ALEMU GONSAMO GOSA, PhD Research Fellow in Geoinformatics, Last update: 20 April 2010

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1 PRIVATE ADDRESS Ida Aalbergin tie 1 A , Helsinki, Finland Tel: ggalex2002@yahoo.com ALEMU GONSAMO GOSA, PhD Research Fellow in Geoinformatics, Last update: 20 April 2010 CURRENT WORKING ADDRESS Geoinformatics Research Group Department of Geosciences and Geography P. O. Box 64 (Gustaf Häallströmin katu 2) FIN-00014, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland Tel: (0) Fax: (0) alemu.gonsamo@helsinki.fi PERSONAL DATA Date of birth 4 February 1980 Place of birth Residence Nationality Civil status Language Awassa, Ethiopia Helsinki, Finland Ethiopian CURRENT POSITION January Research Fellow in Geoinformatics Unmarried, no children CURRICULUM VITAE 1 OF 5 Amharic (native), Sidamigna (native), English Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland EDUCATION December PhD in Geography (Remote Sensing), Research: ECLA, Course: 5/5 Doctoral thesis title: Remote sensing of leaf area index: enhanced retrieval from close-range and remotely sensed optical observations. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland Supervisor: Prof Petri Pellikka September 2006 M.Sc. in Geo-Information Science Thesis title: Estimation of leaf area index using optical field instruments and imaging spectroscopy. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Supervisors: Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Dr. Lammert Kooistra, and Prof. Dr. Michael E. Schaepman

2 CURRICULUM VITAE 2 OF 5 June 2002 B.Sc. in Forestry, CGPA: 3.7/4.0, great distinction Senior Research Project: Taper Function Derived from the Variable Top Tree Volume Function for Cupressus lusitanica at Shashemene Forest Enterprise Industry in Southern Ethiopia. Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Debub University, Ethiopia Supervisor: Dr. Lackemariam Berhe June 1998 High school in natural sciences, CGPA: 3.8/4.0, very great distinction Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (ESLCE), Awassa Tabor Comprehensive High School, Awassa, Ethiopia. PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE September 2002 August 2004 Graduate Assistant (Dr. Lisanework Nigatu) Forestry Section, Department of Plant Sciences, Alemaya University, Ethiopia September 2003 August 2004 Undergraduate Academic Coordinator (Dr. Nigussie Dechessa) March 2006 August 2006 Internship (Ir. Frans Rip) Department of Plant Sciences, Alemaya University, Ethiopia Developed remote sensing image catalogue for Centre for Geo- Information, Wageningen University. Available on line: May 2006 August 2006 Distance internship (Dr. Richard Crossett) Analysis and modelling of forestry and wildlife data using GIS for the U.S.A. Fish & Wildlife Service, Central Louisiana Refuge Complex TEACHING ACTIVITIES Instructor: Airborne remote sensing in Geography Bachelor, and Geoinformatics Master and Postgraduate. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland ( ) Instructor: Raster GIS in environmental studies in Geography Bachelor, and Geoinformatics Master and Postgraduate. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland ( ) Instructor (partly): Advanced remote sensing in Geography Bachelor, and Geoinformatics Master and Postgraduate. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland ( ) Instructor: Agro forestry Systems and Practices in Department of Plant Sciences, and Department of Agricultural Extension Bachelor, Alemaya University, Ethiopia ( ) Assistant: Plant Anatomy and Morphology, Plant Taxonomy, Introduction to Forestry, Forest Ecology, Forestry for Rural Development, and Forestry for Environmental Education in Department of Plant Sciences, and Department of Agricultural Extension Bachelor, Alemaya University, Ethiopia ( )

3 CURRICULUM VITAE 3 OF 5 FIELD CAMPAIGN July September 2007 January February 2006 June 2005 Field campaign for in situ optical geo-/biophysical parameter measurements in Gatineau Park, Canada (Prof. Petri Pellikka) Field campaign for in situ optical geo-/biophysical parameter measurements in Taita Hills, Kenya (Prof. Petri Pellikka) Field campaign for imaging spectroscopy validation, Millingerwaard flood plain area, the Netherlands (Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS External reviewer International Journal of Remote Sensing External reviewer ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing External reviewer Applied Optics External reviewer PEDOSPHERE External reviewer Agricultural and Forest Meteorology External reviewer Forest Ecology and Management External reviewer Ecological Informatics Book chapter review in Hemispherical Photography Member of International Society for Agricultural Meteorology PERSONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND AWARDS EuroDIVERSITY: European Science Foundation, for participation of international meeting (2009) EARSeL, for participation of international workshop (2009) University of Helsinki: Chancellor's travel grant, for participation of international symposium (2009) Finnish graduate school of geography, grant for PhD study ( ) Department of geography, University of Helsinki, Project researcher ( ) Centre for international mobility (CIMO), start-up fund for PhD study ( ) Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education (NUFFIC), full time scholarship for M.Sc. study ( ) Best student financial awards for several semesters, Wondo Genet College of Forestry, Debub University, Ethiopia ( ) Financial awards from regional school board and NGO for high performance in Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (1998) PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS June July 2009 September 2008 November 2007 Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing, European Space Agency (ESA) summer school, Prague, Czech Republic. 2 nd HYPER-I-NET Summer School, Earth Science and Applications using Imaging Spectroscopy, Wageningen University, Netherlands. Physical models in remote sensing, Graduate school in Forest sciences, Helsinki, Finland.

4 CURRICULUM VITAE 4 OF 5 COMPUTING SKILL GIS and Remote Sensing Most ESRI products (ArcGIS desktop, workstation and server), Erdas Imagine, ENVI, IDRISI, ecognition (Definiens), Map info, Matlab (basic), IDL (basic), Fragstat, Surfer, PCraster, Gstat, CIMES, DHP, GLA,, Canopix, Hemiphot, Hemisfer, CAN_EYE, FV2000, TRACwin, Statistics and others SAS, SPSS, MATLAB (basic), IDL (basic), R, EXCEL with VB, HTML LIST OF PUBLICATIONS To be submitted 13. Gonsamo A. In situ determination of 2D fractional metrics of canopy element cover and radiation regime in forest canopies. Peer Reviewed Journal Publications 12. Gonsamo A., J.-M.N. Walter & P. Pellikka (submitted). CIMES. A Package of Programs for the Assessment of Canopy Geometry and Solar Radiation Regimes through Hemispherical Photographs Part II: canopy geometry assessment. Sensors. 11. Gonsamo A., J.-M.N. Walter & P. Pellikka (submitted). CIMES. A Package of Programs for the Assessment of Canopy Geometry and Solar Radiation Regimes through Hemispherical Photographs Part I: general overview and solar radiation assessment. Sensors. 10. Gonsamo A. (submitted). On the performance analysis of three-band spectral vegetation indices to leaf area index: simulation analysis with PROSAIL model. Remote Sensing Letters. 9. Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (accepted). The sensitivity of spectral vegetation indices to Leaf Area Index. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 8. Gonsamo A., J.-M.N. Walter & P. Pellikka (2010). Sampling gap fraction and size for estimating leaf area and clumping indices using hemispherical photography. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, in press. 7. Gonsamo A., P. Pellikka & D.J. King (2010). Large scale leaf area index inversion algorithms from high resolution airborne imagery. International journal of remote sensing, in press. 6. Gonsamo A. (2010). Leaf area index retrieval using gap fractions obtained from high resolution satellite data: comparisons of approaches, scales and atmospheric effects. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 5. Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2009). A simplified procedure for a large scale LAI inversion from high resolution satellite data. IGARSS 3, III III Lehouck V., T. Spanhove, A. Gonsamo, N. Cordeiro & L. Lens (2009). Spatial and temporal effects on recruitment of an Afromontane forest tree in a threatened fragmented ecosystem. Biological conservation Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2009). The computation of foliage clumping index using hemispherical photography. Agriculture and forest meteorology 149, Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2009). A new look at the top-of-canopy gap fraction measurements from high resolution airborne imagery. EARSeL eproceedings 8, Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2008). Methodology comparison for slope correction in canopy leaf area index estimation using hemispherical photography. Forest ecology and management 256,

5 CURRICULUM VITAE 5 OF 5 Conference proceedings and other scientific contributions 10. Gonsamo Gosa A. (2009). Remote sensing of leaf area index: enhanced retrieval from closerange and remotely sensed optical observations. PhD dissertation: Geoinformatics, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland. Report Series A 147, p Gonsamo A. (2009). The robustness of large scale gap fraction estimations from high resolution satellite data (invited talk). Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS), Ottawa, Canada, May 25, Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2009). Remote sensing based inversion of gap fraction for determination of leaf area index (LAI). In: IUFRO Division 4 meeting: Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring over Space and Time. Quebec City, Canada, May Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2009). A new look at top-of-canopy gap fraction measurements using high resolution airborne imagery. In: 6th EARSeL SIG IS workshop "IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY: Innovative tool for scientific and commercial environmental applications" Tel-Aviv, Israel, March Gonsamo A. (2008). Window programming script for automation of CIMES-FISHEYE Package of Programs for the Assessment of Canopy Geometry and Solar Radiation Regimes through Hemispherical Photographs. Jean-Michel N. Walter : 5. Gonsamo A. & P. Pellikka (2008). Defining leaf area index for climate studies (Abstract). In: Interactions Between Land Use and Climate: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Local Land Use to Global Climate. HENVI Science Day, 24, April, 2008, Helsinki, Finland 4. Eronen J., K. Puolamäki, K. Lintulaakso, A. Micheels, A. Gonsamo, M. Fortelius &V. Mosbrugger (2008). Leaf area index and precipitation estimates from present and past communities of large herbivorous mammals (Abstract). In: HPF-15 Mining the fossil record through geoinformatics, the 33th International Geological Congress 6-14, 2008, Oslo, Norway. 3. Gonsamo A. (2007). Remote sensing of biophysical parameters (invited talk). Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. 2. Gonsamo A., G. Schaepman-Strub, L. Kooistra, M. Schaepman & P. Pellikka (2007). Estimation of leaf area index using optical field instruments and imaging spectroscopy. In: Proceedings of the 5th EARSeL workshop on IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY, April 2007, Bruges, Belgium Gonsamo A. (2006). Estimation of leaf area index using optical field instruments and imaging spectroscopy. MSc thesis: Wageningen University, the Netherlands.