Category: members

Sintayehu ABEBE Microbiologist Lower Omo Natural Medicine Association Addis Ababa University sintanni[at]gmail.com The groups of people in Omo valley, are facing the worst declining of the biodiversity and of indigenous practices, where the higher threat being man-made. Irrigation schemes for large-scale agriculture by the government like Kuraz Sugar Development Project (KSDP), with its planned 175,000…
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Tewodros MOGES Addis Ababa University teddyarewona[at]gmail.com The Rift faces challenges like habitat destruction, wildlife poaching, and resource exploitation. Activities include conservation programs, anti-poaching patrols, and community education. Projects involve reforestation, sustainable tourism, and partnerships with local communities to promote biodiversity. Expertises / Field to study Anthropology Countries of activity in the Rift Ethiopia GDR Rift…
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Simenew ASSEFA PhD Student Addis Ababa UniversityNatural and Computational Science simenew.assefa[at]aau.edu.et Personal page My research area of interest is renewable energy. Since energy is the engine of everything that does many works. For my research specifically on Organic Solar Cells’ power conversion performance using Plasmonic Nanoparticles at different layers of inverted Organic solar cells, I…
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Peter MAKARIUS Lecturer Archaeological Sciences University of Dar Es Salaam mcpeter7[at]gmail.com Personal page I’ m interested in exploring and underscoring hominin behaviours in relation to food procurement strategies in the past, stone tools manufacture and the synergetic links between hominin-environmental interactions, cognition abilities and subsistence systems. Specifically, I uses phytolith analysis in combination with archaeological…
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Pierre LINCHAMPS Postdoctoral Researcher INEE, UMR 7194 HNHP, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle & University of the Witwatersrand pierre.linchamps[at]gmail.com Personal page Mes recherches portent sur l’évolution des communautés de petits mammifères d’Afrique depuis la fin du Pliocène jusqu’à aujourd’hui. J’aborde plus particulièrement des questions concernant la taxinomie des rongeurs, et l’utilisation des assemblages fossiles à des…
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MichaëlKARANI Lecturer Centre for Communication Studies,College of Humanities,University of Dar es Salaam karanimichael6[at]gmail.com Personal page The Great African Rift includes several linguistic areas belonging to the four major language families of the continent (Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Kongo, Nilo-Saharan and Khoesan). The linguistic diversity of this area is the result of migrations and contacts, sometimes very ancient, between…
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Wannaw HAILEMARIAM Archaeological heritage researcher Ethiopian Heritage Authority (EHA) albuko1994[at]gmail.com I conducted my MA thesis on the coservational challenges of world heritage site of konso cultural landscape which is found in the great rift valley. I presented this on the 3rd GDR colloquium. However for in the future i have a plan to do the…
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Yusuf BELLO Lecturer Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Nigeria belloyusuf21[at]yahoo.com Personal page Based on the field trip experience, I observed the people were faced with a lot of climate uncertainties ” extreme weather events” leading to the occurrence of drought and flood interchangeable over years. The decline of natural resources within rift could be as…
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Bisrat GEBREEGZIABHER ARAYA PhD Student INEE, UMR 5199 PACEA, University of Bordeaux bisratgebreegziabher[at]gmail.com Personal page My PhD research focuses on studying the trophic shifts of Plio-Pleistocene hominds using integrative approach of paleontology, zooarcheology, data analysis and modelling. Expertises / Field to study Archeology Countries of activity in the Rift Ethiopia Kenya GDR Rift Research theme…
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Raphaël PIK CNRS senior Researcher INSU, UMR 7358 CRPG, Nancy raphael.pik[at]univ-lorraine.fr Personal page Expertises / Field to study Geochemistry Geodynamics Volcanology Countries of activity in the Rift Djibouti Ethiopia Kenya GDR Rift partners Université d’Addis Abeba GDR Rift Research theme The Rift heritages Systems dynamics Natural resources Search for GDR Rift members by Institute /…
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