1. Curriculum Vitae (C.V)
1. Personal profile
o Name: Genetu Fekadu
o Age: 33
o Sex: Male
o Nationality: Ethiopian
o Date and place of birth: September 5, 1979, Injibara
o Marital status: Married
o Language: Amharic and English
2. Address
o Axum
o Mobile:+251912138821
o E-mail: genetu1991@yahoo.com/genetufekadu@gmail.com
3. Educational Background
o MSc. Degree in Tropical Land Resources Management: Mekelle University from 2008-2010
o B.A degree in Geography: Addis Ababa University from 1998 -2003
o Senior Secondary: Ankesha Senior Secondary School from 1994-1997
o Secondary School: Injibara Junior Secondary School from 1992 – 1993
o Elementary School: Bata Elementary School from 1986 - 1991
4. Work Experience
o Teaching Geography at Memiher Akalewold Preparatory School in Dessie for two years:
2004-2005
o Teaching Geography at Catholic Church Kidanmihret Primary and Secondary School, Dessie
since August, 2005 until October, 2006.
o Teaching in department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Axum University since
October, 2006 to October 2008 as Graduate Assistant II, Assistant lecturer; and June 2010-
present as lecturer
o As a program coordinator in department of Social Sciences, program of Geography and
Environmental Studies at Aksum University from October 2010 till now
5. Training/certificate
• Basic computer training: MS-Dos, MS-word, MS-access, MS-excel
• Higher diploma for teacher educators

2. • International Training of Trainers in Sustainable Land Management
• Anti corruption and good citizenship
• Additional software skills; Arc view, ArcGIS, ERDAS imagine, SPSS, JMP(SAS)
6. Teaching courses and modules
• Teaching courses as a senior lecturer at Aksum University; I taught the following
courses: Soil Geography, Geography of Natural Resources and Management, Arid Land
Environment, Environmental Hydrology, Environment and Development, Environmental
Disaster Management, Quantitative Methods in Geography and Environmental Studies,
Terrain Analysis and Land Use Planning, Seminar on Contemporary Geographic Issues,
Population and Settlement, Introduction to Economic Geography.
• Preparing Modules I participate in the preparation of six modules for summer students as
well as regular students: Geography of Natural Resources and Management, Arid Land
Environment, Environment and Development, Terrain Analysis and Land Use Planning,
Introduction to Climate and Introduction to Economic Geography
7. Research experiences
• Genetu Fekadu and Nigussie Hegewyen,2012, Urbanization as a Driver for Land Use
Land Cover Change and Its Impact on Surrounding Rural Communities: The Case of Bahir
Dar Town, Ethiopia; LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH &Co.KG, Saarbrucken,
Germany
• Nigussie Hargewyen, Genetu Fekadu, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Mitsuru Tsubo, Derege Tsegaye,
2012, The Dynamics of Urban Expansion and Its Impact on Land Use/Land Cover Change
and small scale farmers living near the urban fringe: A Case study of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
.In, (eds.). Landscape and Urban Planning; Elsevier, Amsterdam vol. 106,Iss 2,pp 149-157
• Genetu Fekadu,2003, Deforestation: Causes and consequences in Banja Shekudad Woreda,
Amhara Region (published)
8. References
• Fasil Kebede (Professor), Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental
Protection, Mekelle University, email: fyimamu@gmail.com, mobile;+251913287326
• Solomon Habtu (PhD), Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental
Protection, Mekelle University, e-mail: solomonh@ yahoo.com, mobile:+251914031337
• Nigussie Hargewyen (PhD) Department of Land Resource Management and Environmental
Protection, Mekelle University ,email: nigussiehargewyen@yahooo.com
• Eyasu Mengesha (MA) Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Aksum
University, email; eyasu12@gmail.com Mobile: +251914 74 44 13