Zelalem Demissie
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Room: GB 217
Email: zelalem.demissie@wichita.edu
Phone: (316) 978-7245
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Ph.D. Geology, Oklahoma State University, 2018 M.S. Geology and Geophysics, Addis Ababa University, 2005 B.S. Geology and Geophysics, Addis Ababa University, 2000 |
- Natural and induced seismicity - Strain localization, distribution, and partitioning - Fault growth of geological structures - Lithospheric deformation, Surface and sub-surface structural mapping and characterization - Mass movements dynamics such as landslide - Remote sensing geodesy - Forward and inverse numerical modeling - Geographical Information Science - InSAR, GPS, LIDAR |
Research
My research interest broadly spans on observing and characterizing the nature of active deformation from both natural (earthquakes, plate motions or landslides) and anthropogenic (induced seismicity) processes. Together, these processes help us to form a better understanding of how the earth’s lithosphere behaves in the past, present, and future, and how we might mitigate the effects of various natural hazards. In particular, the deformation belts of the East African Rift system and the East African Orogeny.
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