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CURRICULUM VITAE

 
     
 
   
Date of Birth: 4 June 1969
   
Place of Birth: Axum, Ethiopia
   
Current position: Researcher, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Eveolutionary Anthropology
 
     
 
 
     
  Academic Background  
     
 
1982-1986 High School (Addis Ababa Bole and Sire High School)
1987-1990 BSc. in Geology (Addis Ababa University)
1993-1994 M.Sc. in paleontology from the University of Montpellier II and Paris VI, France.
1995-1998 Ph.D. in paleoanthropology and paleoenvironment from the University of Paris VI and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle et Paris VI.
 
     
 
 
     
  Work Experience  
     
 
1991-1992 Laboratory of Paleoanthropology (National Museum of Ethiopia)
2000 – 2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
 
     
 
 
     
 

Scholarships

Full scholarship – CNOUS : Paris, France, 1993-1998

 
     
 
 
     
 

Grants awarded and pending

  • National Geographic Society (pending)
  • National Geographic Society (2003)
  • National Geographic Society (2002)
  • Leakey foundation (2001)
  • National Geographic Society (2001)
  • Institute of Human Origins (2000)
  • Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique (1999)
  • French Center for Ethiopian Studies (2000, 2001)
  • Collège de France (1998)
 
     
 
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Scientific visits

2003 - Visiting scientist at the Dept. of Anatomy & Dev. Biol. University College London, UK
2000 – American Museum of Natural History, Dept. of Paleontology New York, USA.

 
     
 
 
     
 

Languages: English, French, Amharic, Tigrigna, Basic Oromifa, and just taking German.

Computer: Good knowledge of commonly used software.

 
     
 
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