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Team

The DFG Research Unit 2358 - The Mountain Exile Hypothesis brings together researchers of different disciplines from Germany, Ethiopia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Spain.
Research Unit 2358 is designed as an Ethio-German cooperation. The research consortium was composed specifically with regard to the feasibility of the overall project.
Speakers

Sen. Prof. Dr. Georg Miehe
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3, P7
Speaker and PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3

Prof. Dr. Zerihun Woldu
Speaker and PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3

Prof. Dr. Seifu Kebede Gurmessa
Speaker and PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P5

Katinka Thielsen
Coordinator
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: C1

Awol Asefa
Coordinator
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: C1
Project Members

Yeshitla Merene Abebe
PhD-Student
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: P7

Prof. Dr. Tamrat Bekele
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P2

Prof. Dr. Alemseged Beldados
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P1
PhD-Student
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P2

Prof. Dr. Sileshi Nemomissa Duguma
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subprojects: P5, P2
PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: P4 - Phase 2

Mekbib Fekadu Gelaw
PhD-Student
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: P3

Prof. Dr. Yitbarek Wolde-Hawariat Gessese
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P7

Dr. Graciela Gil Romera
Post-Doc
Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom & University of Zaragoza, Spain
Subproject: P4 - Phase 1, P3 - Phase 2

Minassie Tekelemariam Girma
PhD-Student
University of Cologne, Germany
Subproject: P1

Prof. Dr. Bruno Glaser
PI
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P2

Dr.
Alexander Groos
PhD-Student
University of Bern, Switzerland
Subproject: P6

Dr. Binyam Hailu Tesfaw
PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: C2

Addisu Asefa Mitiku
Phd- Student
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: P4

Mohammed Ahmed Muhammed
PhD- Student
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: C2

Betelhem Mekonnen Muluneh
PhD-Student
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P2

Prof. Dr. Agazi Negash
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P1

Dr. Götz Ossendorf
Post-Doc
University of Cologne, Germany
Subproject: P1
Victoria Reuber
PhD-Student
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: P4 - Phase 2
Dr. Dana Schabo
Post-Doc
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: P4 - Phase 2

Dr. Joachim Schmidt
Post-Doc
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: P7

Prof. Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P7

Prof. Dr. Heinz Veit
PI
University of Bern, Switzerland
Subproject: P6

Dr. Ralf Vogelsang
PI
University of Cologne, Germany
Subproject: P1
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P4 - Phase 2

Luise Wraase
Scientific Staff
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: C2

Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Zech
PI
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Subproject: P2
Collaboration Partners
Collaborator
University of Bern, Switzerland
Subproject: P6

Lucas Bittner
Collaborator
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P5 - Phase 1
Collaborator
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
University of Konstanz, Germany
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
Subproject: P4 - Phase 1
Collaborator
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P5 - Phase 1
Collaborator
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
Subproject: P1
Collaborator
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
Subproject: P6
Collaborator
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg & TU Dresden, Germany
Subproject: P5 - Phase 1
Graduated PhDs
David Grady, P4-Phase 1, Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
Graduated Students
Trhas Hadush, MSc., P1, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
David Hauth, BSc., P7, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Philipp Kurth, MSc., P3, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
David Reber, BSc., P3, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Dorothea Renken, MSc., P3, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany