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Antoine Dille

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Antoine Dille
Department: Earth Sciences
Division: Natural hazards
Job Title: Physical geographer
Email: antoine.dille@africamuseum.be
Education

2014 - 2016: Master of Science in Geography - Profile Earth and Climate
KU Leuven (KUL) - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

2011 - 2014: Bachelier en Sciences Géographiques
Univeristé Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Career

February 2017 - present: PhD student, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium
October 2016 - January 2017: PhD student, Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Awards

Laureate of the “Prize for Tropical Geography Yola Verhasselt 2017” awarded by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences of Belgium for the project: “Characterizing the spatio-temporal dynamics of landslides in urban sprawling contexts: Focus on Bukavu (DR Congo)”

Dissertations

Master Thesis: Characterising and modelling lahars on Karthala volcano, Grande Comore

Research

My current research is focused on the investigation of the mechanisms and spatio-temporal dynamics of landslides in urban-sprawling contexts of the tropics. The research focuses specifically on the rapidly expanding city of Bukavu, situated along the Lake Kivu in DR Congo. This study deals with state-of-the-art remote sensing satellite data (Synthetic Aperture Radar, Very High-Resolution Optical imagery...), ground-based measurement techniques (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, DGPS measurements,...) and a field-based geomorphological mapping. This research will serve as a support for forecasting and risk management systems in the Kivu region.