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I am a lecturer of sedimentary geology at the Department of Geosciences. I completed my undergraduate degree program at this University (University of Dar es Salaam) in 2007, and subsequently recruited as an academic member in the then Department of Geology in 2008, as Tutorial Assistant. I pursued my Masters of Science degree between 2008 and 2010 at the University of Dar es Salaam, and PhD (Geology) at the James Cook University in Australia from 2012 to 2016. My PhD research focused on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology (https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/48569) on the Late Cenozoic strata in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Southwestern Tanzania. My PhD and subsequent researches involve geologic mapping, sedimentary facies analysis, sedimentary petrology, lithostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy in reconstructing: depositional environments; sedimentary provenance; basin evolution, and prospecting for mineral, water and hydrocarbons. Currently I also work in collaboration with paleontologists and paleoanthropologists in providing geologic context to the flora and fauna preserved within sedimentary basins in Tanzania. As a result of these researches, I have published several articles in reputable Journals as a solo or co-author.