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Dr. Abera Alemu Shaye

Full name Abera Alemu Shaye
Education attended BSc, Physics, Addis Ababa University, 1979MSc, Physics, Addis Ababa University, 1983PhD, Geophysics Gravity/Geodesy, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1992.

Certificate: Tectonics, Seismology and Seismic Risk Assessment, Academy of sciences of the GDR, Potsdam, 1984

Certificate: Geophysical Data Acquisition & Processing, University of Puna, India, 1985.
Academic rank Assist Professor
Working for AAU Since September 1989
Administrative positions held Associate Dean of Students 2003-2005
Awards/recognitions/memberships of international bodies/journals- editorial roles/initiatives etc – Being a member of the council for Mineral, Water, Energy and Geo-information under the Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission (ESTC), participated in several meetings of the council to prepare a working document for Science and Technology activities in Ethiopia, 1995.- Being a member of the National Committee formed by the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) to study geological and geophysical hazards in the country, participated in several field surveys, 1981.
Address Campus :     College of Natural SciencesBuilding name: Old Geology BuildingFloor number: Ground floor

Office room no: 104

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Mobile: +251 911468065

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Alternative email ID: abralmu@gmail.com
Research interests – Quality assessment (evaluation of the random and systematic errors involved in the measurements) of the existing local and regional gravity surveys of the Ethiopian Rift System including the Afar depression.- Compilation of a catalogue consisting of homogenized globally compatible gravimetric measurements to assist geologic mapping programs through recognition of regions of active tectonics, recent faulting, rift basins, etc associated with the Ethiopian Rift System for resource potential assessment tasks of the country.- The gravity and magnetic survey of the Corbeti, caldera, Aluto caldera, Gedemsa caldera and Tendaho graben to asses the geothermal resource potential associated with them.
Publications in reputable journals
Sjoberg, L.E., Asenjo, E. and Alemu, A., 1991.The Establishment of a GPS Deformation Network in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. J. Geodynamics, Vol. 14, Nos 1-4 pp. 9-18.Pan, M., Sjoberg, L.E., Laike M. Asfaw, Eric Asenjo, Abera Alemu and and Abiy Hunegnaw 2002. An Analysis of the Ethiopian Rift Valley GPS Campaign in 1994 and 1999. J. Geodynamics, Vol. 33, pp. 333-343.David L. Bridges, Kevin Mickus, Stephen S. Gao, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, and Abera Alemu, 2012. Magnetic stripes of a transitional continental rift in Afar. J. The Geological Society of America, Vol. 40; pp. 203-206

Alemu, A. and Sjoberg, L.E. 1990. Gravity Field Interpretation and Crustal Model Studies in the Main Ethiopian Rift. Presented at Third International Symposium on Recent Crustal Movements in Africa. 8-16 December 1990. Aswan ,Egypt.

 Jackson, M., L. Asfaw, A. Alemu, R. Bilham, and P. Mohr, 1992. GPS results from East African deformation networks in the northern Ethiopian Rift and Afar, Abstract: AGU Fall Meeting, Florida, USA.

Abera Alemu and Ayele Teklu, 2004. Gravity, Magnetic and Other Geophysical Surveys in the Tendaho Graben (Central Afar), Abstract: International Conference on the East African Rift System: Geodynamics, Resources and Environment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Mickus, K., Weide, B., Bridges, D., Abdelsalam, M., Gao, S., and Alemu, A., 2010, Gravity analysis of the crustal structure within the Tendaho graben, central Afar, Ethiopia, presented to North-Central/South Central GSA meeting, Branson, Mo

– Participated in several national projects and produced several project reports.