Associate Professor of Geology and Dean of the School of Mining and Geology, University of Rwanda,
Program curriculum development leader of Mining and Geology, module description, and program specification approved by the University Academic Senate for the creation of the School of Mining and Geology at the University of Rwanda in September 2015.
Representative of the University of Rwanda in Eastern and Southern Africa Petroleum Center of Excellence (ESAPCE) based at Makerere University, Uganda;
Representative of the University of Rwanda in Tuning Africa Project Phase II, Applied Geology – African Team Coordinator, Rwanda,
I’m a team leader, principal investigator, and author of many reports, some about groundwater and water resource management of the Kigali city and others on Lake Kivu Methane gas environment sound issues. I’m a Geologist and my Ph.D. thesis entitle” Biogeochemical study on carbon in lake Kivu, North-West of Rwanda” was defended on October 22nd, 2008 at “Université Libre de Bruxelles” in Belgium.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bernard Kipsang Rop, Digne Edmond Rwabuhungu Rwatangabo and Wycliffe Habel Namwiba (Editors), 2020: Applied Geology in Mining and Construction Practice, A Competency and Geohazard Mitigation Platform, Scholars' Press, 192 pages, ISBN: 978-613-8-93406-6
Digne Edmond Rwabuhungu (Editor), 2018: Design and Implementation of Degree Programmes in Applied Geology, Deusto University Press, 109 pages, ISBN:978-84-16982-79-0
Mouloud Nefi, Sound Afrouage, Rokia Ben Adelkrim, Digne Edmond Rwabuhungu
Rwatangabo and Gerard Ndikumana, 2018, Physical characterization to estimate the
hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer case study: Wadi Izerzi (Tamanrasset-Algeria), Arabian
Journal of Geosciences, DOI.org/10.1007/s 12517-018-3848-0 Springer- Berlin Heidelberg,
ISSN 1866-7511
Theophile Mugerwa, Digne Edmond Rwabuhungu R., Olugbenga A.Ehinola and Ibrahim A.
Oladsu, 2018, Review of Peat deposit in Rwanda: Potential and Development, In Eduardo
Ferreira Da Silva (Eds), Publisher:UA Editora, Universidado de Aveiro, ISBN 978-972-789-557-1
Emmanuel Habimana, A. Anning,
Rwabuhungu Digne Ed. R. and Nero Callistus, 2018,
Mapping the Subsurface structure of the Suevite Deposit in the North of Bosumtwi impact crater
using electrical resistivity and seismic refractio tomographies, 17th Conference of Geological
Society of Africa, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2018.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed. and Ngaruye J. Cl., 2016, Alteration mineralogy of well KW01 in
the Karisimbi Geothermal Prospect, Nyabihu district, NW-Rwanda, Oral Presentation at the 35th
International Geological Congress (IGC) Cape Town South Africa, September , 2016.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed. and Hall S.T. , 2015, Capacity building for Mining Sector through
collaboration in Higher Education in Central Africa, Oral Presentation at. International Mining
and Resource Conference (IMRAC). , Melbourne, Australia, November 2015.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed., 2013, Geology of Rwanda, chapter in Africa Atlases Rwanda, les
Editions du Jaguar, 135p, ISBN978-2-86950-483-7
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed, 2013, Geomorphology of Rwanda, chapter in Africa Atlases
Rwanda, les Editions du Jaguar, 135p, ISBN978-2-86950-483-7
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed, 2011, Specific transverse distribution of nutrients and its major
impact on sustainable development of the Lake Kivu methane gas exploitation, In: Mwakali J. A
and Alinaitwe H.M (Eds) Faculty of Technology, Makerere University, Uganda. 716p, ISBN 978-
9970-214-00-7
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed., 2011, La ressource en eau de la ville de Kigali: Ressources
souterraine de l’aquifère de la Nyabarongo, pollution et analyse hydrométéorologique avec
l’outil GIS. Unesco final Report.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne, 2009, Biogeochemical evidences for a simplified stratification of the
water column of Lake Kivu and involvement in the sustainable management of methane gas
deposit. National University of Rwanda 6th annual scientific research conference, Rwanda.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed, 2008, Biogeochemical study on carbon in Lake Kivu, North-West of
Rwanda, PhD Thesis, Free University of Brussels in Belgium.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne Ed, 2004, Origin and behaviour of dissolved inorganic carbon in Lake
Kivu as traced by stable carbon isotopes, In: J.Mees and J. Seys (Eds), Vlaam Institut Voor
Zee(VLIZ). Bruges, Belgium.
Rwabuhungu R. Digne, 2000, Phosphorus biogeochemical study in the water column of the
estuary of the Scheldt, North Sea, Belgium. MSc Thesis, Free University of Brussels in Belgium.
