3. Further Education/Short-Term Courses Attended
Curriculum Vitae
1. Personal data
Family name / Desta / Mailing addressUniversity of Bonn (ZEF)
Walter Flex. Str. 3
53113 Bonn
Germany
Phone: 00+49-228-731912
E-mail:
First names / Lulseged Tamene
Nationality / Ethiopian
Date of birth / 21.01.1969
Place of birth / Wollo, Ethiopia
Sex / Male
Marital status / Married
Children / 2
2. Educational background
Name and place of School/College/University / Years attended / Academic credentials obtained / Main SubjectsFrom / To
Fita and Akesta Primary and Secondary School / Sept. 1976 / June 1981 / Elementary school complete
Borena Comprehensive Secondary School (Ethiopia) / Sept. 1981 / June 1985 / 12th Grade complete (certificate) / Social Sciences
Bahir Dar Teachers’ College (Ethiopia) / Sept. 1985 / June 1987 / Diploma / Geography
Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) / Sept. 1991 / Nov.
1993 / BA Degree / Geography
Cranfield University (UK) / Sept. 1995 / Dec. 1996 / MSc Degree / Applied Remote Sensing and GIS
University of Bonn (Germany / Oct. 2001 / Aug. 2005 / PhD / Ecology and Resources Management
3. Further Education/Short-term courses attended
Name and place / Time/period / Main SubjectsAgricultural University of Norway / Dec. 1994 / “GIS applications in developing countries”
Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS), University of Wales, UK / Feb. 1999 / "Database management in a GIS"
Centre for Development Research, ZEF (Germany) / Sept. 2001 / Mathematical Modelling and Statistics
University of Bonn (ZEI) / Nov. 2001 / Remote sensing applications
ZFL, Bonn, Germany / Jan. 2002 / Remote Sensing of Vegetation Covers
Enschede, ITC (The Netherlands) / March 2002 / Land evaluation and land use planning
4. Work Experience
Name and place of work / Time/period / Title of work/post / EmployerMida, N. Shewa, Ethiopia / Sept. 1987 – Aug. 1990 / Teaching at high school / Ministry of Education
Tigray, Mekelle, Ethiopia / Nov. 1994 – Aug. 1995 / Assistant Lecture / Mekelle University
Tigray, Mekelle, Ethiopia / Jan. 1997 – July 2001 / Lecturer1 / Mekelle University
Center for Development Research (ZEF) / Aug. 2005 - / Senior Researcher2 / (ZEF), University of Bonn
1I was also involved in additional research and short-term training activities in the applications of remote sensing and GIS for resources management, early warning systems, and erosion risk assessment and land use planning and evaluation conducted in the Mekelle University (1997-2001).
2Includies lecturing PhD students and assisting them in writing their proposals, field works and writing their Thesis. Main areas of work are Ghana and Burkina Faso (GLOWA-Volta Project) and Ethiopia.
5. Administrative Responsibilities
Responsibility / Time / PlaceDepartment Head, General Agriculture / 1998 – July 2001 / Mekelle University
Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program / 1999 – July 2001 / Mekelle University
6. Language skills
Language / Speaking / Writing / Reading / Listening/UnderstandingAmharic / Mother tongue / Mother tongue / Mother tongue / Mother tongue
English / Very Good / Very Good / Very Good / Very Good
German / Very little / Very little / Very little / Very little
7. Special knowledge/Experience
- Modelling soil erosion-reservoir siltation processes in a GIS platform;
- Identification of hotspot areas of erosion using distributed soil erosion models;
- Application of satellite images for vegetation status monitoring;
- Modelling land use/land cover changes using satellite images;
- Application of remote sensing (RS) and GIS in environmental risk assessment;
- Land use planning and land evaluation methodologies;
- Copping and adaptation strategies of farmers to climate change;
- Practical experiences on rural participatory appraisal processes (especially in land use planning and land cover change analysis);
- GIS based landscape analysis for decision support system;
- Applications of GIS and remote sensing in ecology and resources management;
- Mapping land degradation and poverty based on GIS and participatory approaches;
- Monitoring and predicting environmental degradation based on geo-spatial integration of biophysical and socio-economic data;
- Integration of spatial and non-spatial data to analyze land use change
- Well acquainted with multi-agent and cellular automata models for resources management and spatial scenario analysis to assess impacts of biophysical, socio-economic and policy issues.
8. Software related experience
Well acquainted with different programs including:
- statistical packages such as SPSS, EXCEL, ACCESS, SURFER
- GIS-programs such as ARC/INFO, ArcView, ArcGIS, SPANS
- Remote sensing programs such as ERDAS, IDRISI
9. Award/s won
Gold Medal for the Best Student of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Addis Ababa University,(Nov. 1993).
10. Reports/Publications
1. Tamene, L., 1993. Residential Preference of the Peoples of Addis: the case of Bole Area. An essay submitted to the Department of Geography, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, September, 1993.
2. Tamene, L., 1996. Vegetation Status Monitoring Using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI (1980-1900) data: case study in Ethiopia. Thesis submitted to a partial fulfilment of the Degree of Masters of Arts, School of Agriculture, Silsoe College, UK, September, 1996.
3. Tamene, L. Lemma, M., 1998. Investigation of Opportunities for and Constraints to Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation Innovations in order to Formulate Enabling Environments for Farmer Innovations. ISWC Phase II Project. Mekelle University, Ethiopia. 1998.
4. Tamene, L., 1998. Vegetation status monitoring using satellite images.1999. In Haile et al (eds.). Proceedings of the national workshop on challenges and opportunities for research and development in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia. 16-18 December 1998. Dryland Husbandry Project-Ethiopia. Mekelle University. Mekelle, Ethiopia.
5. Tamene, L., 2000. GIS Applications for the Assessment of the Influences of Biophysical Factors on Land Management Practices in Tigray. A Report submitted for IFPRI-ILRI-MU Joint Project. Mekelle University.
6. Dires, T., Mitiku, H., Fikru, Y., Tamene, L., 2001. Assessment of Rangeland Conditions and Livestock Mobility Pattern in Aba'ala Woreda, North Afar. Field Survey and Applications of Geographic Information Systems, Mekelle University.
7. Tamene, L., Park, S., Vlek, P. 2003. GIS-based assessment of erosion processes in a highly degraded environment, northern Ethiopia: major drivers, accelerating factors and significance to reservoir siltation. Proceedings of the ESSC COST 623 Conference. 5-8 July 2003. Budapest, Hungary.
8. Tamene, L., Park, S., Vlek, P. 2004. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques to understand major processes triggering reservoir sedimentation in the highlands of Ethiopia. Deutscher Tropentag 2004. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
9. Tamene, L and Vlek, P.L.G., 2005c. A GIS-based landscape characterization to assess soil erosion and sediment delivery potential of catchments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. A paper presented in a “Desertification and Land degradation” conference, September 2005, Trier, Germany.
10. Tamene, L., Park, S., Dikau, R., Vlek, P., (in press). Analysis of factors determining sediment yield variability in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Geomorphology.
11. Tamene, L., Park, S., Dikau, R., Vlek, P., (in press). Reservoir sedimentation assessment in the semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopia: rate of sediment yield -catchment area relationship and a semi-quantitative approach for predicting sediment yield. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
12. Tamene, L., Vlek, P. Assessing the potential of changing land use/cover architecture in
reducing sediment yields of catchments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (submitted).
13. Tamene, L., Vlek, P. Predicting landscape susceptibility to soil erosion using the USPED model: a GIS-based case study in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. (In preparation).
14. Tamene, L. (2005). Reservoir siltation in the drylands of northern Ethiopia: causes, source areas and management options (PhD Thesis, Ecology and Development Series 30, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn).
10. Referees
1. Prof. Dr. Paul L.G. Vlek, Director, Department of Ecology and Natural Resources
Centre for Development Research (ZEF)
Walter Flex. Str. 3
D-53113 Bonn
Gernany
Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 73-1866
Fax: +49 (0) 228 / 73-1889
E-mail:
2. Prof. Dr. Richard Dikau
University of Bonn
Department of Geography
Meckenheimer Allee 156
53115 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 228 / 73-3689
Fax: +49 (0) 228 / 73-9099
E-mail:
3. Ass. Prof. Soojin Park
Seoul National University
College of Social Sciences
Department of Geography
Seoul 151-742
Korea
Tel: +82-02-880-9007
E-mail: or
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