Dr.SOLOMON ADDISU LEGESSE

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FULL NAME:  SOLOMON ADDISU LEGESSE

CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE : V/DEAN, COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

OFFICE ADDRESS :  NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, 42

MOBILE NUMBER : +251 911041030

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:

E-MAIL ADDRESS: soladd2000@yahoo.com / solomonal@bdu.edu.et

FAX ADDRESS:

EDUCATION

  • PhD in Environmental Sciences, Specialization ‘Climate change and Rural livelihoods’, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, India
  • Master of Science in Environmental Science, Addis Ababa University, 2010 Graduate, Ethiopia
  • Bachelor of Art Geography and Environmental Studies, Bahir Dar University 2006 Graduate, Ethiopia

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  1. V/Dean College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University from march/2016 to date
  2. Head Department of Natural Resources management, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University from sept/2015 to march/2016
  3. Head Department of Natural Resources management, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University from 2011to 2012)
  4.   Lecturer, researcher and course chair  for the college of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University (2010-2012)
  5. Instructor at Addis college Science and Technology college, Addis Ababa, from 2008 to 2010.

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • October 19/2015, PhD in Environmental Sciences, Specialization ‘Climate change and Rural livelihoods’, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, India

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: 

  •   June 3 and 4 third annual national conference organizing committee

OTHER MAJOR COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS: (national, regional, international)

  •     Forum For Environment, Bahir Dar Branch since 2011

TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS (list present and past) chronological

  • Land Resources management (Msc)
  • Environment and Climate change (Msc)

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Advanced climatology
  • Environmental Pollution and Management

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Forum For Environment, Bahir Dar Branch since 2011

OFFICE AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Ethiopian Soil Science Society

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Solomon Addisu. (2016). The outlook of Ethiopian long rain season from the global circulation

          model.  Springer, Environmental Systems Research. (2016) 5:16. DOI 10.1186/s40068-

          016-0066-1.

     2. Solomon Addisu, Getachew Fissha, Birhanu Gedif  and Yemane Asmelash. (2016)  

           Perception and Adaptation Models of Climate Change by the Rural People of Lake Tana

           Sub‑basin,  Ethiopia.  Springer, Environmental Systems Research (2016) 5:7 DOI       

            10.1186/s40068- 016-0059-0. 

3 Solomon Addisu, Yihenew G. Selassie, Getachew Fissha and Birhanu Gedif. 2015. Time   

           series trend analysis of temperature and rainfall in lake TanaSub‑basin, Ethiopia.   

            Springer Environmental Systems Research. (2015) 4:25. DOI 10.1186/s40068-015-

           0051-0

4.Yihenew G Selassie, Fentanesh Anemut and Solomon Addisu. The effects of land use types, management practices and slope classes on selected soil physico-chemical properties in Zikre watershed, North-Western Ethiopia. 2015. Springer Environmental Systems Research (2015) 4:3. DOI 10.1186/s40068-015-0027-0.

​5,​​Solomon Addisu, PrasadaRao, MekuriaArgaw, HameedSulayman, Application of GIS on Environmental Degradation Due to the Offshoots of Highway Development Projects: Central Ethiopian Highlands= Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management Vol. 6 No.1 2013.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v6i1.1 \

6. Solomon Addisu, GorawGoshu, YihenewG.Selassie, BerihunTefera,  Evaluation of Watershed Development Plan and Technology Adoption Level of Farmers in Amhara Region, The case of SWHISA Project, Ethiopia - published at: "International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2013 Edition, ISSN 2250-3153, pp 604-614.   www.ijsrp.org

P. V. V. Prasadarao and Solomon Addisu, Trend Analysis And Adaptation Strategies Of Climate Change In North Central Ethiopia, International Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Research(IJASR), Vol. 3, Issue 1, Mar 2013, 253-262, ISSN 2250- 0057, Impact Factor 4.00 .  http://www.tjprc.org

7. Solomon Addisu, YihenewG.Selassie, BerihunTefera , GorawGoshu,  Review of sustainable Environmental Resources management policies, plans, proclamations and Strategies: Amhara National Region State, Ethiopia, International Journal of scientific research and management (IJSRM) Vol.1 No. 2 pp 63-75||2013|| ISSN (e): 2321-3418. www.ijsrm.in

8. KeredinTemamSiraj, Annisa Mohammed, Surendra Bam, Solomon Addisu, Long Years Comparative Climate Change Trend Analysis In Terms of Temperature, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India,  Journal Of Research In Science & Technology, 2013, V  NO.2, ISSUE NO.7 ISSN 2277-1174.  www.abhinavjournal.com

9. Solomon Addisu, P. V. V. PrasadaRao and M. M. NageswaraRao, Statistical Downscaling of Daily Temperature and Rainfall Data from Global Circulation Models: In South Wollo Zone, North Central Ethiopia,  Journal of Research In Science & Technology, 2013,  V.2, ISSUE NO.7 ISSN 2277-1174.  www.abhinavjournal.com

10. Solomon Addisu, MekuriaArgaw,Hameedsulayman, Localised Environmental Degradation Due to the Offshoots of Highway Development Projects: The Case of Central Ethiopian High LandsGlobal Advanced Research Journal of Geography and Regional Planning (ISSN: 2315-5018) Vol. 1(5) pp. 088-098, October, 2012Available onlinehttp://garj.org/garjgrp/index.htm

11. Solomon Addisu, P. V. V. PrasadaRao, Farmers perceptions and adaptations to Climate change in Ethiopia, IEEE Potentials Vol.32, No.5, 6 september, 2013, ISSN 0278_6648

12. Solomon Addisu, Trends of climate change, and perceptions and adaptation strategies of farmers in Bahir Dar zuria District, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia,Proceedings of the 2nd National Workshop of 2012 on “Challenges and Opportunities ofWater Resources Management in Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.

         www.bdu.edu.et/bnwi

13.Tadessse Amsalu and  Solomon Addisu, A review of conservation and management policy in Ethiopia.

          International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, Volume 4, Issue 9,

          September 2014www.ijsrp.org

14, Solomon Addisu,FentahunTesafa, MisganawTeshagerand BelaynehAyele,  Climate ChangeImpact Interventions on Cropping Practices ofBati District, AmharaNational Regional State, Ethiopia. International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research Issue 4 volume 5, Sep. – Oct. 2014 http://www.rspublication.com/ijst/index.html ISSN 2249-9954

15,Birhanu Gedif, Legesse Hadish, Solomon Addisu, and K.V.Suryabhagavan. Drought Risk Assessment usingRemote Sensing and GIS: The Case of Southern Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Natural Sciences Research ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online)Vol.4,  No.23, 2014. www.iiste.org

16, AbyotYismaw, BirhanuGedif, Solomon Addisuand  FeredeZewudu.Forest cover changedetection using remote sensing and GIS in Banja district, Amhara region, Ethiopia.

            International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis 2014; 2(6): 354-360Published    

                online December 23, 2014 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ijema)doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20140206.19

                ISSN: 2328-7659 (Print); ISSN: 2328-7667 (Online)

17, TadeseAmsalu and Solomon Addisu. Assessment of Grazing Land and Livestock Feed Balance in   Gummara Rib Watershed, Ethiopia.Current Agriculture Research Journal Vol. 2(2), 114-122 (2014)

           http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.2.2.08

18. FentahunTesafa, Solomon Addisu, BelaynehAyeleand MisganawTeshagerEconomics of renewable energy production and management: Evidences from Bati districtin EthiopiaAvailable online at http://www.journaldynamics.org/jdar Journal of Dynamicsin Agricultural Research Vol. 1(4), pp.29-35, November 2014 Article ID: JDAR14/0252014 Journal Dynamics

Workshop Proceedings

Solomon Addisu: Trends of climate change, and perceptions and adaptation strategies of farmers in Bahir Dar zuria District,Amhara National Regional State, EthiopiaPaper presented at the  Challengesand  Opportunities of Water Resources Management in Tana Basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, November 2012Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

  1. Solomon Addisu: Paper presentations on the Title ‘ Climate change and Farmers Perceptions in Ethiopia, National conference on Forest Resilience Biodiversity and Climate Change (FRBC-2012), 23th and 24, November, 2012 , Andhra University, India
  2. Solomon Addisu:Paper presentations on the title : Assessment of Grazing Land and Livestock Feed Balance in Gummara-Rib Watershed, Ethiopia. On the conference : National Conference on Free grazing, challenges and opportunities in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar University on June 13 and 14, 2014
  3. Solomon AddisuLegesse and Prof. P. V. V. PrasadaRao. Climate Change Trend Analysis, Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies in Lake Tana Sub-Basin, Ethiopia ‘CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON  AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA Regional workshop organized by: USAID – CIAFS and Bahir Dar University’ October 2014.

 

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Climate change and agriculture
  • Environmental Pollution

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

  • Bergen summer Research school, Norway;  June 15 to 28, 2015 on Sustainable Development Targets for Health: Normative foundations, measurement and country challenges, certificate awarded
  • SEI (Sweden Environmental Institute)  on WEAP software application from march 8 -11, 2014, certificate awarded

KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • GIS and ENVI
  • Matlab and GRADS,
  • INSTAT, basic computer skills,
  •  XLSTAT, and SPSS