A Concise Professional CV of Prof SM Muhongo

Fellowships in the topmost Science Societies/Academies of the World
*Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of London, (est. 1807), HonFGS

*Honorary Fellow of the Geological Society of America (est. 1888), HonFGSA

*Honorary Research Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (est. 1956), HonRFCAGS

*Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, FTWAS

*Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, FAAS

*Fellow and Life Member of the Geological Society of Africa, FGSAf

Global Science Leadership
*Former Vice President of the Commission of the Geological Map of the World (CGMW)

*Former Chair of the Science Programme Committee of the UN-proclaimed International Year of Planet Earth (UN-IYPE)

*Former Chair of UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP Scientific Board of the International Geoscience Programme

*Former President of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAf)

Publication of Geological Maps
"Co-Author of Geology & Mineral Maps of Africa, East Africa and Tanzania

Science Books
*Senior Author of a Book (2009) on Science, Technology and Innovation for Socio-Economic Development: Success Stories from Africa

Science Policy Booklets
*Cordinator for the preparation and publication of 4 Science Plans for sub-Saharan Africa (2007, ICSU ROA). They are on:
+Sustainable Energy
+Health and Human Well-being
+Global Environmental Change
+Natural and Human-induced Hazards and Disaters

Science Journal Publications
*More than 200 publications in International learned journals of high to moderate Impact Factors (IFs)

*Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal of African Earth Sciences (JAES), published by Elsevier.

International Conferences of Experts
*Invited Keynote Speaker to over 500 national and international conferences

*Co-Organizer of over 100 Science Experts' Conferences around the World

Major International & National Awards
Many scholarly, professional and research awards, and scholarships including:

*Officier, The Ordre des Palmes académiques. An academic decoration introduced in 1808 by Emperor Napoleon.

*The Prof Robert Shackleton Award on Outstanding Research on the Precambrian Geology of Africa

*The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS)/AMNI Petroleum Award of Prof.M.O. Oyawaye

*The National Award for Research in Science and Technology (NARST), Tanzania.

*The Best First Year Student in the Faculty of Science of the University of Dar es Salaam (1976/1977)

*The 1971 Best Debating Student at Mara Secondary School, Musoma, Tanzania. He was in Form III.

University Education
*Dr.re.nat. graduate of the Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany

*MSc Research Student of the University of Góttingen, Germany

*MSc, BSc (Hons) (Geology) graduate of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Prof Sospeter Mwijarubi Muhongo is a retired Full Professor of Geology and a very distinguished international scholar. He writes and speaks fluent Kiswahili, English and German languages. His French is basic.

Prof Dr.rer.nat. SM Muhongo
Officer, Ordre Palmes Academìques
(FGSAf, FAAS, MASSAf, FASI, FASSAf, FTAAS, FGIGE, FTWAS, HonRFCAGS, HonFGSA, HonFGS, CGeol, EurGeol)

Homepage:
www.musomavijijini.or.tz

Telephone:
+255 754 400 800

Date:
Monday, 5.9.2022