| Curriculum
Vitae (PDF) |
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Education |
| 2000
- 2006 |
Ph.D. Biogeochemistry
Environmental Science, Policy and Management Dept.; University of
California, Berkeley |
| 1999
-2000 |
M.Sc. Political
Ecology
Resource Development Dept.; Michigan State University |
| 1991
- 1996 |
B.Sc. Soil and
Water Conservation
Soil and Water Conservation Department; University of Asmara, Eritrea |
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Research
Experience |
| 09.2006
- Present |
President's
Postdoctoral Fellow
Earth and Planetary Sciences; University of California, Berkeley |
| 09.2000
- 08.2006 |
Graduate Student
Researcher
Enviornmental Science, Policy & Management Dept.; University of
California, Berkeley |
| 06.2002
- 2006 |
Visiting Graduate
Student Researcher
United States Geological Survey-Menlo Park, Calif. |
| 01.2001
- 12.2003 |
Graduate Student
Researcher
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| 05.2000
- 08.2000 |
Research Assistant
Michigan State University |
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Teaching
Experience |
| 2002
- 2004 |
Graduate Student
Instructor - University of California, Berkeley |
| 1998
- 2000 |
Instructor
- Michigan State University |
| 1993
- 1994 |
Highschool Teacher
- Barka Secondary School, Asmara (Eritrea) |
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Awards,
and Honors |
| 2006-2008
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UC
President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (USD
80,000) |
2003-2006 |
NASA
earth system science graduate fellowship (USD
72,000) |
2005 |
Co-receipient
of the Zayed Environmental Prize (USD 300,000
for experts of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment) |
2005 |
Fellow,
Univ. of Calif. Institute for Preparing Future Faculty |
2002-2005 |
Young
Fellow, Millenium Ecosystem Assessment |
2003-2004 |
Carolyn
Meek Memorial Fellowship (Soil Science) (USD
14,000) |
2000-2003,2005 |
Chancellor’s
Predoctoral Fellowship, UC Berkeley (USD 84,000) |
1999
- 2000 |
College
of Agri.& Nat. Resources Scholarship, Mich. State U. (USD
1,000) |
1999
- 2001 |
Graduate
Opportunity Fellowship, Mich. State U. (USD
3,000) |
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Research
and Travel Grants |
| 2007-2009
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US Department
of Agriculture, NRI Soil Processes Program Grant . Reacvity, Aggregation
and Transport of Nanocrystalline Sesquioxides in the Soil System.
P.I. A.A. Berhe (USD 123,000) |
| 2001,02,03,05,06 |
Regents Fellowship,
University of California - Travel Grants (USD
3,450) |
| 2005 |
NSF
Travel grant, Frontiers in Exploration of the Critical Zone meeting
(USD 500) |
| 2004 |
User
Grant. High Field Magnetic Resonance Facility, Environmental Molecular
Sciences Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Stabilization
of soil organic matter: land use, erosion and burial (Use of 300Hz
and 500Hz NMR spectrometers for five weeks) . P.I. M.S. Torn |
| 2003-2004 |
National Park
Service, Coastal Research Grant.. Stability and Loss of Buried Soil
Organic Carbon in a Depositional Toposequence on a Coastal Watershed
in Tennessee Vakkey, CA.. P.I. A.A. Berhe (USD
1,000) |
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