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Some scientists look back on their experiences during the expedition.
  • Christine Cocquyt
    National Botanic Garden of Belgium
    Cryptogams
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    Working at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, in Meise, Christine Cocquyt specializes in the infinitely small in the plant world. Indeed, for 30 years, including...

  • Els Cornelissen
    Royal Museum for Central Africa
    Archaeology
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    Els Cornelissen heads the Prehistory and Archaeology Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. During the 2010 Congo River expedition, she was responsible for...

  • Guy-Crispin Gembu Tungaluna
    Université de Kisangani
    Mammals - parasites
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    Many Africans are wary of bats, which are the source of various superstitions and symbols of hypocrisy and sorcery. That is perhaps why these flying mammals are so...

  • Jacky Maniacky
    Royal Museum for Central Africa
    Linguistics
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    Specializing in the study of Bantu languages, the Ethnomusicology and Linguistics Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa already possesses abundant...

  • Jos Snoeks
    Royal Museum for Central Africa
    Ichthyology
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    Jos Snoeks is far from being a novice when it comes to studying African fish. Head of the Ichthyologic Research Unit of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, he has...

  • Koen Martens
    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    Aquatic invertebrates
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    Besides a few studies of the African Great Lakes or national parks, knowledge on microcrustaceans in the Democratic Republic of Congo is very limited. However, we do...

  • Patrick Grootaert
    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    Entomology
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    Patrick Grootaert specializes in diptera (flies, horseflies, mosquitoes, etc.) and heads the Department of Entomology at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural...

  • Sylvestre Gambalemoke Mbalitini
    Université de Kisangani
    Mammals - parasites
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    For Sylvestre Gambalemoke, a doctoral student in the Faculty of Sciences of the Université de Kisangani, the expedition was a baptism by fire. Certainly, this micro-...

  • Zoltán T. Nagy
    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
    Herpetology
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    Unlike the animals of Amazonian regions, Congo River region reptiles and amphibians are not well known. To find out about them, one must consult documentation dating...