Dr. Cedric Djeutchou is a postdoctoral research fellow at Khalifa University. He is a multidisciplinary geoscientist with expertise in paleomagnetism and paleogeographic reconstruction, igneous petrology, Precambrian geology, large igneous provinces, GIS, hydrogeology, hydrology, climate change, agroclimatology, geometallurgy, and environmental science, oil pollution and remediation. He is currently engaged in a variety of projects. He is actively working on the multidisciplinary characterization of large igneous provinces recorded on the greater Congo Craton and their implication in the formation of major mineral provinces, including platinum-group element (PGE) deposits, iron oxide copper gold (IOCG), nickel, manganese, rare earth elements (REE), kimberlites, climate change, and early life.
His Ph.D. project at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, was focused on the paleomagnetism of the Paleoproterozoic Black Hills Dyke Swarm and its implications for paleogeographic reconstruction and true polar wander. His findings significantly contributed to (1) a higher resolution dataset and refined definition of the 1.8 Ga magmatic event in the Kaapvaal Craton, (2) a better understanding of the tectonic history of the Kalahari craton, and (3) a better constraining of its paleogeographic relationship with other cratons through time.
He has many collaborations with world-class institutions such as Caltech, the Polish National Science Centre, Lunds University, Tomsk State University, Carleton University, the University of Johannesburg, the University of California, Riverside, the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Large Igneous Provinces Consortium, and many others. Besides, he has high-profile publications and has attended international and national conferences as well as workshops.
In Fall 2023, I completed a teaching training program and was awarded a Teaching Certificate for Postgraduate Students by the Center for Teaching and Learning at Khalifa University.