Prof Muhongo, is the first
recipient (2004) of the Robert Shackleton Award for
Outstanding Research in the Precambrian Geology of Africa.
He has been teaching and doing research at the University
of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania since 1979. His research
interests are in tectonics, structural geology, petrology,
geochronology and economic geology of Precambrian terrains.
Prof Muhongo has held key positions in numerous national
and international organisations. He is a Fellow of the
Geological Society of Africa (GSAf), Third World Academy
of Sciences (TWAS), the Gondwana Institute for Geology
and Environment (GIGE, Japan) as well as the Geological
Society of London (GSL). In his own country, he has
been chair of the Board of Directors of the State Mining
Corporation (STAMICO) and was Head of Geology at the
University of Dar Es Salaam in 1997-2000. He is the
author or co-author of over 100 scientific articles
and technical papers.
- Prof Sospeter Muhongo abridged CV
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