Postgraduate Researcher for Senegal
Mamadou Lamine Dieng is a Geographer/Environmentalist/Geomatics researcher who is studying for a PhD in remote sensing and African heritage. Mamadou is based in the URICA laboratory of IFAN-Cheikh Antar Diop University of Dakar (UCAD). Following degrees in physical geography and in geomatics, from UCAD and from Dakar’s School of Development (respectively), Mamadou obtained his master’s in Geography from UCAD, focused on management and the sustainable development of the West African coast. In his dissertation research, he studied the impact of development from Cap-Manuel to the tip of Almadies. Using a cartographic and statistical approach (GIS and remote sensing), he was able to calculate the rate of historical change in coastal dynamics from 1987 to 2017.
Mamadou’s professional experience has included several internships and posts in international research environments. For example, in Senegal’s Institute of Development Research, he used spatial data to map environmental attributes, including the salinity of the water tables and rivers in the West African mangroves. Mamadou has also carried out cartographic research, digitisation, monitoring, data collection, analysis, management of information systems and technical support for a variety of organisations in Senegal/West Africa including the National Agency for Statistics and Demographics, the Centre for Ecological Monitoring, the Plant Protection Directorate, Action Against Hunger, and the Department of Risk Reduction.
I am very interested in how big data sets can transform research and environmental management/protection, using ‘early warning systems’ that combine the use of cartography, images, data collection, and monitoring. I love research and I’ll never stop doing it. I’m continually seeking new knowledge and ways to build my technical capabilities.
In his spare time, Mamadou enjoys sport and going on walks.