Resume
Curriculum vitae
| Name: |
MOGESSIE Aberra |
| Date of Birth: |
26.09.50, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Marital Status: |
Married (Ketsela Wubneh-Mogessie since 1978) |
| Children: |
one daughter (Bruktayit Mogessie, 1979) |
| Nationality: |
Austrian (born Ethiopian) |
| Languages Spoken: |
German, English, Amharic |
University Education
- University of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
Geology and Chemistry, BSc 1973
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA Geology, MSc,
1976
- University of Innsbruck, Austria, (Petrology of the
Oetztal amphibolites, Austria), Dr.rer.nat (1984) with Distinction
- University of Graz, Austria, Habilitation (Platinum
mineralization in the Duluth Complex, USA), 1995
Other training
- UNESCO sponsored training program in Inner-shelf and
Near-shore Geology, held in Malindi, Kenya from 16-29 Sept. 1973. Director
of the program-Prof.J.H.Schroeder, TU Berlin.
- Work on Ramdohrs ore samples at the Max-Planck Institute,
Heidelberg, Germany with the guidance of Prof. El Goresy (1986).
- University of Indiana, Bloomington, U.S:A(1991):
Isotope work with the guidance of Prof. Ed. Ripley
- University of Oxford, Great Britain (2012) Workshop on
Solar Radiation Management Initiative (SRMGI)
Appointments / Work Experience
| 1971-1972 |
A high school teacher (Ethiopian University Student´s National
Service) |
| 1973-1974 |
Graduate Assistant, Geology Department,Addis Ababa University,
Ethiopia. |
| 1974-1976 |
Graduate study, University of Minnesota, U.S.A. |
| 1976-1981 |
Lecturer-Asst.Professor, Geology Department, Addis Ababa University,
Ethiopia. |
| 1981-1984 |
PhD study , University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1985-1988 |
Research Fellow University of Innsbruck, Austria: |
| 1989-1992 |
Lecturer Mining University of Leoben, Austria |
| 1992-1995 |
Lecturer, University of Graz, Austria |
| 1995 |
Ao. Univ. Professor, University of Graz, Austria |
| 1999-2001 |
Chairman, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Graz |
| 2001 -2004 |
Vice Chairman, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of
Graz |
| 2010 -2012 |
Deputy Chairman of the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of
Graz |
| 2011 |
Appointed as Senior Research Associate, NRRI, University of
Minnesota, Duluth, USA |
Some Synergetic Activities
| 1977-1980 |
Managing Editor/Associate Editor of Sinet: An Ethiopian
Journal of Science.( a member of the founding group of the Journal) |
| Since 1989 |
Reviewer of scientific papers for the Journals Mineralogy &
Petrology, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Computers &
Geosciences, Journal of African Earth Sciences,American Mineralogist,
Canadian Mineralogist etc. |
| Since 2003 |
Coordinator for Socrates/Erasmus and CEEPUS scholarships for the
Earth Sciences at the University of Graz |
| 2000 |
Wallbrecher, E., Loizenbauer, J., Fritz, H., Unzog, W., and
Mogessie, A. eds. Journal of African Earth Sciences v.30, No.4a, Special
Abstract Issue, 18th Colloquium of African Geology, Graz, 3-7-July, 2000 |
| 2006 |
Guest Editor (Proyer and Mogessie):Eclogites and related rocks.
Mineralogy and Petrology , vol. 88, No.1-2, PP.1-405. Springer Wien New
York.(2006). |
| 2012 |
External project reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation |
Membership in Scientific Societies/Awards and recognitions
- President of the Geological Society of Africa
(2008-2012; relected to serve until 2016)
- President of the Austrian Mineralogical Society
(elected January 2014)
- Vice President of the Austrian Mineralogical Society,
elected on 17.01.2011, 2012 & 2013
- Executive Board Member The Austrian Mineralogical
Society
- Representative of the Austrian Mineralogical Soceity in
the International Mineralogical Association Commission for Ore Minerals
(IMA-COM)
- Second Secretary (until 2003) for the Natural Sciences
Society of Steiermark, Austria
- Fellow Society of Economic Geologists - FSEG (since
July 1990)
- Fellow African Scientific Institute (ASI)
- Life Member, Geological Society of Africa
- Member of the International Scientific Committee for
the 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Co-Chair of the the 25th Colloquium of African Geology
(CAG25) and the 3rd Young Earth Scientists Congress (YES),Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania (2014)
- Member of the International Scientific Committee for
IMA2014, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Advisory Editorial Board Member, Journal of African
Earth Sciences
- Advisory Editorial Board Member, and co-founder, SINET
Ethiopian Journal of Science
- Editorial Board Member, Geosciences Journal
- Convenor of the Platinum in the new millennium Session
EG52 of IMA 2010; Budapest
- Convenor- of the IMA 2010-WSC5, Platinum Short Course
at the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Mining University of Leoben
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the IUGS meeting (2010, Paris), at the IUGS 50th Anniversary (2011, Paris);
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the IUGS Executive Committee meeting (2012) in San Sabastian, Spain
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the Mineral Resources meeting organized by the African-Carribean-Pacific (ACP)
Secretariat, Brussels (May 2011 and September 2011)
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the meeting organized by the EU and the Euro Geo-Surveys,
Brussels (June 2011)
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the high level EU-AU Mineral Resources (Jan.2012)
- Representative of the Geological Society of Africa at
the Solar Radiation Management (SRM) Workshop in Dakar, Senegal (June 2012)
organized by the African Academy of Sciences & The Senegales Academy of
Sciences and Technology
- Member of the Steering Committee of GIRAF(Geoscience
InfoRmation in Africa)
- Member of the Steering committee of the
African-European-Georesources-Observation System (AEGOS,
May 2010, Dares Salam, Tanzania)
- President of the Steering Committee of AEGOS (April
2011, Dakar, Senegal)
- Member of the selection committee for scholarship
offered to African participants by the Australian Government, for the IGC 34
in Brisbane, Australia, 2012
- Elected Board Member of The Earth Science Matters Foundation ,
August 2012 in Brisbane, Australia.
- Senior Advisory Board Member of the International
Association of Geoethics (IAGETH) since 2012
- Member of Expert Group: Economic transformation of
Africa:the role of mineral resources (2013) Brussel
- Member of the Expert Group: EuroGeosurveys and African
Geological Surveys meeting (2014), Brussel
- Member: AUC - AMDC African Geology and Minerals
Information Systems Expert Group and Consultative Meeting, UNECA, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.2014
- Member of the Expert Group: Country Mining Vision
Methodoloy Workshop, AMDC, Debrezeit, Ethiopia. 2014
AWARDS/Honors
- Gold Medal and Plaque Award by the NIGERIAN MINING AND
GEOSCIENCES SOCIETY (NMGS) - NMGS/AMNI Petroleum/Oyawoye Award in
honor of Prof. Oyawoye (The firstPresident of the Geological Society of
Africa) – as the 2011 African hard rock petrologist.
- Leloir Prize from the Argentinian Ministry of Science and
Technology Transfer (2012): For my two decades contribution in scientific
research and academic mobility between Austria and Argentina
- Dedication of a special issue of the Journal of African Earth
Sciences to me and the Geological Society of Africa Presidents who
have served the society since its establishment in 1973.
Teaching Experience
I have been teaching several courses in Mineralogy, Crystallography ,
Petrology, Geochemistry and mineral deposits at
- The University of Addis Ababa,
- University of Innsbruck,
- Mining University of Leoben and
- University of Graz (since 1976).
In addition to lectures I have given in national and international meetings,
I had held
- workshop on subjects related to Silicate Mineralogy and Platinum
mineralization at The University of El Menia, Egypt,
- lectures to students and staff at the University of Bahia
Blanca, Argentina and University of Budapest, Hungary
Organized student geological excursions to Cyprus,
Ethiopia, Argentina, Bulgaria, USA
Thesis advisor and post doctoral-scholar sponsor
| Undergraduate: |
Klaus Lassnig (BS 2004); Issabella Schneider (BS 2004), Raphael
Staunig (BS 2006), Peter Kolleger (2008), Florian Tauber (2008), Sara
Raic (2010), Katharina Kuerbisch (2010), Stefan Bruestle (2010) |
| Graduate: |
Anja Felfernig (Mag. 1999), Johannes Schafflechner (Mag. 2002),
Michael Glaser (Ms. 2002), Christoph Bauer (MS. 2002), Herwig Werner
(MS. 2002), Barbara Kosednar (MS. 2003), Heike Wonisch (Ms. 2003),
Miriam Baumgartner (Ms 2005), Gregor Scheipl (Ms. 2005), Bernadette
Goritschnigg (Ms. 2005), Peter Onuk (2011- ) Christoph Hauzenberger
(Dr.rer.nat, -1997); Hans Peter Bojar (Dr.rer.nat, 2000); M.Feichter
(Dr.rer.nat., 2006); Florian Gallien (Doctor candidate 2005 – present)
Gregor Scheipl (Doctor candidate 2005 – present);, Sara Raic
(2014...) |
| Co-advisor: |
Kurt Krenn (Dr.rer.nat., 2001), Kebede Hailu Belete (Dr.rer.nat,
2000), Dejene A. Tessema (Dr.rer.nat., 2001, Chemistry), Milena
Giorgieva (PhD Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2005), Ali Mohammed (PhD
candidate,University of Elminia, Egypt , 2003 – present), Lorena Prively
(PhD candidate, University of San Juan, Argentina, 2005 – present),
Florencia Garguilo (PhD candidate, University of Bahia Blanca,
Argentina, 2008); Ahmed Abdulrasheed Aboul-Hassan, University of Sohag,
Egypt, 2008), Lorena Prively (PhD candidate, University of San Juan,
Argentina, 2014), |
| Post-doctoral candidates: |
Timothy Johnson (2000-2002); Gabriella Ferracutti
(2005, 2011), Zsolt Benko (2011-2014) |
Research Awards and Grants
My main field of research deal with:mineralogy, petrology,
geochemistry and mineral deposits.Research Areas are Austria, Argentina,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Tanzania, North America (Minnesota) and Bulgaria.
Recent and Current funding (as project leader) - Austria Science Fund (ca.
€100 000 — €300 000 / Project)
| 1996-1998 |
FWF-Project P10623-TEC |
„metamorphism and mineralization, San Luis Province, Central
Argentina“. |
| 1998-2002. |
FWF-Project P12180-TEC |
Genesis of gold in Strassegg and Pb-Zn in Graz-Paleozoic. |
| 2000-2002 |
FWF-Project P13643-GEO |
The petrology and mineralization of the Yubdo-Daleti-Tulu Dimtu
mafic-ultramafic rocks and the surrounding basement rocks, Ethiopia. |
| 2005-2009 |
FWF-Project P17350-N10 |
The petrology, geochemistry and mineralization of the
mafic-ultramafic rocks in the surrounding basement rocks of the La
Huerta-Valle Fertil ranges, San Juan province, Argentina. |
| 2011-2014 |
FWF-Project P 23157-N21 |
Role of magma and fluid flow processes in distribution of Cu-Ni and
Platinum – Group Elements (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, U.S.A). |
Projects where I was involved as a cooperation partner
| FWF P9703 –GEO: |
Geodynamic of the Panafrican orogenesis in North East Africa
(Leader: E. Wallbrecher) |
| FWF P12375-GEO: |
Geodynamic setting of the Panafrican Orogenesis (Leader: E.
Wallbrecher) |
| FWF P15599-GEO: |
Panafrican and older tectonic developments in Tanzania (Leader: E.
Wallbrecher) |
Other projects with Ethiopian colleagues are related to Geotourism in
Ethiopia:
“Contribution of Geology to the growth of the Tourism
Industry in Ethiopia” (Leader: A. Asrat, University of Addis Ababa) –
financed by the Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission.
Industry Projects where I was involved as Thesis advisor (Actual titles are
given in German)
- Leichtmetall Kompetenz Zentrum Ranshofen, Upper Austria
Christoph BAUER (Msc. 2002): Bildung, Stabilität, Nachweis und
Auswirkung von Magnisiumnitrid in Magnesium legierung.
Michael GLASSER (MSc. 2002): Phaseanalyse von Tiegelschlamm und Krätze in
Magnesium – Recycling – Betrieb.
- EPCOS OHG (Deutschlandsberg, Styria)
Barbara KOSEDNAR (MSc. 2003): Piezoaktoren aus verlustarmer Keramikmasse mit
Kupfer-Innenelektroden.
Heike WONISCH (MSc. 2003): Entwicklung von NTC-Thermistoren mit geringer
Exemplarschwankung für Hochtemperaturanwendungen
- Nanotechnologie Zentrum, Weiz, Styria
Gregor SCHEIPL (2005): Vorreinigung organischer Pulver sowie deren chemische
Characterizierung.
