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Dr. Athanas Simon MACHEYEKI

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P.O.Box 1696, Dodoma-Tanzania Tanzania	Tel/Fax: +255-26-2300472 Cell: +255-717 219 883/+255 783 939704 Email Address: asmacheyeki@yahoo.com

Dr. Athanas Simon Macheyeki - Director

Dr. Athanas Simon MACHEYEKI, a Tanzanian, 39 yrs old, is a geologist (researcher) holding a BSc degree (1996, from the University of Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania), an MSc degree (2003, from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and a PhD degree (2008, from the University of Gent, Belgium). He can speak three international languages: i.e. English (Official language), Kiswahili (National language) and French (Learnt language). He is currently employed as a Lecturer in the School of Mines and Petroleum-University of Dodoma Tanzania. Before then, he was employed by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Tanzania serving as a tutor/Lecturer (Teaching Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology courses) at Mineral Resources Institute in Dodoma since 2002. The institute is under the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.

Dr. Macheyeki had worked for Minerals Exploration (gold, Nickel-Copper and other base metals) companies such as Anglo American since 1996. He has worked in the following tectonic domains in Tanzania: Nyanziana-Kaverondian (All Greenstone belts), Karagwe-Ankolean, Ubendian (Lupa Gold Fields), Usagaran (around Ndembera volcanics) and Dodoman.

His main duties included; geological mapping (regional and detailed), soil sampling and auguring, planning and supervision of drilling programs, mainly Reverse Air Blast (RAB)-, Reverse Circulation (RC)-, Air-Core- and Diamond drilling. He has drilled over 30,000 m in total.

Recently, Dr. Macheyeki research interests has expanded to include study, analysis and evaluation of geological hazards.

Dr. Macheyeki is married to Paulina Awasi and they have 3 children.

ARCHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Macheyeki is the Co-Founder of the Geological Sciences Consultancy Company Limited (GeSCO) and Earth Sciences Institute of Shinyanga, www.esis.ac.tz

Dr. Macheyeki has made several publications within local and international journals. He has also written abstracts some of which have been published.

Recognitions
There are several recognitions conferred to Dr. Athanas S. Macheyeki among which are:He is a member of the reviewers of the Journal of African Earth Sciences since March 2009 and has since then reviewed 3 papers.In 2003/2004 he received a honoraria (Tsh. 500,000) of the Permanent Secretary-Ministry of Energy and Minerals for being an outstanding hard worker from Mineral Resources Institute,

KEY POSITIONS HELD
In April 2003 he was appointed the Acting Head of Academic Studies at Mineral Resources Institute and served for the position till when he started his PhD in October 2004.In 1997 he served as an Acting Project Geologist at Buzwagi gold Project (under Anglo American Company)

In his career, he has attended several courses among which are:
(1)   Applied Geophysics in Mineral Exploration - By Dr. Branco Corner of Namibia (4th Oct. 1996-10th Oct. 1996)Mwadui, Tanzania,
(2)   Environmental Studies, Biogeochemistry as applied to mineral exploration and recent developments in the analysis of organic and other surficial materials - By Colin E. Dunn et al; June-July 1999-University of Cape Town, South Africa,
(3)   Advances in Design and Interpretation of Stream Sediment Surveys - By W.K.Fletcher, 23rd April 2000-Cape Town, South Africa.
(4)   Regolith geology and exploration geochemistry in deeply weathered terrains-A perspective from three continents (Latin America, Africa and Australia) - I.D.M. Robertson, Ph. Freyssinet and C.G.Porto May 11-12, 2001) Hyatt-Hotel-Santiago-Chile and
(5)   Paleoseismology (August, 2008)-Oslo, Norway

PROFESSIONAL CAREERS AND MEMBERSHIP
(1)   Geological Society of Africa (Since July 1999),
(2)   Tanzania Geological Society (Since August 2006),

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