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General Information: Name: Ibrahim Ahmed Ali Babikir Address: Department of Geology Faculty of Science Taibah University (www.taibahu.edu.sa)

Email Address:[email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Telephone: +966 542792549. Date & place of birth: 17/03/1964, Gadarif City, Sudan. Nationality: Sudanese Marital status: Married (with five kids) Profession: Associate Professor of remote sensing and GIS, geology and sedimentology.

Certificates: May, 1987.B.Sc. Honours in Geology, second class division one with a university prize for the best degree in geology, Department of geology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum. June. 1994 M.Sc. in geology, Department of geology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum. November, 2006 Ph.D., in remote sensing and GIS at Al Neelain University/Berlin Free University. A program jointly funded by the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD, GERMANY) & Al Neelain University, Sudan.

Experience: 1987-1988: Part-time teaching assistant at the department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Khartoum University. 1988-1990: Research assistant at the Institute of Oceanography, National Council for research, Port Sudan, Sudan. 1990-1994: Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Marine science and Fisheries, Port Sudan, Sudan. 1993-1994: Acting dean of Libraries and Documentation Center, Red Sea University. 1994-1995: Lecturer of Geology and sedimentology at the Faculty of Marine science and Fisheries, Port Sudan, Sudan. 1995- 2006: Lecturer of geology, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Petroleum geology, Basin analysis, remote sensing and GIS at the Department of Geology and then the upgraded School of Applied Earth Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al Neelain University. 2002-2005: Supervisor of the Remote sensing Laboratory of the Geological Research Authority of the Sudan. 2003-2005: Head of the department of geology, School of Applied Earth Science, Al Neelain University. 2007: Assistant of the dean of the Scientific Affairs, Al Neelain University. 2007- October 2010: Part-time researcher and head of the Remote sensing & GIS Unit at the UNESCO CHAIR IN WATER RESOURCES, Khartoum, SUDAN. 2006-2013: Assistant Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al Neelain University. 2013-2014: Associate Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al Neelain University. October 2010-March 2013: Team leader of the Sudapet book project “Petroleum Geology and Resources of the Sudan. 2014-Present: Associate Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Department of Geology\Faculty of Science\Taibah University, Almadinah Almonawara, Saudi Arabia.

RESPONSIBILITIES:  Lecturing at the undergraduate university level courses in remote sensing & GIS, sedimentology, basin analysis, general geology (physical geology), Photogeology, petroleum geology, stratigraphy, geological maps and optical mineralogy.  Lecturing at Post-graduate level courses in remote sensing & GIS; their principles and applications.  Supervising & co-supervising Diploma, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Research students at Al Neelain University, UNESCO-CWR and at the Sudan Academy of Science.  Leading and participating in geology and petroleum exploration-related studies in the Sudanese Red Sea, Gedaref region, the Blue Nile Basin and Atbara region.  Conducting research in the fields of applications of remote sensing and GIS in geological mapping and mineral prospecting.  Conducting research in the fields of geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy.  Conducting research in the fields of applications of remote sensing & GIS in petroleum exploration and GIS geaodatabases design and their applications in geological mapping Wetlands, geological mapping and mineral prospecting, Ecohydrology, groundwater, watershed characterization and management, water pollution, soil mapping and flood risk mapping.  Conducting specialized National & Regional courses on remote sensing & GIS.  Designing and building geology and surface and groundwater related GIS-based geodatabases.  Team leader of Sudapet Book Project; a project for publishing a scientific book entitled: Petroleum Geology and resources of the Sudan.  Team leader for designing and contributing to the editorial board of UNESCO-CWR news letter.  Team leader for the development of MIS for UNESCO-CWR, data collection, data acquisition, designing of an information system for UNESCO-CWR, data sharing with local regional and international institutions.  Team leader &/or member in some local and regional consultancies done for The Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), Khartoum State Government, Sennar State Government and South Kordofan State Government.  Member of a committee responsible for designing guidelines for the scientific magazine of the Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al Neelain University.  Member of a university committee for the vision, objectives and designing guidelines for the Quality assurance and Quality control University Unit, Al Neelain University.  Participating in scheduled capacity building programs, participating in different local & regional research networks (e.g. Ecohydrology group-FRIEND NILE, GIS Cluster-NBCBN (Nile Basin Capacity Building Network), River Morphology Cluster-NBCBN), participating with other researchers in different research programs held by UNESCO–CWR, participating in organising local and regional conferences, workshops and seminars;  Participating in the various consultancies in the fields of hydrology, hydraulics, soil mapping, land cover/land use and agricultural and vegetation mapping, flood risk mapping and assessment, applications of RS & GIS carried out by UNESCO-CWR;  Organizing, leading and/or participating in field trips: undergraduate level; post graduate level, Oil operating companies and in local, regional and international workshops and conferences.  Coordinating the sharing of spatial data between the different offices in UNESCO-CWR and between UNESCO-CWR and other governmental institutions, UN-Organizations, Nongovernmental organizations and regional & international institutions & organizations.  A GIS & Database team leader (since August 2008) the duties included data collection and acquisition (rainfall, temperature, evaporation, river & wadi discharge, sediment loads, etc.), spatial data layers creation and compilation (watersheds, stream networks, soil, geology, topography, vegetation cover, land use/land cover, population etc.), ordering and downloading of satellite data (Landsat ETM, TM, MSS, SRTM and ASTER GDEM digital elevation data for the whole Sudan and the Nile Basin, creation of a geodatabase, designing an information system for UNESCO-CWR, conducting meetings and discussions with other governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations for data exchange, supervision of system updates.  Leading the team of the Sudapet book project responsible for publishing a geoscientific book entitled “Petroleum Geology and Resources of the Sudan”. Gathering the authors’ team, share writing the book chapters, leading the networking among the chapters authors groups, reporting, contacting the international publishers…….etc.  Sharing the leadership of the Sudapet fieldtrips in the Fracture basement project to El Jebalein and the Red Sea territories.  Team leader of the study “A Reconnaissance Geological Investigation along the Red Sea Coast North of Port Sudan (Block 13)” conducted for CORAL Petroleum Operating Company, Sudan, February 2012.  Contributing to the Joint study Project “Hydrocarbon Potentiality of the Red Sea Based on Surface Geological Field Surveys and Laboratory Approach” between the Central Petroleum Laboratories (CPL)/Upstream Directorate and Sudapet Company Ltd. /Research and Technology (Ongoing Study).  Team leader of the study “Reconnaissance Geological Investigation and Geophysical Field Scouting in Block 8 Concession Area” conducted for the Blue Nile Petroleum Operating Company “BNPOC”, Sudan, April 2013.

Publications & Scientific Contributions:  Elsheikh, Abdalla E., Nayel, K. E., Elsayed, K. A. and Babikir, I. A. A., 2014; Groundwater potentialities assessment of the River Atbara alluvial sediments El Girba-New Halfa area, eastern Sudan, American Journal of Science and Technology; Vol.1, No.4, 2014, pp. 187-193.

 Elmahal, A. E. E, Fadul, M .H, Babikir, I. A. A., 2013, Impacts of Soil Water Rise on Orchard Fields and Buildings in El-Zaidab Agricultural Scheme, River Nile State, Sudan. British Society of Geomorphologists Annual Meeting 2013. Hosted by the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway University of London on the 9 - 11th September 2013.

 El Khidir, S. O. and Babikir, I. A. A., 2013, Digital image processing and geospatial analysis of landsat 7 ETM+ for mineral exploration, Abidiya area, North Sudan, International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, Volume 3, No 3, 2013.

 Babikir, I. A. A., Elgaily A., Ahmed, A., Saeed, M. and Ismail, A., 2013, Reconnaissance Geological Investigation and Geophysical Field Scouting in Block 8 Concession Area. A study conducted for the Blue Nile Petroleum Operating Company (BNPOC), Sudan.  Babikir, I. A. A., Awad, M. Z. Eisawi, A. A. M. and Adam, A. E., 2013, A new lithostratigraphic framework of the Atbara Basin, Central Sudan, 24th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 Eisawi, Ali A. M., Awad, M. Z., Adam, A. E. and Babikir, I. A. A., 2013, Late Miospores from the Atbara Basin, north-central Sudan, 24th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 Awad, M. Z., Babikir, I. A. A., Eisawi, Ali A. M., and Wadidi, E. A.,2013, Petroleum geology and resources of the Sudan: A geoscientific book as a knowledge sharing initiative, 24th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 Ali, E. A. El khidir, S. O., Babikir, I. A. A. and Abdelrahaman, E. M., 2012, Landsat ETM+ Digital image processing for lithological and structural enhancement, Abediya Area, North Sudan., The Open Remote Sensing Journal, , 5, 83-89.  Wadidi, E. and Babikir, I. A. A., Sudan Structural GIS & SEEBASETM Project: A GIS Mining tool for Oil Exploration in Sudan, 2012, Sudanese Association of Petroleum Geoscientists (SAPEG) 5th Conference, 2012, Friendship Hall, Khartoum, Sudan.  Babikir, I. A. A. , Hag Elkhidir, Sami O. and Ahmed, Badr el Din K., 2012, Application of digital image processing and GIS in geological mapping in the area around J. Erba, Red Sea Hills, NE Sudan, Sudanese Association of Petroleum Geoscientists (SAPEG) 5th Conference, Friendship Hall, Khartoum, Sudan.

 Mohamed, E. Oshi; Ali, Omer E., Babikir, I. A. A. and Eisawi, Ali A. M., 2012, A new lithostratigraphic subdivision of the Shendi Formation, Central Sudan. , Sudanese Association of Petroleum Geoscientists (SAPEG) 5th Conference, 2012, Friendship Hall, Khartoum, Sudan.  Babikir, I. A. A., ElFaki, E. M., Mohamed, A. E. and ElGaily, A., 2012, A Reconnaissance Geological Investigation Along the Red Sea Coast North of Port Sudan (Block 13). CORAl Petroleum Operating Company, Sudan.  Eisawi, Ali A.M., Babikir, I. A.A. and Salih Khalaf Allah O., 2011, Paleoecological significance of newly discovered trace fossils near the Gedaref town, eastern Sudan, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 61, p. 233–237.  Ahmed, A. A.; Ibrahim, S.A.; Babikir, I. A. A. and Fadul, M. H., 2010, Nile River Bank Erosion and Protection, Special Publication by The Nile Basin Capacity Building Network Publisher, Cairo, Egypt.  El Khidir, S. O. and Babikir, I. A. A., 2010, Digital image processing and geospatial analysis of Landsat ETM+ for mineral exploration, Abediya Area, North Sudan. Arabic Mineral Resources, 11th Conference, October 2010, Tripoli, Libya.  Nobert, J., Kongo, S. M., Robert, B., Elshamy, M., Babikir, I. A. A., Haguma, D. Moges, S. A. and Ambaye, E. B., 2010, Sediment Yield Modeling Using SWAT Model in Tropical Regions: Case of Rugezi, Koka Reservoir, Simiyu and PanganiCatchements in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Tanzania.Special Publication by The Nile Basin Capacity Building Network Publisher, Cairo, Egypt.  Eissawi, A., Babikir, I. A. A., and Osman, K. 2009, Paleoecological significance of newly discovered trace fossils near Gedaref town, eastern Sudan. Sudanese Association of Petroleum Geoscientists, SAPEG 4th Conference, Friendship Hall, Khartoum, Sudan.  Elsheikh, Abdalla E., Babikir, I. A. A., & A. Elsayed, Khalid., 2009, The Evolution of the Gash River basin, Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 17.  Elsheikh, Abdalla E., Babikir, I. A. A., 2009, Groundwater Balance in Khor Arbaat Basin, Red Sea state- NE Sudan, Hydrogeology Journal.  Ahmed, A. A., Fadul, H. M., Babikir, I, A. A. and Bashir, E. M., 2009, Water Resources in Darfur, Sudan, UNESCO CHAIR IN WATER RESOURCES, Sudan, special publication.  Nafi, M., M.Z. Awad, E. M. Abdel Rahman, A. EL Amein, Babikir, I. A. A.& M. El Dawi, 2009, SIGNIFICANCE OF PALEOZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH SUDAN, The First International Symposium on the Petroleum and other Geological Resources in the Tethys Realm (17-25 March, 2009, Cairo University).  Ibrahim, Y. A., Babikir, I. A. A., Ahmed, A. A., and Abdu, G. M., 2008, Impact assessment of changes in land use on the flow regimes of the river Nile basin in Sudan using remote sensing and GIS techniques. International Conference on the Impact of the Climate Change on the Water Resources System of the Nile Basin, Organized by the UNESCO-IHE –Netherland, In Cairo Egypt, 27th - 28th October, 2008.  Fadul, H. M., Babikir, I. A. A., Hag elkhidir, S. O. and Zarrog, , 2007, Soil Survey Inventory and Land Evaluation For Development and Investment-Map Atlas, South Kordofan State, Sudan, UNESCO CHAIR IN WATER RESOURCES, Khartoum, SUDAN.  Haberlah, D., Babikir, I. A. A. and Ali, E., 2006, Satellite Map Sheet Series of Sudan, Geological Research Authority of Sudan. Project in collaboration with the Geological Research Authority of The Sudan, Al Neelain University, TFH-Berlin, FU- Berlin & ACACIA-Cologne.  Babikir, I. A. A, 2006, Digital Image Processing of Landsat7 data and GIS Application for Geological Investigation in Jebel Erba Area, Red Sea Hills, NE Sudan, Ph. D. Thesis. Al Neelain University, Khartoum, SUDAN.  Babikir, I. A. A., 2006, Geological map of J. Erba Area (1:250 000), Red Sea Hills, Sudan, a map produced using Remote sensing and GIS, Al Neelain University, Khartoum, SUDAN.  Babikir, I. A. A., 2006, Geological map of J. Oda Area (1:250 000), Red Sea Hills, Sudan; a map produced using Remote sensing and GIS, Al Neelain University, Khartoum, SUDAN.  Babikir, I. A. A., 1994, Investigation on the Recent Sedimentology of Khor Eit, Red Sea Coast, Sudan. M.Sc. Thesis. Geol. Dept. Khartoum University, Sudan.  Babikir, I. A. A., 1992. Sedimentology of the Tertiary sediments North of Portsudan and South of Mohammed Qol, Red sea coast, Sudan. The international symposium on sedimentation and rifting in the Red sea and Gulf of Aden, 10-14 January 1992, Cairo, Egypt.  Babikir, I. A. A., 1992. Sedimentary facies and facies sequences of the recent sediments of Khor Eit, red sea coast, Sudan. The international symposium on sedimentation and rifting in the Red sea and Gulf of Aden, 10-14 January 1992, Cairo, Egypt.

Participations:

Membership in high committees:  2010-2013 Coopted Member in the Basic Sciences Committee; a consultancy committee of the National Council for Higher Education, Ministry of Higher education, Sudan. Conducted tasks include assessment, evaluation and reporting on the academic and non-academic aspects (Curricula and infrastructure) of three newly established faculties of Petroleum and minerals.

 2006 – 2007 Member in the Self-Assessment and Evaluation Committee, Al Neelain University. A higher university committee responsible for submitting a proposal, to the Vice-President’s Office, of the establishment of an Academic Accreditation and Self-Assessment Unit and starts disseminating and raise the awareness about the Academic Self-Assessment and Evaluation and Quality and Accreditation.

 Member of the Higher Examination Committee at the Faculty of Science and Technology during the Periods: 1997-1999 and 2003-2005.

 Member of the Higher Examination Committee of Al Neelain University during 2007.

Post-graduate Supervision:  Co-supervising the PhD. Candidate:Anwar El-Sadat El-Tayeb El-Mahal. Thesis title:Modeling geomorphic units In Wadi Elmukabrab and its Neighborhood with special reference to Elzaidab water rise problem, case study, River Nile State (Sudan). Institute& Date: UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, ongoing PHD study.  Supervising the MSc. candidate: Khalid Elsir Ahmed Nayl. Thesis title: Sedimentological Setting and Groundwater Potentialities of Karab Formation Atbara Basin, Elseuel- KhashmElgirba Strip. Institute & Date: Faculty of Petroleum & Minerals, Al NeelainUniv, Ongoing MSc. study  Supervised the MSc. Candidate:Yassin Mohamed Yassin Thesis title: Applications of Remote sensing and GIS Techniques in the Management of Water-related GIS geodatabases, South Kordofan State, Sudan. Institute & Date:Sudan Academy of Science, Engineering Research and Industrial Technology Coordination Council, Groundwater Technology, April 2009.  Supervised the MSc. Candidate:AnasGafaar Thesis title: Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Establishing a GIS Geodatabase for West Darfur State, Sudan. Institute & Date: Sudan Academy of Science, Engineering Research and Industrial Technology Coordination Council, Groundwater Technology, 2009.  Supervised the MSc. Candidate:Maouda Salaheldin Thesis title: Remote Sensing and GIS Utilization in Watershed Characterization, Case Study: Wadi Shalengo, Wadi Elghala and Wadi Abusiba, South Kordofan State, Sudan. Institute & Date: Sudan Academy of Science (SAS), 2009.  Supervised the MSc. Candidate:Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Adam Thesis title:The use of remote sensing and GIS Techniques with special emphasis on the use of Arc Hydro data model in Characterizing Atbara River Watershed. Institute & Date: Sudan Academy of Science, Engineering Research and Industrial Technology Coordination Council, Groundwater Technology, November 2010.

Internal & External Examiner: External examiner for: Abdalla, M.A., 2003, Facies, depositional environment and reservoir quality of Ghazal Formation (Campanian-) Muglad Rift Basin, Sudan, M.Sc. thesis, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, p. 231. Internal examiner for: Mohammed, S. Y., 2009, Assessment of Groundwater Potential and Polution Risks using Mathematical Modeling: A case of Gash Basin, Kassala area, Sudan. PHD thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan. Internal examiner for: Elawad, K. E., 2009. Assessment of NOAA Rainfall Estimated from CD Against Ground Data in Sudan. MSc. thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan. External examiner for: Adam, A. E., 2010,Sequence stratigraphy of the Samaa, Yabus and Adar Formations (Paleocene-Oligocene), Agordeed Field, Melut Basin. Southeastern Sudan,M.Sc. thesis, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Internal examiner for:Kadoda, A. M. E., 2010, Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Assessment of Groundwater in Khartoum District. MSc. thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan. Internal examiner for:Ahmed, A. M. A., 2010, Hydrogeological and Groundwater Quality Assessment in East Blue Nile area Khartoum State, Sudan. MSc. thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan. Internal examiner for:Mohamed, A. O. A., 2010, Optimum Design and Construction of Water Wells (Case Study), Sudan. MSc. thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan. External examiner for: Ali, Y. A. A., 2011. Reservoir characterization of Aradeiba main sand based on sedimentological aspects, Muglad Basin SW Sudan.MSc thesis, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. External examiner for: Babikir, K. M. E., 2012, Spatial Analysis of Remotely Sensed and GIS Geophysical Data for Water Resources Exploration in Kadugli Sheet Area, South Kordofan State, Sudan, Sudan Academy of Science. External examiner for: Nadir Abdul Hameed., 2012, The impact of climate change on the shift of the central Sudan ecological zones between Latitude 12o and 18oN. Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Khartoum. External examiner for: Sanaa Elfatih Abdulaziz., 2013, Comparison of Rainfall variability and soil types in crop productivity in EL Fashi, Kutum and Kabkabia localities, North Darfur, Sudan. MSc. thesis, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Khartoum, Sudan.

External examiner for: Noha, I. Abueed., 2013, Sedimentological study of the (-Cenozoic) Formations of the Blue Nile Basin, Sudan, M.Sc. thesis, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

Conducted Courses: 7th – 21st April 2003: Basics of Remote sensing & Digital image processing,A course conducted for the Geological Research Authority (GRAS), Khartoum, Sudan. 1th – 5thOctober 2007: Introduction to GIS, a course conducted to WES – UNICEF, West Darfur, ElGeneina. 5th – 8th November 2007: Introduction to GIS, a course conducted to WES – UNICEF, North Darfur, ElFashir. 11th – 14th November 2007: Introduction to GIS, a course conducted to WES – UNICEF, South Darfur, Nyala. 24th –30th May 2008: Introduction to Remote sensing & Digital Image processing, UNESCO - CWR, Khartoum, Sudan. 1st –7th June 2008: Introduction to GIS, UNESCO - CWR, Khartoum, Sudan. 24th –30th May2008: Introduction to Remote sensing & Digital Image processing, UNESCO - CWR, Khartoum, Sudan. 24th June– 7th July 2009:Data Management / GIS I (Basic course), Project for Human Resources Development for Water Supply, PWCT / JICA (Public Water Corporation Training Centre processing/ Japanese International Corporation Agency), Public Water Corporation, Khartoum, Sudan. 8th – 19th November 2009:Data Management / GIS I (Basic course), Project for Human Resources Development for Water Supply, PWCT / JICA (Public Water Corporation Training Centre processing/ JapaneseInternational Corporation Agency), Public Water Corporation, Khartoum, Sudan. 20th June – 1st July 2010:Data Management / GIS, Project for Human Resources Development for Water Supply, PWCT / JICA (Public Water Corporation Training Centre processing/ Japanese International Corporation Agency), Public Water Corporation, Khartoum, Sudan.

Research Activities: 1990-91-92: Three field trips with the German group of the Special Research Project SFB69 – Geoscientific Problems in Arid and semi-arid regions, Red sea coastal area, Sudan. 1994-1995: UNEP Project (OCA/PAC) WG.20/6,''Protective measures against the impact of the expected sea-level rise in Delta Tokar- an assessment of ground water resources. September 1992: The Gulf of Aden and Red Sea Marine Mission on board the French marine research vessel Marion Dufresn. 2004-2006: Production of Satellite Map Sheet Series of Sudan, Geological Research Authority of Sudan. A project in collaboration with the Geological Research Authority of The Sudan, Al Neelain University, TFH-Berlin, FU- Berlin & ACACIA-Cologne. April 2009-April2010: Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping for the Blue Nile River of the Sudan. project undertaken by CWR_UNISCO, Sudan and Riverside, USA for ENTRO (Eastern Nile technical regional Office- NBI (Nile Basin Initiative). Nov. 2011-2012: Spatial data Standardization for Sudapet Company Ltd. (An ongoing research project).

Memberships: 2003-present: Member of the GIS research cluster of the Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineers (NBCBN-RE), UNESCO chair, Sudan. 2003-present: Member of the River Morphology research cluster of the Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineers (NBCBN-RE), UNESCO chair, Sudan. 2007-present: Member of the Ecohydrology research group, FRIEND/NILEResearch component, UNESCO. 2008-present: Member of the Sudanese Association for Petroleum Geologist (SAPEG). 2013-present: Member of the Geological Association of Africa.

Attended Training Programs: 22-30 March 1997: Training Program for Education and Teaching. A program delivered by the Centre for developing the Performance of the Staff Members, Faculty of Education, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. February 25th – March 15th 1999: Training Course in Remote Sensing Technology and GIS. A course conducted by the Remote Sensing Authority, National Council for Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum, Sudan. 2000-2002: Remote sensing & GIS training course package (PhD courses, including introductory courses on Remote sensing, and GIS, Advanced GIS, Digital Image Processing of remotely sensed data), Fernekundung der Erde, Freie Universitat Berlin. July 2004: GIS & Spatial data Infrastructure for water resources. A training course arranged by the Economic commission for Africa (ECA), Cairo, Egypt. 24-28 December 2006: The 10th Training Program for the Responsible Frameworks of the Self-Assessment and Evaluation Units in the Higher Education Institutions. Advanced training program arranged by the Ministry of Higher Education, Khartoum, Sudan. 24-26 April 2007: Principles of the Presidency Award of Development Model, Total Quality Center, Higher Council for Total Quality, Republic Presidency, Khartoum, Sudan. 27-30 April 2007:Total Quality Management and Management Process, Total Quality Center, Higher Council for Total Quality, Republic Presidency, Khartoum, Sudan. 1st-7th May 2007: Auditors/auditing leaders of Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000), Total Quality Center, Higher Council for Total Quality, Republic Presidency, Khartoum, Sudan. Sept 2008: GIS and Ecohydrology Application, FRIEND NILE, Ecohydrology Component, Nairobi, Kenya. Oct. 2009: Flood Risk Mapping, Flood Preparedness and early warning, ENTRO, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4 – 14th June 2013: Advanced training course for lecturers on Geoinformation, Remote sensing and Application of didactical basics. A course conducted at the Beuth Hochschule fur Technik Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany. The training was organized on behalf of DAAD/German Academic Exchange Service to support the teaching capacity in Geoinformation at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia; Al Neelain University, Sudan; University of Juba, South Sudan; and Universite Evangelique en Afrique, D. R. Congo.