Gountié Dedzo Merlin is an Associate Professor at the University of Maroua Higher Teacher's Training college, Department of Life and Earth Sciences. He is a Petrologist and Volcanologist and holds a Doctorate/PhD from the University of Yaoundé I since 2012. His research fields are geochemistry, volcanology, hydrogeology, rock magnetism. He is the author of about 41 scientific articles that are available on ResearchGate.