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Dr. Andrew B Katumwehe

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Assistant Professor
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Geosciences
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Bolin Hall
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102A
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College of Science, Mathematics & Engineering, McCoy
Bio

My research interests lies in the integration of gravity, magnetic, and geologic methods towards the study of Precambrian basements, basins, and rifts of continental interiors. I have been using satellite and ground based gravity, airborne magnetic data as well as shuttle radar tomographic mission to understand the kinematics of pre-rift structures and their influence in rift initiation and propagation. In particular, I am examining the role of pre-rift structures on rift formation, a subject of much interest among geoscientists in the search for conventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. Currently I have a running collaborative project-Dry Rifting in the Albertine-Rhino Graben (DRIAR) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are combining geophysical, geodynamic modeling and geological data to unravel the process responsible for the initiation of the Magma poor Albertine of western branch of the East African Rift System.

My energy is also focused towards near-surface geophysics, particularly in the application of seismic, geo-electrical methods (electrical resistivity, induced polarization, self-potential, electromagnetic induction, and ground penetrating radar) to groundwater contamination, engineering, agriculture, and environmental problems. On a global community participation, I am interested in investigating geophysical signatures left behind in former nuclear test sites. Such studies are important and will form the foundation for the development of more robust geophysical models necessary for the characterization of nuclear tests if conducted by any state. 

Institution Degree Graduation Date
Oklahoma State University PhD Geology 2016
Makerere University Bsc Geology and Chemistry 1995
ITC Delft The Netherlands Msc Applied Geology
Employer Position Start Date End Date
Midwestern State University Assistant Professor 08/15/2018
Oklahoma State University Visiting Assistant Professor 07/01/2017 08/01/2018
Oklahoma State University Postdoctoral Research Associate 06/01/2016 06/01/2017

Publications and Scholarly contributions

A: Journal Publications

  1. Alam, M. I., A. Katumwehe, and E. Atekwana (2022), Geophysical characterization of a leachate plume from a former municipal solid waste disposal site: A case study on Norman landfill, AAPG Bulletin, 106(6), 1183-1195, doi:10.1306/eg.01072120006.
  2. .Nyalugwea, V.N, Abdelsalam, M.H, Atekwana, E.A, Katumwehe, A.B, Kevin Mickus, and Jalf Salimad., 2018. Lithospheric structure beneath the Cretaceous Chilwa Alkaline Province (CAP) in southern Malawi and northeastern Mozambique (Submitted to Geophysics, Geosystems and Geochemistry Journal).
  3. Goussi Ngalamo, J. F., D. Bisso, M. G. Abdelsalam, E. A. Atekwana, A. B. Katumwehe, and G. E. Ekodeck., 2017. Geophysical imaging of Metacratonization in the Northern edge of the Congo Craton in Cameroon, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 129 (Supplement C), 94-107.
  4. Katumwehe, A.B., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., 2015. The role of pre-existing Precambrian structures in rift evolution: The Albertine and Rhino grabens, Uganda. Tectonophysics 646, 117-129.
  5. Katumwehe, A.B., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., Laó-Dávila, D.A., 2015. Katumwehe, A. B., M. G. Abdelsalam, E. A. Atekwana, and D. A. Laó-Dávila (2016), Extent, kinematics and tectonic origin of the Precambrian Aswa Shear Zone in eastern Africa, Gondwana Research, 34 (Supplement C), 241-253,
  6. Abdelsalam, Mohamed., Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., Alan K LePera, Mercy Achang. 2016. The Paleoproterozoic Singo granite in south-central Uganda revealed as a nested igneous ring complex using geophysical data, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 116 (Supplement C), 198-212.
  7. Nyalugwe Victor; Katumwehe A.B Mohamed G. Abdelsalam and Estella Atekwana 2018. Lithospheric Structure beneath the Mesozoic Chilwa Alkaline Province in Southern Malawi and Northeastern Mozambique. Geological Society of America (GSA). Submitted to Journal of African Earth Sciences.     
  8. Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Kevin Mickus., 2018. Thermal structure and crustal thickness beneath the Albertine Graben: Observations from airborne, satellite gravity and borehole data (submitted to Geophysics Journal International).
  9. Katumwehe, A.B., Tadesse B Alemu., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G. Integrated Petroleum Analysis for the Albertine Graben in East Africa (To be submitted to Basin research).
  10. Iftekhar Alam M.D and Katumwehe A.B., 2018.Void detection using a combined V¬P, VS and Electrical Resistivity (Submitted to Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP).


B: Conference Abstracts Presentations at National Meetings

  1.  Damilola Ola and Andrew Katumwehe 2022: Using seismic data to understand Rift Evolution in Magma Poor Rifts. An example of the Albertine Rift, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract.
  2. Bright Oswagua and A.B. Katumwehe 2022: Structural Modeling and Petrophysical Evaluation for Reservoir Characterization of Semliki Basin, Western Uganda, AGU Fall Meeting Abstract.
  3.  Anthony Castillo, A.B Katumwehe, Mahmud Kashif, Jonathan D Price 2022: Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to Detect Void Space in Cretaceous Formations at Natural Bridge Caverns in Comal County, TX AGU Fall Meeting abstract.
  4. Patrick B. Boston, Folarin Kolawole, A.B Katumwehe, Estella Atekwana, Micheal Taylor, Sarah Stamps 2022: Coupling of Displacement and Basement Damage Distribution across a Border Fault Relay Zone, Toro-Bunyoro Fault, Albertine Rift. AGU Fall Meeting abstract.
  5. Hillary Mwongyera, Daniel Mongovin, Michael H. Taylor, Stamps Sarah, Atekwana Estella, Van der Lee Suzan, Atekwana Eliot, A.B. Katumwehe, Kolawole Folarin 2022. Neotectonics of the Lake Albert Rift Basin in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System Reveals Active Fluvial Reorganization. GSA Abstract.
  6. Joy Foluso, E. Atekwana, EA Atekwana, Suzan van der Lee, M Taylor, A.B Katumwehe, R Evans, F Tugume, K Aanyu, S Fishwick , P Barry, S Halldorsson, F Kolawole, G Rümpker , A. Kwagalakwe, D. Mongovin, H. Mwongyera, I Eufrásio de Oliveira, E Islam, R Birungi, E Njinju, 202: Hydrogeochemistry and Geothermometry of the Hot Springs Along the Magma-poor Western branch of the East African Rift System, AGU Fall Meeting abstract.
  7. Stamps S, E. Atekwana, EA Atekwana, Suzan van der Lee, M Taylor, A.B Katumwehe, R Evans, F Tugume, K Aanyu, S Fishwick , P Barry, S Halldorsson, F Kolawole, G Rümpker , A. Kwagalakwe, D. Mongovin, H. Mwongyera, I Eufrásio de Oliveira, E Islam, R Birungi, E Njinju, 2022.Dry Rifting in the Albertine and Rhine Graben Uganda American Geophysical Union 849492.
  8. Iftekhar Alam, Asharaf Uddin, Md S Mustaque, and A.B. Katumwehe 2022. Gravity and Compositional study for reconstruction of late Paleozoic Intra-Cratonic Gondwanan basins of Northwest Bengal Basin, Bangladesh Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, 2021, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-367801. 152-7 –Booth 20.
  9. Stamps S, E. Atekwana, EA Atekwana, Suzan van der Lee, M Taylor, A.B Katumwehe, R Evans, F Tugume, K Aanyu, S Fishwick , P Barry, S Halldorsson, F Kolawole, G Rümpker , A. Kwagalakwe, D. Mongovin, H. Mwongyera, I Eufrásio de Oliveira, E Islam, R Birungi, E Njinju, 2021.Dry Rifting in the Albertine and Rhine Graben Uganda American Geophysical Union 849492.
  10. D. Mongovin1, H. Mwongyera, M. Taylor1, S. Stamps, E. Atekwana, E. Atekwana, Suzan van der Lee, A.B. Katumwehe, R. Evans, F Kolawole, F. Tugume, 2021. Early-Stage Segmentation of Continental Rifts and Strain Accommodation Along Neotectonics of the Rift-Bounding Toro -Bunyoro Faults, Albertine Graben, (Uganda), Western Branch of the East African Rift System. American Geophysical Union T945865.
  11. Zelalem Demissie1, Bekele Abebe, Liang Xue, and A.B. Katumwehe 2020. Multi-temporal interferometric approaches to detect surface deformation in Dessie basin, Ethiopia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Vol. 2020. 2020.
  12.  Nyalugwe, V. N., M. G. Abdelsalam, A. B. Katumwehe, K. L. Mickus, and E. A. Atekwana (2020. Structure and tectonic setting of the Chingale Igneous Ring Complex, Malawi. 54th Annual GSA South-Central Section Meeting 2020, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020SC-343444.
  13. Iftekhar Alam, Andrew Katumwehe, Khumo Leseane, Fathiya Al-Hadhrami, Brooke Briand, Daniel Morse, Sam Wei, and Estella Atekwana. Imaging landfill leachate plume boundaries using electrical-resistivity inversion, spontaneous potential, EM 34 and Geochemical Analysis: A case study on Norman Landfill. Presented at Society of Exploration Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2018-2998496.
  14. Chase Brandon Franklin., Katumwehe. A.B, Mohamed Abdelsalam. Chase. Kafue Rift: The forgotten Segment of the Southwestern Branch of the East African Rift ID: 310224. Geological Society of America GSA Abstract #310224 - South-Central Section - 52nd Annual Meeting – 2018.
  15. Victor Nyalugwe; Mohamed G. Abdelsalam; Katumwehe A.B; and Estella Atekwana. Lithospheric Structure beneath the Mesozoic Chilwa Alkaline Province in Southern Malawi and Northeastern Mozambique. Geological Society of America (GSA). Abstract #310213 South-Central Section - 52nd Annual Meeting – 2018.     
  16. Iftekhar Alam M.D and Katumwehe A.B. Void detection using a combined V¬P, VS and Electrical Resistivity. Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) 2018 being held in Nashville Tennessee, USA March 25-29.
  17. Katumwehe, A.B, Estella Atekwana, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Kevin Mickus, Jeannot F. Goussi Ngalamo Thermal and Crustal Structure beneath the northern segment of the Western branch of the East African Rift System: Constraints from Gravity and Magnetic Data Abstract ID and Title: AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans 11-15 December 2017. Tittle ID 288153 Poster Final Abstract Number: T51F-0548.
  18. Tadesse B. Alemu, Katumwehe A.B, Estella Atekwana and Mohamed Abdelsalam. Integrated Petroleum Analysis for the Albertine Graben in East Africa. American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 22, 2016
  19. Katumwehe, A.B, Tadesse B Alemu, Estella A Atekwana and Mohamed G Abdelsalam. Estimating heat flow and geothermal gradient from Magnetic and gravity data. An example from the Albertine graben East Africa. American Geophysical Union-Society of exploration geophysicist meeting, Potential-field and Electromagnetic Methods Applied to basin studies conference. Keystone Colorado 25-26 Aug 2015.
  20. Katumwehe A.B, E.A. Atekwana, M.G. Abdelsalam, and D. Lao Davila (2014). Integrated analysis of airborne geophysical data to understand the extent, kinematics and tectonic evolution of the Aswa shear zone in East Africa. Abstract T23B-4659 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 14-19 Dec.
  21. Katumwehe, Andrew B.; Atekwana, Estella; Abdelsalam, Mohamed; Mickus, Kevin., 2015 Thermal Structure and Crustal thickness beneath the Albertine rift, Uganda from Potential Fields data. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 1, p.7.
  22. Katumwehe, A.B, Atekwana, E.A; Abdelsalam, M.G. Rift strain localization, transfer, segmentation, and termination: Aeromagnetic imaging of the role of pre-existing structure in the evolution of the Albertine and Rhino grabens in Uganda and Congo, Abstract presented at Fall 2013 Geological Society of America Meeting , Denver Colorado 27-30 Oct 2013. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.822.
  23. Katumwehe, A.B, E.A. Atekwana; M.G. Abdelsalam Strain localization and transfer facilitated by pre-exiting Precambrian structures in the Western Branch of the East African Rift System. Abstract presented, Fall 2013, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Houston Texas 26-30 Sept 2013.
  24. Achang, M., E.A. Atekwana; Abdelsalam, M.G, Katumwehe, A.B. The Singo granite, mineral occurrences and ring complexes Uganda, Abstract presented at fall 2013 Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver Colorado 27-30 Oct 2013. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.536.
  25. Katumwehe, A.B, E.A. Atekwana, M.G. Abdelsalam, Rift strain localization, transfer, segmentation, and termination: Aeromagnetic imaging of the role of pre-existing structure in the evolution of the Albertine and Rhino grabens in Uganda and Congo, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 45 (7) 822.
  26. Katumwehe. A. B, E. A. Atekwana, M.G. Abdelsalam. Extent and kinematics of Aswa Shear Zone in Uganda and South Sudan using airborne geophysical and remote sensing data, Abstract ED43E-04 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.
  27. Katumwehe. A,B E. A. Atekwana, M.G. Abdelsalam, Extent and kinematics of the Aswa Shear Zone (ASZ) in Uganda and South Sudan using airborne geophysical and remote sensing data. Abstract presented 2012, Morrison, NJ Hyatt October 25-27, 2012.
  28. Reford, S., Kwan, K., Nyakaana, J., Katumwehe, A.B., and Wane, O. (2009) airborne geophysics as a tool to promote mineral investment in Africa. ASEG Extended Abstracts 2009: 20th Geophysical Conference: pp. 1-8
  1. Nyalugwe, V. N., M. G. Abdelsalam, A. B. Katumwehe, K. L. Mickus, and E. A. Atekwana (2020), Structure and tectonic setting of the Chingale Igneous Ring Complex, Malawi from aeromagnetic and satellite gravity data: Implication for Precambrian terranes collision and Neogene - Quaternary rifting, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 163, 103760, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2020.103760.