Curriculum vitae
I.
PERSONAL DATA
Name
Ermias Aynekulu Betemariam
Nationality
Ethiopian
Date of Birth
28 February 1974
Place of Birth
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Marital Status
Single
Language
English, Amharic, Tigringa
Address
Centre for Development Research (ZEF-c), University of Bonn,
Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113, Bonn, Germany
Tel.:
+49 (0) 228 73 4913 (office)
+ 49 (0) 17625998556 (mobile)
E-mail
II.
ermias8@gmail.com or ermias@uni-bonn.de
EDUCATION
2006 to date
PhD candidate, Centre for Development Research (ZEF),
University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2001- 2003
M.Sc. in Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observations,
specializing in land degradation, conservation and rehabilitation,
International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth
Observation, ITC, The Netherlands.
1992- 1996
III.
B.Sc. in Forestry, Alemaya University, Ethiopia.
TRAINING
31/03-1/04/2008
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Mountain Forestry
Development: Working effectively at the Interface of Forest
Science and Forest Policy” organized by The Global Network for
Forest Science Cooperation (IUFRO), Vienna, Austria.
15-17/12/2006
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Learning
Intercultural Competence” Organized by International Doctoral
Studies Program for Development Research of ZEF, WindeckRosbach, Germany.
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Winter 2006/7
Certificate of Participation in the interdisciplinary course
“Concepts and Theories of Development” Organized by
International Doctoral Studies Program for Development
Research of ZEF, Bonn, Germany.
24-28/06/2006
Certificate of Participation in the training on “SAR data
processing”. Organized by the European Space Agency, ESAESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
5-7/10/2005
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Basic Remote
Sensing Principles and Applications”. Organized by the
European Space Agency, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy.
12-23/09/2005
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Spectroscopy and
Dynamic GIS Modelling of Earth Surface Processes for Nature
Conservation”, organized by ITC, International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya.
18/06-2/07/2005
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Remote Sensing
and GIS application in Physical Land Evaluation using ArcGIS9
and ERDAS IMAGINE Softwares” organized by SADL,
Katholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
3-5/01/2005
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Air Quality
Management” organized by the EPA Ethiopia and Bowling State
University (USA) and Ethiopian Environmental Protection
Authority (EPA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
1-3/09/2004
Certificate of participation in the training on “A Change Agenda
for Agriculture and Natural Resources Tertiary Education in
Ethiopia”. Sponsored by SEMCIT and organized by EARTH
University and University of Mekelle.
16-26/02/2004
Certificate of Participation in the training on “Management by
Objectives”, organized by MDF training and consultancy, Axum,
Ethiopia.
IV.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2000-2006
Lecturer at the department of Land Resources and Environmental
Protection, Faculty of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources,
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Mekelle University (Major duties: teaching, research, consultancy).
1996-2000
Watershed Management Expert in Commission for Sustainable
Agriculture and Environmental Protection in Tigray (Co SAERT),
Tigray (Major duties: Study and design Integrated Watershed
Development Plans).
V.
RESPONSIBILITIES
2006
Director, School of Graduate Studies (SGS), Mekelle University,
Ethiopia.
2005 – 2006
Team leader of the PGIS (Participatory Geographic Information
Systems) and Forestry research of the Irish Participatory Research
project funded by the Irish Aid, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
2003- 2006
Vice Dean, Faculty of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
2003 -2004
Coordinator of the RESPONSE (Regional Food Security Policies for
Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Economics) project,
Mekelle University Ethiopia.
2003
Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program (CEP), Mekelle
University, Ethiopia.
2003
Coordinator
of
the
Forest
Rehabilitation
through
Natural
Regeneration, Mekelle University, Ethiopia
1999 – 2000
Team leader of the Integrated Watershed Management study of the
Adigudom Valley irrigation development project, Tigray Water
Resource Development, Ethiopia.
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VI.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
Aynekulu, E., Denich, M. & Tsegaye, D. 2009. Regeneration Response of Juniperus
procera and Olea europaea subsp cuspidata to Exclosure in a Dry Afromontane
Forest in Northern Ethiopia. Mountain Research and Development 42:143-152.
Aynekulu, E., Kassawmar, T. & Tamene, L. 2008. Applicability of ASTER imagery
in mapping land use ⁄cover as a basis for biodiversity studies in drylands of
northern Ethiopia. African Journal of Ecology, 46 (Suppl. 1): 19–23.
Aerts, A., November, E., Maes, W., Van der Borght, I., Negussie, A., Aynekulu, E.,
Hermy, M. & Muys, B. 2008. In situ persistence of African wild olive and forest
restoration in degraded semiarid savanna. Journal of Arid Environments, 6:
1131-1136.
Tenkir, E., Bekele, T., Nemomissa, S. & Aynekulu, E. 2007. Dry Afromontane forest
ecosystem restoration: Assessment of natural regeneration of woody species (A
case of Dodola forest, Ethiopia). Discovery and Innovation 9:323-329.
Aynekulu, E., Wubneh, W., Birhane, E. & Begashaw, N. 2006. Monitoring and
Evaluating Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Participatory Geographic
Information System (PGIS) Tools: A Case Study of Begasheka Watershed,
Tigray, Ethiopia. EJISDC 25:1-10.
Manuscripts under review
Tsegaye, D, Moe, S.R., Vedeld, P.O. & Ayenkulu, E. 2010. Land-use/cover
dynamics in arid and semi-arid rangelands of northern Afar, Ethiopia.
(Submitted to: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment).
Manuscripts in preparation
Aynekulu, E., Denich, M. & Aerts, R. 2010. Plant species diversity, community
composition, and regeneration at an isolated forest, northern Ethiopia.
Aynekulu, E., Denich, M. Tsegaye, D. Aerts, R. & Neuwirth, B. 2010. Mass tree dieoff affects forest structure, not species diversity, of a dry Afromontane forest in
northern Ethiopia
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Aynekulu, E., Denich, M, & Gebrehiwote, K. 2010. Plant species diversity along an
altitudinal gradient in the western escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, northern
Ethiopia.
Aynekulu, E. Farshad, A. de Gier, A. &Tamene, L. 2010. Quantifying Soil Carbon
Stock in dry environments of Botswana using field and remote sensing data.
Theses and reports
Aynekulu, E. 2003. Analysis of Soil-Vegetation Interaction in Relation to Soil carbon
sequestration, a case study at Serewe, Botswana. M.Sc. Thesis, International
Institute for Geoinformation Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede,
Netherlands
(http://www.itc.nl/library/Academic_output/2003/MSc_theses_2003.asp).
(The thesis quantified carbon stock in soils and above ground biomass in dry environment of
Botswana using filed data and evaluated the capability of NDVI and SAVI of Landsat TM and
ASTER imagery to upscale the quantification of carbon stocks. A manuscript for a journal
article is in preparation).
Tsegaye, D., Balehegn, M., Gebrehiwot, K., Haile, M., Gebresamuel, G., Tilahun, M.
& Aynekulu, E. 2007. The Role of Garsa (Dobera glabra) for Household Food
Security at Times of Food Shortage in Aba`ala Wereda, North Afar: Ecological
Adaptation and Socio-economic value. pp.42.
Conference presentations
Aynekulu, E. &. Denich, M. 2009. Predicting tree mortality pattern using NDVI of
ASTER imagery in a dry Afromontane forest, northern Ethiopia. Poster
presented at ''Tropentag 2009: Conference on International Research on Food
Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development’’, University
of Hamburg, Germany, 6-8/10/2009. Book of Abstracts pp.384.
Aynekulu, E., Denich, M. & Neuwirth, B. 2009. Applicability of GIS in
Dendrochronology. Poster presented at annual meeting of the association of
American Geographers, Las Vegas, USA, 22-27/03/2009.
Aynekulu, E. 2008. Plant Diversity along Altitudinal Gradients in the Eastern
Escarpment of the Rift Valley of Northern Ethiopia: Key for Conservation
Priorities. Paper presented at ''Tropentag 2008: Conference on International
Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural
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Development’’, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, 7-9/10/2008.
Book of Abstracts pp.589.
Aynekulu, E., Birhane, E. & Begashaw, N. 2008. Carbon sequestration in above
ground biomass under closed management system in the dry lands of northern
Ethiopia. Paper presented at ''Regional Conference on coping with Climate
Change, Research Programme on Sustainable Use of Dryland Biodiversity
(RPSUD)'', Nazareth, Ethiopia, 14-18/7/2008. Book of Abstracts pp.43.
Aynekulu, E., Denich, M. & Vlek, P.L.G.. 2008. Comparisons of closed and open
forest management systems in restoring degraded dry Afromontane forest of
northern Ethiopia. Paper presented at “International conference on Mountain
Forests in a Changing World”, Vienna, Austria, 2-4/4/2008. Book of Abstracts
pp. 21.
Hailu, M., Gebrehiwot, K. & Aynekulu, E. 2006. Woody Biomass Estimation at a
Watershed Scale for Sustainable Management and environmental rehabilitation:
The Cases of Hawza & Gemad Watersheds in highlands of Eastern Tigray,
Northern Ethiopia (Poster presented at the international conference on
“Environmental
change,
geomorphic
processes,
land
degradation and
rehabilitation in tropical and subtropical highlands” 19-25/09/2006, Mekelle
University, Ethiopia.
Aynekulu, E., Kassawmar, T. & Tamene, L. 2006. Applicability of ASTER imagery
in mapping land cover in drylands: basis for biodiversity studies (a case study in
Tigray, northern Ethiopia) paper presented at the conference on “Conservation
Biodiversity in Inhabited Areas of Eastern Africa” 19-21/07/2006, Makerere
University, Uganda.
Aynekulu, E., Wubneh, W., Birhane, E. & Begashaw, N. 2005. Monitoring and
Evaluating Land Use/Land Cover Change Using Participatory Geographic
Information System (PGIS) Tools: A Case Study of Begasheka Watershed,
Tigray, Ethiopia. Paper presented at the International Conference on
Participatory Spatial Information Management and Communication 710/06/2005, Nairobi, Kenya.
Aynekulu, E. 2003. Soil-Vegetation Interaction in Relation to Soil Carbon
Sequestration, a case study at, Serowe Botswana. Poster presentation, Book of
Abstracts, Symposium on the Rehabilitation of Dryland Forests in Ethiopia:
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Ecology and Management, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 21-24/09/2004. Book of abstracts
pp. 72
VII. REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
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International Journal of Remote Sensing
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Journal of Arid environments
VIII. RESEARCH INTEREST
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Carbon sequestration
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Applications of RS and GIS in ecological studies
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Biodiversity, plant ecology and restoration ecology
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Dendrecology and Dendroclimatology
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Integrated watershed management and reservoir sedimentation
IX.
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
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The Biological Society of Ethiopia: P.O.Box 31819, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
http://www.sc.aau.edu.et/BSE/contactus.html
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African Forest Forum (AFF): c/o World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), United
Nations Avenue, Gigiri P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://www.afforum.org
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Association of American Geographers: 1710 16th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20009-3198, USA. http://www.aag.org
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IIIX. REFERENCES
Prof. Dr. Paul. L.G. Vlek. Centre for Development Research (ZEFc), University of
Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 228 73-1866
E-mail:P.vlek@uni-bonn.de
Manfred Denich (PhD). Centre for Development Research (ZEFc), University of
Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 228 73-1864
E-mail: m.denich@uni-bonn.de
Lulseged Tamene (PhD). CIAT-TSBF Chitedze Research Station, P.O. Box 158,
Lilongwe, Malawi
E-mail: ldesta@africasoils.net
Tel.:+ 265 1707 278
E-mail: ldesta@africasoils.net
Raf Aerts (PhD), Division Forest, Nature and Landscape, K.U.Leuven Celestijnenlaan
200E-2411 BE-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Phone: +32-16-329721
E-mail: raf.aerts@ees.kuleuven.be
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