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Kassaye Asfawossen Asrat was elected as an AAS Fellow in 2017. As a fellow, Kassaye Asfawossen Asrat contributes to the development of the Academy's strategic direction through participation in AAS activities and governance structures. This gears the Academy's vision of transforming African lives through science.
Country
Ethiopia
Year Elected
2017
Discipline
Geological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences
Country
Ethiopia
Year Elected
2017
Discipline
Geological, Environmental, Earth & Space Sciences
Prof. Asfawossen Asrat Kassaye is Professor of Geology at the School of Earth Sciences of Addis Ababa University (AAU). He received his PhD from the University of Henri Poincare, Nancy (France) in Geochemistry and Petrology in 2002. He is actively engaged in teaching both at postgraduate and undergraduate levels and in both basic and applied research. He has completed/is undertaking several research projects funded by local and international sources. He has authored/co-authored close to 80 peer-reviewed publications and a book in various fields including Paleoclimatology-Paleoenvironment, Petrology-Geochemistry and Geoheritage in high impact journals. He has been serving at senior level international leadership roles (e.g., Scientific Steering Committee member of PAGES-Past Global Changes; Vice President of the Geological Society of Africa; Member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council; Associate Editor of ‘Quaternary International’; Editor of ‘Scientific African’), and has been recognized as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, and as a young affiliate of TWAS (World Academy of Sciences).
