Habakaramo Macumu Patrick

Ufficio/ Room:
Qxxx_ xxx, building 2

Telefono/ Phone:
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Email:
p.habakaramomacumu@univpm.it

Tutor:
Colombani Nicolò

Research area: Hydrogeochemistry (Environmental geochemistry).

I hold a 5-year Master degree in Biological sciences (Ecology and Natural Resources Management), 2 years of Master in Agricultural and Water Resources, and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Geochemistry. My doctoral thesis focused on the “Environmental impact of active volcanoes: role of volcanic emissions on drinking water, edible vegetables, and air quality around mounts Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira, in Eastern Africa. I have investigated on one hand the drivers of major, minor, and trace element concentrations in diverse groundwater, lake, surface waters, and rain in a highly exposed environment to volcanic activity facing water and food scarcity. On the other hand, volcano-tectonic risks were assessed to capture the vulnerability of local people living in the surrounding areas of the two volcanoes. I am now expanding my research to include biogeochemical gradients in soils and shallow aquifers under the project NO3EXCESS – Nitrogen Origin, EXport and Cycling in coastal irrigatEd SettingS (“Hydrogeochemical analyses and interpretation of high-resolution vertical profiles of nutrients in coastal aquifers”).
I have been involved in several projects including national and international research related to water resources; the most relevant were:

• The Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) under the Water4Virungas project in DR. Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda to provide drinking water to local people as an alternative to reduce anthropogenic pressure on the biodiversity of the Virunga National Park.
• Eawag Aquatic Research, Department Surface Waters – Research and Management. The role of double diffusion for the heat and salt balance in Lake Kivu. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11066
• East African Great Lake Ecosystem Sensitivity to Changes (EAGLES), aims to monitor the stability layers of the lake known as one of the most dangerous in Africa and the world due to its high contents of methane and carbon dioxide gases.

Area di Ricerca: idrogeochimica (geochimica ambientale).

Ho una laurea magistrale in Scienze biologiche (ecologia e gestione delle risorse naturali), un master biennale in risorse agricole e idriche e un dottorato in geochimica ambientale. La mia tesi di dottorato si è concentrata sull’“Impatto ambientale dei vulcani attivi: ruolo delle emissioni vulcaniche sull’acqua potabile, sulle verdure commestibili e sulla qualità dell’aria attorno ai monti Nyiragongo e Nyamulagira, nell’Africa orientale. Ho studiato da un lato i fattori che determinano le concentrazioni di elementi maggiori, minori e in tracce in diverse acque sotterranee, laghi, acque superficiali e pioggia in un ambiente altamente esposto all’attività vulcanica con scarsità di acqua e cibo. D’altro canto, sono stati valutati i rischi vulcano-tettonici per cogliere la vulnerabilità delle popolazioni locali che vivono nelle aree circostanti i due vulcani. Attualmente sto espandendo la mia ricerca per includere i gradienti biogeochimici nei suoli e nelle falde acquifere superficiali nell’ambito del progetto NO3EXCESS – Nitrogen Origin, EXport and Cycling in Coastal irrigatEd SettingS (“Hydrogeochemical analyzes and interpret of high-review vertical profiles of nutrienti in Coastal falde acquifere”).
Sono stato coinvolto in diversi progetti tra cui ricerche nazionali e internazionali legate alle risorse idriche; i più rilevanti sono stati:

• La Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) nell’ambito del progetto Water4Virungas nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo. Congo, Ruanda e Uganda forniranno acqua potabile alla popolazione locale come alternativa per ridurre la pressione antropica sulla biodiversità del Parco Nazionale Virunga.
• Eawag Aquatic Research, Dipartimento Acque superficiali – Ricerca e Gestione. Il ruolo della doppia diffusione per l’equilibrio termico e salino nel Lago Kivu. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11066
• East African Great Lake Ecosystem Sensitivity to Changes (EAGLES), mira a monitorare gli strati di stabilità del lago conosciuto come uno dei più pericolosi in Africa e nel mondo a causa del suo alto contenuto di gas metano e anidride carbonica.

Social Networks
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Training and scientific missions:

• January – March 2023: Doctoral training in volcanic gas sampling at mounts Etna, Vulcano and stromboli: offered by the Università degli Studi di Palermo (DiSTeM).
• April – October 2022: Doctoral training in statistics (Python) and analysis of volcanic particles (EPMA): offered by Université Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (France).
• June 2022: Training in geochemical methods (Tecniche di campionamento e misure in situ di gas vulcanici), offered by the DiSTeM, the Società Geochemica Italiana, the Università degli Studi Firenze, the Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica.
• November – December 2018: Training in dendro-ecology : offered by Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli.
• January – February 2015:  High profile sampling of Kivu Lake, water and gas compositions:offered by Eawag aquatic research: Surface Water – Research and Management.
• April – May 2015: Water sampling and bacteriolocal studies on Kivu Lake and some other nearby secondary lakes:  project “East Africa Great Lake Ecosystem Sensivity to Changes (EAGLES) and the Université de Liège (Belgum).
• October – November             2013: Training in tropical mycology, organized in Burundi by the Belgian National Focal Point to the Global Taxonomy Initiative.
• September 2012: 2^nd Training in Biodiversity Informatics, Data Management and GIS: held in Kigali-Rwanda by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) with the support of JRS Biodiversity Foundation.
• October – November 2012: Training in wood biology (wood anatomy), offered by the Royal Museum of Central Africa, in Belgium
• December 2011: 1^rst Training in Biodiversity Informatics, Data Management and GIS: held in Kigali-Rwanda by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) with the support of JRS Biodiversity Foundation.

Conferences:

• Novembre 2022: 14th field workshop Arequipa, Péru 2022: held by the “Commission on the Chemistry of Volcanic Gases” in collaboration with the “International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI)” au Peru.
• Octobre 2022: Environmental cooperation: challenges in resources – limited countries; solutions through appropriate technologies: organized by the Italian Cooperation South-South (CISS) with the support of Map for Future, l’Università degli Studi di Palermo and the Università degli Studi di Brescia – Italy.
• Juin 2022: Cities on Volcanoes (COV11); Volcanoes and Society: environment, health and hazards. Held by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) à Heraklion Crete/Greece.

Publications

• Habakaramo Macumu, P., Boudoire, G., Calabrese, S., Rufino, F., Coyte, R.M. and Tedesco, D.,   2023. Impacts of volcanic hazards on rural communities and adaptative strategies: A case study of the Virunga Volcanic Province (Democratic Republic of Congo). International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.103566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103566
• Habakaramo Patrick M., Tchan Kassim I., Hegbe Apollon DMT, Abohoumbo Gildas, Hounsouvo Berince S. R., Tchemagnon Odilon, Dramani Ramdan and Yorou Nourou S. 2022. “Sampling techniques for the optimal measurements of macromycetes diversity in the Soudano-Guinean ecozone (West Africa).” International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 14, no. 3 (128-138). https://doi.org/10.5897/IJBC2020.1404
•  Boudoire, G., Calabrese, S., Colacicco, A., Sordini, P., Habakaramo Macumu, P., Rafflin, V., Valade, S., Mweze, T., Kazadi Mwepu, J.C., Safari Habari, F. and Amani Kahamire, T., Mumbere Mutima, Y., Ngaruye, J.C., Tuyishime, A., Tumaini Sadiki, A., Mavonga Tuluka, G., MapendanoYalire, M., Kets, E. D., Grassa, F., D’Alessandro, W., Caliro, S., Rufino, F., & Tedesco, D. 2022. Scientific response to the 2021 eruption of Nyiragongo based on the implementation of a participatory monitoring system. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11149-0
• Habakaramo Macumu, P., Boudoire, G., Calabrese., Tedesco, D. 2022. Vulnerability and resilience of rural communities to volcanic hazards in the Virunga Volcanic Province (Democratic Republic of Congo). International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), the International Conference Cities and Volcanoes; Volcanoes and Society: Environment, Health and Hazards. Book of abstracts, page n° 367.
• Habakaramo Macumu, P., Calabrese, S., D’Alessandro, W., Brusca, L., Bellomo, S., Brugnone, F.,Saiano, F., Boudoire, G., Tedesco D. 2022. Environmental effects and potential impact on human health caused by the recent Nyiragongo eruption (Democratic Republic of Congo). International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI), the International Conference Cities and Volcanoes; Volcanoes and Society: Environment, Health and Hazards. Book of abstracts, page n° 369. Book of abstracts, page n° 367
• Habakaramo Macumu, P., D’Alessandro, W., Brusca, L., Brugnone, F., Saiano, F., Boudoire, G., Tedesco D., Calabrese, S. 2022. The recent Nyiragongo eruption (Democratic Republic of Congo): Impact of volcanic ash fallout on drinking water and edible plants.14th Field Workshop Arequipa, Perù; International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of Earth Interior; Chemistry on Volcanic Gases (CCVG).
• Habakaramo Macumu, P., Mutalegwa, G., Kahuranyi, J., Karume, K. 2019. The Virunga volcanoes in the Eastern of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, A popular perception: Myth or reality? In: Gugg G, Dall‘O‘ E, Borriello D, Eds, Disasters in popular cultures, Lago: Il Sileno Edizioni, Geographies of the Anthropocene book series, 102–117. www.ilsileno.it.
• Karume, K., Bagalwa, M., Bagula, E., Yalire, M., Habakaramo, P., Byamukama, J., Mushagalusa, N. 2019.
• Journal of Environmental Protection,10, 1174- 1193. ISSN: 2152-2219. https://www.scirp.org/journal/jep.
• Karume. K, Bagalwa. M, Bagula. M, Yalire. M, Habakaramo. P & James Byamukama (2019). A seasonal change in physicochemical, bacteriological parameters and macroinvertebrate assemblage structure and composition in Mikeno sector, Eastern DRC. International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS), ISSN (P): 2250-0065; ISSN (E): 2321-0109, Vol. 9, Issue 1, 53- 70.
• Habakaramo Macumu, Fernand Tabala and Pascal Balingene (2018). Lutte contre les pucerons verts sur trois variétés de tomates: Effets des deux extraits végétaux “Allium sativum L. et Capsicum frutescens L. Editions Universitaires Européennes. ISSN 9788-613-8-41792-7.
• Habakaramo Macumu, Neville Mapenzi Assani and Mwanga-Mwanga Ithe (2015). Les légumineuses à importance sylvopastorale des quelques hautes altitudes du Sud-Kivu. International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research. Vol.18 No. 2 Oct. 2015, pp. 362-368p. http://www.ijisr.issrjournals.org/
• Habakaramo Macumu, Ntahobavuka Habimana and Kabonyi Nzabandora (2015). Les plantes médicinales utilisées dans le traitement de l’asthme à l’ile d’Idjwi (Sud- Kivu,RD. Congo. International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research. Vol. 19 No. 1 Nov. 2015, pp. 49-60p. http://www.ijisr.issrjournals.org/
• Habakaramo Macumu, Ntahobavuka Habimana and Kabonyi Nzabandora (2015). Enquêtes ethnomellisologiques et étude des différents produits de la ruche de l’ile d’Idjwi (Sud-Kivu/RD Congo). International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research. Vol. 19 No.1 Nov. 2015, pp. 75-84p. http://www.ijisr.issr-journals.org/.