Wissenschaftliche Interessen:

I am a Geologist interested in kinematics, tectonics and geodynamics of continental rifts. I use data from numerical modeling, earthquake focal mechanism, paleomagnetism, GPS velocity vector and active faults to better understand deformation of lithospheric and crustal blocks. These researches are geared toward improving hazard models and resource explorations in the Main Ethiopian and Afar rifts. 

Karriere:

Geologist, 2006, Transport Construction Share Company, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Geologist, 2006-2010, Geological Survey of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

PhD research fellow, 2010-2013, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Assistant Professor, 2015-2021, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Associate Professor, 09.2021 to present, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alexander von Humboldt fellow, 12.2021 - 05.2024, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

Researcher - 06.2024 -  11.2026, MARUM University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Werdegang / Ausbildung:

PhD-  2014 - Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Wissenschaftliche Gremien:

Editorial Board member - Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Executive guest editor - Journal of African Earth Sciences "Great debates on African Geology"

Review editor - Solid Earth Geophysics, Frontiers in Earth Science

Reviewer for Nature Comm., Communications Earth & Environment - Nature, Geology, Tectonics, Scientific Reports, Global and Planetary change, Frontiers in Earth Science, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Scientific African, Geocarto International, Turkish Journal of Earth Science, Geospatial Information Science, Acta Geophysica

Associate editor for SINET-Ethiopian Journal of Science, 2019-2021

Auszeichnungen:

DFG German Research Foundation - 2023

Sapienza University PhD research scholarship - 2010