El Hadji Salif Diop (October 31, 1950 — 27 December 2021) was a

Senegalese Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

professor of

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. He was the Director of the Ecosystems Section,

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Division of Early Warning and Assessment,

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, the Vice-Chair of the International Lakes Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC) Scientific Committee, a Member of the

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and a beneficiary of the

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Certificate.

Early life and education

Salif Diop was born on October 31, 1950 in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

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. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Blaise Diagne High School (Dakar, Senegal ) in 1971. He obtained his License and Masters degree from

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(Senegal) in1974 & 1975 respectively. In 1976 he obtained his

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from the University Louis Pasteur (

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). In 1978 he obtained his Doctorate of 3rd cycle in Coastal tropical Geomorphology and in 1986 he obtained his State Doctorate degree in Physical Geography/coastal geomorphology.{{Cite web , title=BA Webcast , url=http://webcast.bibalex.org/speaker/details.aspx?ID=1821 , access-date=2022-11-16 , website=webcast.bibalex.org

Career

Salif Diop became an associate Lecturer, Department of Geography, University CAD/Dakar, Senegal from 1977. A lecturer in 1978, Senior Lecturer in 1980, Head of Department in 1984, Chargé d'enseignement in1986, Maître de Conférence in 1988 and he became a Professor in 1991.

Fellowship and membership

He was a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Geological Correlation Programme/International Union for Geological Sciences, Unesco, Earth Science Division. A Member of the UNEP/

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Task Team on the "Impact of Expected Climatic Change on

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". A life Member and Vice-Chair of International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems located in Okinawa, Japan. He was also a Member of The African Academy of Science located in Nairobi,

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. A Member of 10th Term of the Scientific Committee of International Lake Environment Committee Foundation based in Shiga,

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and a Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

References

Academicians Senegal-related lists University of Dhaka alumni Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences