Staff Profile

Dr. Chikondi Chisenga holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with double a major in Computer Sciences and Earth Sciences. Dr. Chisenga joined the Geological Survey Department as a geologist in January 2010. At Geological Survey department, he was the sectional head of Geophysics, Lapidary and Geo-Information Sections. In 2013, Dr. Chisenga went to Netherlands to pursue further education at the Faculty of Geo Information and Earth observation of the University of Twente where he graduated with a Master’s of Science in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation for Applied Earth Sciences, with a specialization in Earth Resources Exploration. He produced a geodynamics model of Botswana using an integration of geophysics and geology, and predicted that a certain section of Botswana, though stable between the Kaapval craton and Limpopo Belt will likely be a future major earthquake region (Thesis link at http://essay.utwente.nl/83975/1/chisenga.pdf). In 2017, a major intraplate and rare earthquake indeed occurred on the very same region that the geodynamic model predicted (http://10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2018.03.027). In 2014, while doing his Masters, Dr. Chisenga was promoted to a senior geologist position at the geological Survey Department. Upon return from Netherlands, he joined the Malawi University of Science and Technology as a Lecturer in Earth Sciences in August 2015, where he rose to be the head of Earth Sciences Department.

In 2017, he enrolled for a doctorate degree program in Geospatial Information Technology at the Key State Laboratory for Information Engineering in Mapping, Surveying and Remote Sensing of the Wuhan University, China, where he graduated in 2020 with a Doctorate of Engineering Degree in Geodesy and Surveying Engineering. Dr. Chisenga, among others, developed a model for suitable landing site and sampling region and developed a volcanic model for young volcanic region on the Moon by integrating geophysics and geology. He also contributed in solving one of the outstanding lunar problems on why we have mantle materials on the surface of the Moon. He also continuing with his master’s work to determine the cause of the rare earthquake in intraplate region. He also identified one of the hidden sedimentary basin in the lower shire region and also developed two crustal thickness models for Antarctica and Mainland China Using Satellite Gravimetric Data.

Most of the work that Dr. Chisenga does evolves around integration of geophysics, remote sensing and geological information in understanding the tectonic and geodynamic event at regional scale. Furthermore, as a geo-informatics expert with 10 years’ experience in geo information science, both as a geologist and a lecturer of Geo Information, Dr Chisenga uses GIS and Remote Sensing technique to undertake different project, including the Integrated Contextual Analysis sanctioned by WFP which entails the integration of different hazards, food security and social status within districts to categorize vulnerable districts in Malawi. Dr. Chikondi Chisenga is also involved in teaching the following courses, Spatial Databases, Geospatial Systems analysis and design, Spatial Data Analysis, Remote Sensing in Natural Resources, among others. He is also part of the team that are offering the Geospatial Data Management for disaster Risk management at the Malawi University of Science and Technology.

• The structural re-interpretation of the Lower Shire Basin in the Southern Malawi rift using gravity data. Journal of African Earth Sciences
• A crustal thickness model of Antarctica calculated in spherical approximation from satellite gravimetric data. Geophysical Journal International. 218, 388–400
• Lightening Fatalities in Malawi, a retrospective study from 2010 to 2017. Proceedings of the 34th international conference on lightning protection (ICLP). IEEE, 1-7
• Mitigating climate change through geothermal sourced energy. Proceedings of the 6th African Rift Geothermal Conference; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia