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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

Prof. Dr. Thomas Nauss

Speaker and PI

Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Subprojects: C1, C2

Prof. Dr. Lars Opgenoorth

Speaker and PI

Philipps-University Marburg, Germany

Subprojects: C1, C2, P3, P7

Prof. Dr. Sebsebe Demissew

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

Tobias Bromm

PhD-Student

Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Subproject: P2

Prof. Dr. Sileshi Nemomissa Duguma

PI

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Subprojects: P5, P2

Prof. Dr. Nina Farwig

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

Prof. Dr. Tilaye Wube

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

Dr. Naki Akçar

Collaborator

University of Bern, Switzerland

Subproject: P6

Lucas Bittner

Collaborator

Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Subproject: P5 - Phase 1

Prof. Dr. Nico Blüthgen

Collaborator

TU Darmstadt, Germany

Subproject: C2

Prof. Dr. Laura Epp

Collaborator

University of Konstanz, Germany

Subproject: C2

Prof. Dr. Henry Lamb

Collaborator

Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom

Subproject: P4 - Phase 1

Bruk Lemma

Collaborator

Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Subproject: P5 - Phase 1

Dr. Josephine Lesur

Collaborator

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France

Subproject: P1

Dr. Eline Lorenzen

Collaborator

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Subproject: C2

Dr. Christoph Meyer

Collaborator

Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany

Subproject: P6

Dr. Ana Prohaska

Collaborator

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Subproject: C2

Prof. Dr. Eske Willerslev

Collaborator

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Subproject: C2

Prof. Dr. Michael Zech

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