Full Name

Tadesse Terefe (PhD)                                                       

Education attend

·         Bahir Dar University 1998-2001, B.Sc (Physics)

·         Computer Science Collage 2002-2003, Diploma  (Computer Science)

·         Addis Ababa University  2006-2007, M.Sc (Atmospheric/Space Physics )

·         Sandwich Training Educational Program (Addis Ababa University and The Abdu Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)) 2009-2013, PhD (Atmospheric Physics)

·         The Abdu Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),  Trieste, Italy Junior Associate from   2017  till present

·         John Hopkins University, USA Guest researcher (from 2018 till present)

Academic rank

Assistant Professor (2013) (Atmospheric Physics)

Working for AAU Since

December 2015 (Advised/co over 20 MSc and PhD students)

Administrative positions held if any/past and present

·         2013-2014 Assistant professor at Debre Markos University, Department of Physics

·         Head of Blue Nile Water Institute

·         2014-2017 Assistant professor at Bahirdar University, Department of Physics and Blue Nile water Institute, Bahirdar.

·         Unit head Space science and astronomy in Institute of Geophysics space science and Astronomy (IGSSA) (2016-2017)

·         Unit head Atmospheric and oceanic unit in IGSSA (2017-

Awards ——— –

Recognitions——-

Memberships of international bodies/ journals- editorial roles initiatives etc.

Awards (some of them):

ü  Principal Investigator: Hydro-Climatic Characterization for Improved Climate Resilience Development (HCC-ICRD) in Six Districts of Ethiopia. OXFAM funded, 2018-2019.

ü  Principal Investigator: Easily understandable national and regional weather and climate hazard map that includes drought, flood, frost, dust storm, hail, lightening, and landslide over Ethiopia. FARM Africa funded 2019.

ü  Co-Principal Investigator: Impact of climate change and variability on water resource and agriculture: towards building adaptation capacity in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University funded thematic project, 2018-2019

ü  Principal Investigator: Climate Change/Variability, impacts on Climate-Sensitive Sectors and Possible Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University funded thematic project, 2019-2021

Address

Campus: Arat Kilo

Building name: Post Graduate Building

Floor number: 8^th

Office room no.:  811

Mobile: +251-91-2652524/+251-91-1988845

University email ID: tadesse.terefe@aau.edu.et   

Alternative email ID: tadessekid@gmail.com

Research interest/not more than hundred words

Regional and global climate modeling and analysis; anthropogenic climate change

and natural climate variability; aerosol modeling and chemistry-climate

interactions; land surface modeling and biosphere-atmosphere

interactions; hydroclimatic regimes and extreme events; impacts of climate on

society and ecosystems. Assessment of climate change and extreme events, Rainfall and drought variability and trend, application of global and regional climate models for

climate change, variability and impact studies (hydrological, agricultural, health and

socio-economical impacts of climate change), projection of climate change and

extreme events. The driving forces and mechanisms of climate change and extreme

 events (assessing and understanding the contribution of environmental degradation;

deforestation, landuse change, urbanization, wet land and water bodies change,

other local forces and global driving forces like sea surface temperature change, global circulation, anthropogenic emission and etc).

Publications on reputable journals

Some Selected Publications

·         Zeleke T, Giorgi F, Mengistu T, Diro G. 2013. Spatial and temporal variability of summer rainfall over Ethiopia from observations and a regional climate model experiments. Theor. Appl. Climatol.  111:665-681, doi 10.1007/s00704-012-0700-4.

·         Zeleke T., Giorgi F., Diro G.T. and Zaitchik B. F (2017) Trend and periodicity of drought over Ethiopia, International Journal of climatology (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/joc.5122.

·         Zeleke T, Damtie B (2017) Temporal and Spatial Climate Variability and Trends Over Abay (Blue Nile) River Basin.  In Social and Ecological System Dynamics: Characteristics, Trends, and Integration in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia: Springer International Publishing Switzerland. Book ID: 334556_1_En, ISBN: 978-3-319-45753-6

·         Zeleke T, Damtie B and Agidew, (2016) Evaluation of regional climate model for Upper Blue Nile River Basin region, Book chapter, under the working title “Climate Models”, ISBN 978-953-51-4743-5.

·         Megbar Wondie & Tadesse Terefe, (2016) Assessment of drought in Ethiopia by using self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index (SCPDSI), I.J.E.M.S., VOL.7 (2) 2016: 108-117.

·         Tesfay Mekonnen Weldegerima, Tadesse Terefe Zeleke, Belay Simane Birhanu, Benjamin Frederick Zaitchik, and Zewdu Alamineh Fetene, (2018) Analysis of rainfall trends and its relationship with SST signals in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia, Hindawi, Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2018, Article ID 5869010, 10 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5869010

·         A. F. Zewdu, M. W. Tesfay, T. T. Zeleke, and M. Nigussie (2018) Harmonic Analysis of Precipitation Time Series in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. Hindawi, Advances in Meteorology, Article ID 1598195.

·         Gilgel AW, Zeleke T and Asfaw M (2018) Assessment and projections of climate change Impacts on Malaria distribution in Ethiopia, IJRES, volume 5, issue 4,pp 20-42, http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2454-9444.0504003.

·         Zeleke et al. (2020) Atlantic Ocean contribution for the spring rainfall of Ethiopia (submitted)

·         Zeleke et al. (2020) Deforestation/afforestation linkage on rainfall/temperature variability over Abay (Blue Nile) River Basin (submitted)