CURRICULUM VITAE
I.PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: 18 April 1976
Place of Birth: South Ethiopia, Gurage Region
Nationality: Ethiopian
Academic Position: Assistant Professor since December, 2016
II.EDUCATION
- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Environment and Natural Resource Management, PhD, Dec. 2016
- Africa Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology, Obafami Awolowo University, Remote Sensing and GIS, MSc, Nov. 2007.
- Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Physical Geography (specialized in Land Resource Management), MSc, July, 2005
- Kotebe College (Kotebe Metropolitan University), Ethiopia, Geography, BSc, July 1998
III.AREA OF EXPERTISE
Area of my research interest includes issues related to Environmental Land Use Planning, Climate Change, GIS and Remote Sensing, and particularly on Soil carbon storage and climate change mitigation, Quantifying soil carbon emission from different agricultural land use and management types, spatial modelling of soil carbon emission and storage under complex agricultural landscapes.
IV.Teaching, research supervision and other professional services
- Teaching GIS and Remote Sensing course for PhD students at Africa Centre of Excellence in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (CSABC).
- Teaching GIS and Remote Sensing for PhD students (specialized in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management) at School of Geography and Environmental Studies
- Teaching GIS and Remote Sensing course for MSc Students at College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Africa Centre of Excellence in CSABC, and School of Geography and Environmental Studies.
- Teaching MSc courses (Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Disaster Risk and Early Warning System, Applied Geomorphology and Land Use Planning and Land Evaluation) at School of Geography and Environmental Studies.
- Served as team member in drafting the new PhD curriculum in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management) launched at the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Haramaya University.
- Provided professional assistant for the development of PhD and MSc curricula at Africa Centre of Excellence in Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation, Haramaya University.
- Currently, principal investigator of the research project (Soil Carbon Storage inventories) in Lake Haramaya Catchment, funded by the Research Affaires of the Haramaya University.
V.PUBLICATIONS
- Abenezer W., Zewdu M., and Solomon A, (2021). Urban expansion and its impacts on the livelihood of peripheral farming households: the case of Shinshicho Town, Ethiopia. Journal of Urban Planning and Development (Under Review)
- Sultan, M., Solomon, A and Solomon T.(2021). Assessment of soil Erosion risks and Implication for land Management Measures. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (under Review)
- Solomon, A and Mohammed, A. (2021). Predicting spatial variability of soil salinity in agricultural field in the semi-arid Ethiopian Rift Valley. Submitted to Journal of Geoderma
- Abrham, A., Solomon, A and Solomon T.(2021). Dynamics of Land Use/Land Cover Change and Implications for Land Degradation in Mida Woremo Watershed, North Central Ethiopian Highland. The Ethiopia Journal of Social Science (EJSS), 7, 49-71
- Solomon, A and Mohammed, A.(2020). Soil carbon and nitrogen variations as affected by land use change in the semi-arid Ethiopian Rift Valley. The Ethiopia Journal of Social Science (EJSS), 6, 48-67
- Solomon, A and Mohammed, A. (2018). Land use change for sugarcane monoculture, impacts and management measures in the semi-arid Ethiopian Rift Valley. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189, 111-125.
- Solomon, A and Mohammed, A.(2016). Soil carbon and nitrogen changes under a long period of sugarcane monoculture in the semi-arid Ethiopian Rift Valley. Journal of Arid Environments, 132, 34-41
- Solomon, A. and Kassahun, D.(2008). Variability and management patterns of range resources in the Baro River Plain, Ethiopia. Journal of Area, 40(1): 108-116
- Solomon A.,Range Resources Potential along River plain, Ethiopia. A study of pastorialist Grazingland in Jikawo, Gambela, Region. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, German