DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
ACADEMIC STAFF PROFILE
Year of service : 1971 to date
Position: Professor
Specialization: Sedimentology / Stratigraphy
Total publication: more than 30
Research interests:
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Sedimentology, lithostratigraphy, petrology &
diagenesis of the Mesozoic evaporates, carbonates, clastic sediments of the
Abay river & Oogaden basins.
Year of service: 1977 to date
Position: Associate
Professor
Research interests:
Ø
Explore the mineralization potential of the Ethiopian
volcanics.
Year of service:
1978 to date
Position: Associate Professor
Specialization: Geophysics
Total publication: 15
Research interests:
Ø All aspects of seismic survey methods; 2-D & 3-D geophysical tomography
Year of service: 1979 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Metamorphic Petrology
Total publication: 11
Research interests:
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Metamorphic petrology;
Ø
Trace & Isotope geochemistry;
Ø
Petrology & associated mineralization of granitoid
& Ultramafic rocks.
Year of service: 1979 to date
Position: Assistant Professor, Department
Head
Specialization: Structural Geology
Total publication: 10
Research interests:
Ø Magnetostratigraphy
of the plateau volcanics
Year of service: 1989 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Hydrogeology
Total publication: 7
Research
interests:
Ø
Environmental impact study in surface and ground water
systems
Ø
Aquifer vulnerability mapping
Year of service: 1989 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Remote Sensing & GIS
Total publication: 11
Research interests:
Ø
Origin of the Ethiopian Rift and its relation
with the Precambrian and Mesozoic structures
Ø
Rift margin basins development
Ø
Dykes in Ethiopia
Ø
Spectral signature analysis and establishing
desecrate values for rocks and minerals in Ethiopia
Ø
GIS and RS applications in Environmental
degradation, hazard assessment etc
Dr. WORASH GETANEH
Year of service: 1990 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Economic Geology
Total publication: 2
Research interests:
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Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry and economics of ore
deposits;
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Geology, exploration and economics of industrial minerals;
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Mineral resources & the environment.
Dr. DEREJE AYALEW
Year of service: 1990 to date
Specialization: Geochemistry
Total publication: 7
Research interests:
Ø
Geochemistry and Volcanology of magmatic rocks.
Ø
Assessing the Ni-Cu-PGE potential of the Ethiopia CFB
provice.
Dr. ENDALE KETEFO
Year of service: 1990 to date
Position: Associate Professor
Specialization: Mineralogy
Total publication: 8
Research
interests:
Ø
In mineralogy, geochemistry and petrology
Dr. SOLOMON TADESSE
Year of service : 1990 to date
Position: Associate Professor
Specialization: Economic Geology
Total publication: 10
Research interests:
Ø
Mineralization related to precious metals & rare
metals.
Ø
Fluid inclusions; isotopic geochemical & mineralogical
studies
Ø
Environmental impacts of mining.
Dr. MULUGETA ALENE
Year of service: 1991 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Structural Geology
Total publication: 8
Research interests:
Ø
Reconstruction of the tectonomagmatic & metamorphic
evolution of the Neoproterozoic rocks in northern & southern Ethiopia.
Ø Understanding the tectonics of the Cenozoic rifts in Ethiopia & the geochemistry of associated volcanism.
Dr. MOHAMMED UMER
Year of service: 1992 to date
Position: Associate Professor
Specialization: Quaternary & Environmental Geology
Total publication: 11
Research
interests:
Ø
Quaternary Environmental & climatic changes in Ethiopia
with main emphasis to the Holocene
Dr. TENALEM AYENEW
Year of service: 1992 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Hydrogeology
Total publication: 5
Research interests:
Ø
Groundwater modeling
Ø Isotope hydrology
& hydrogeochemistry
Dr. TIGISTU HAILE
Year of service: 1994 to date
Position: Assistant Professor
Specialization: Geophysics
Total publication: 6
Research interests:
Ø
Electrical & electromagnetic methods of prospecting
Ø
Automatic interpretation of geophysical data
Ø
Active remote sensing
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Geomagnetism
Ø
Paleomagnetism
Ø
Magnetic stratigraphy
Ato SEIFU KEBEDE
Year of service: 1997 to date
Position: Lecturer
Specialization: Chemical & Isotope Hydrology
Total publication: 4
Research interests:
Ø
Groundwater-surface water interactions & river basin
studies
Ø
Development of geochemical models (low T) applicable for
salinity management of reservoirs
Ø
Solute budget studies of lacustrine systems and groundwater
system analysis.
Ato ZEMENU GEREMEW
Year of service: 1997 to date
Position: Lecturer
Specialization: Engineering Geology
Total publication:1
Research interests:
Ø Understanding the interrelationships between the geological environment and the engineering situation, the nature, behavior and relationships of individual geological components.
Ø The active
geodynamic processes and the prognosis of processes likely to result from the
changes being made.
Ø Assessment of
environmental impact of Civil Engineering projects and urbanization.