Dr Binyam HAILU

Associate Prof. of Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics at Addis Ababa University & African Academy of Sciences Affiliate 2021-25

Addis Ababa, ET

About

Associate Professor of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics at Addis Ababa University. Previously, Georg Forster Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geo-informatics through the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Marburg, Germany. I am interested in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information: Applications to Geo-sciences, climate, vegetation, and environmental sciences. 

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Work experience

  1. November 2022 – present

    Addis Ababa University

    Associate Professor
    1. Teaching Remote sensing and GIS to graduate students, 2. MSc thesis and PhD dissertation advising. 3. Participating in researches that need Geospatial data analysis. 4. Short term Trainings for government and non-government organizations. 5. Consultancies: - Supervision, Senior Remote Sensing and GIS Experts.
  2. January 2016 – October 2022

    Addis Ababa University

    Assistant Professor
    1. Teaching Remote sensing and GIS to graduate students, 2. MSc thesis advising and PhD dissertation co-advising. 3. Participating in researches that need Geospatial data analysis. 4. Short term Trainings for government and non-government organizations. 5. Consultancies: - Supervision, Senior Remote Sensing and GIS Expert.
  3. November 2017 – February 2020

    Philipps University of Marburg - GERMANY

    Post Doctoral Research Fellow
    https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb19/dfg2358 The Mountain Exile Hypothesis: How humans benefited from and re-shaped African high altitude ecosystems during Quaternary climatic changes. An Ethio-German research project funded by the German Research Foundation DFG.
  4. February 2012 – December 2015

    University of Helsinki

    Researcher (PhD Student)
    A researcher in CHIESA Project. Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA) - Increasing Knowledge, Building Capacity and Developing Adaptation Strategies http://chiesa.icipe.org/ • Geospatial data acquisition and processing • Capacity building in advanced technologies • Giving Geographic Information System courses for the stockholders of the project
  5. September 2008 – December 2015

    Addis Ababa University

    Lecturer
    Teaching courses, such as: Introduction to Remote sensing, GIS and photo geology, Soil and environment, Land use planning practical using remote sensing and GIS, Geomorphology, Advanced GIS (focus on spatial analysis for graduate students), Spatial database management system and programming , Practical remote sensing and GIS for staffs of Ethiopian Geological Survey, Research: Fluoride concentration mapping at a national scale (Developing geo-database using GIS ; analyzing and mapping Fluoride concentration in wereda, Zone and regional basis), Geological mapping using GIS and remote sensing for hydro-geological applications (detail satellite image analysis from Landsat ETM +, SPOT images, Digital Elevation Models (DEM) in GIS environment at 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale).
  6. October 2003 – April 2008

    Awasa Water Tecchnology College

    Lecturer
    Teaching Basic Geology and Hydro-geology

Education

  1. 2012 – 2015

    University of Helsinki

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geoinformatics
  2. 2005 – 2007

    Addis Ababa University

    Master’s Degree, Remote sensing and GIS
  3. 1998 – 2003

    Addis Ababa University

    BSc, Geology