHD studies at FPMs.
• 1994-1995: Post-doctoral contract at the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP), Paris-France.
• Professor and head of the mining and rock mechanics dpt of the Faculty of Engineering
UMONS from 1996 to 2022
• Currently Emeritus Professor Université de Mons
• Professor in the Polytechnic Faculty UNILU
• Member of several national and international scientific societies: Engineering Geology and Rock
Mechanics (vice-president of the Belgian society), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Industrie Minérale
(France), Society of Explosives Engineers (Belgian president), Underground Urban Works, etc.
• Several missions and expertise both in Belgium, DRC and abroad: Europe, USA, Canada, Africa (North,
Central and South), China, Japan.
• Manager of university cooperation programs in applied sciences (D.R. Congo)
• Rector of the Mbujimayi University (DR Congo) between 2007 and 2011.
• Chairperson of MIBA, a Mining Company between 2014 and 2017.
• Expert for the Research Direction of European Commission (RFCS, H2020n Horizon Europe), AERES
(France), IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency).
• Member of the Taskforce MIRECA (Mineral Resources in Central Africa) created in 2006 by the Belgian
Foreign Minister.
• Member and honorary Director of the Technical Classroom of the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences
(RAOS – ARSOM)
• Reviewer of referenced scientific international journals: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and
Mining Sciences, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, International Journal of Engineering Geology,
MDPI open access journals (Materials, applied sciences,…
• Director of several nonprofit organizations