Ghislain Zangmo Tefogoum

Ghislain Zangmo Tefogoum has been Research and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Dschang between March 2010 and February 2012. Since March 2012, he is Lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Maroua. In 2011, he has been designated as national representative of the Young Earth Scientists Network in Cameroon. After the IAG Regional Conference held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) in 2011, he created and became the President of the Cameroonian Association of Geomorphologists (CAG) that has been legalised in September 2019. Since the 9th International Conference of Geomorphologists held in New Delhi in November 2017, he is the Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association Geomorphologists (IAG) in Charge of Africa Countries. currently, he has successfully supervised more than 05 dissertations in geomorphologic topics at Master’s level. He has already published more than 22 research papers in different international journals. He presented several communications during national and international meetings and webinars. He has been the member of the Scientific and the Organizing Committee of national and international scientific events notably the IAG Regional Conference in Athens (September 2019), the 1st Cameroon Conference of Geomorphology (December 2021), the 10th International Conference on Geomorphology (September 2022) and etc. He was a Convenor of the 1-day Webinar for African Geomorphology, organized by the IAG during the 2nd and the 3rd International Geomorphology Week in March 02, 2021 and February 28, 2022 respectively. He was the Guest Editor of the 2021 issue of Revista de Geomorfologie of the Romanian Association of Geomorphologists. He has been performing the role of a reviewer of journals such as Geoheritage, Springer; Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Springer; International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, Elsevier; Journal of Sustainable Geoscience and Geotourism; Géomorphologie: relief, processus, environnement; Geosciences, MDPI and Géo-Regards. His principal research area includes Geoheritage and Geotourism and, Volcanic and Geomorphological Hazards. In September 2022 he received the prestigious award, “The Brunsden Medal” from the International Association of Geomorphologists for his hard work in promoting Geomorphology in Africa and beyond.

Contact:
Dr. Ghislain Zangmo Tefogoum
Department of Earth Sciences
Faculty of Science, University of Maroua
814 Maroua
CAMEROON
Email addresses: zangmotefogoum<at>gmail.com / zangmo.tefogoum<at>geomorph.org