SCHOOL / DEPARTMENT: School of Mines and Mineral Sciences , Geology Department
CURRENT POSITION : Lecturer
COURSES TAUGHT
Economic Geology
Introduction to Regolith Geology and Paleoclimate
Igneous Petrology
Mining and Exploration Geology
Geophysical methods in mineral exploration
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
MSc Mining and Mineral Exploration – Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia Curtin Western Australia School of Mines (WASM)
B.Min.Sc (Geology) – The University of Zambia University, Lusaka, Zambia
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Engineering Institution of Zambia
Geological Society of Zambia
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY (including Honorary and Adjunct Positions)
2016 – present Lecturer III, School of Mines and Mineral Sciences, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia
August 2014 – December 2016 Staff Development Fellow, Geology Department, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia
April, 2019 – May, 2019: Acting Assistant Dean (AD), School of Mines and Mineral Sciences
Module writing for Academic Center of Excellence in Sustainable Mining (ACESM), Copperbelt University
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT, EXPERIENCE AND CONSULTANCY HISTORY
September, 2017: Project coordinator – water bore hole sitting for Hippo Pool community, Chingola, Zambia, on behalf of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) consultancy in collaboration with Copperbelt School of Mines and Mineral Sciences, geology and survey department
2022 – 2023: Project coordinator: Establishing functional mapping area for geology and survey department- Copperbelt University
March 2014 – August 2014: Project Geologist-Minerals, Mawe Exploration and Technical Services, Kalulushi, Zambia
August 2012 – May 2013: Exploration Geologist, Lumwana Mining Company Limited (under Barrick Gold), Lumwana-Solwezi, Zambia
May 2011 – August 2012: Exploration Geologist, Teal Mining and Exploration (Z) Limited, Chingola, Zambia
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Geochemistry of igneous systems, particularly pegmatite geology and geochemistry
Environmental Geology
Project undertaken;
Soil sampling and analysis around Kitwe residential areas (Nkana East, Wusakile, Nkana West) for assessing contamination levels in soils due to mining activities.