Samson Tesfaye
Assistant Professor of Research, Cooperative Research, Environmental Science Program
Office: 104 Foster Hall
Phone: 573-681-5586
Email: tesfayes@lincolnu.edu
Degrees Ph.D. Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 1999 M.Sc. Remote Sensing/Geology, University of Dundee, Scotland 1988 Dip. Sc. Digital Mapping and Remote Sensing, University of Dundee, Scotland 1987 B.Sc. Geology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 1982
Professional Experience
August 2002-Present | Assistant Professor of Research | Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO |
January 2001-August 2002 | Post-Doctoral Researcher | St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO |
February 2000-November 2000 | Geologist | Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Weldon Springs, MO |
1993-1999 | Research/Teaching Assistant | University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
1993-1994 (summer) | Student Research Assistant | Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, MD |
1982-1992 | Senior Geologist (1988 - 1992) | Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys |
Professional Affiliations
American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Geological Society of America
Professional Services
Reviewer, Journal of African Earth Sciences
Reviewer, Journal of the Geological Society, London
Awards
1995-96 CIRES Graduate Fellowship, University of Colorado, Boulder
1986-88 United Nations Development Program Fellowship
Grants
Neotectonics of the Afar Depression Rift System. (Co-I, NASA-GSFC, $10, 854, 1994)
Fracture, Morphology and Neotectonics of the Afar Depression. (Co-I, NASA-GSFC, $30,594, 1995-1996).
Successful Undergraduates in Courses Connected to Earth System Science (SUCCESS). (Co-PI, NASA-CIPA, $270,168, 2003-2006)
Center of Excellence for Environmental Science at Lincoln University (Investigator, Dept. of Defense, $1, 375,806, 2005-2007)
Research Interest
Remote sensing (multi/hyper spectral), Environmental Science, Extensional tectonics
Courses Offered
Aerial photo interpretation and map reading
Fundamentals of remote sensing
Field Geology
Environmental geology (new)
Introduction to global positioning system (new)
Selected Publications
Tesfaye, S., 2005. Fault population investigation in the Dobe and Guma grabens, Central Afar, Ethiopia (Journal of African Earth Sciences, 41, 437-444).
Tesfaye, S., Harding, D.J., Kusky, T., 2003. Early Continental Breakup Boundary and Migration of the Afar Triple Junction, Ethiopia (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115, 1053-1067).
Ebinger, C.J., Yemane, T., Harding, D.J., Tesfaye, S., Kelley, S., Rex, D.C., 2000. Rift deflection, migration and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern Rifts, Africa (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112, 163-176).
Yemane, T., WoldeGabriel, G., Tesfaye, S., Berhe, S.M., Ebinger, C., 1999. Temporal and geochemical characteristics of Tertiary volcanic rocks and tectonic history in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift and adjacent volcanic fields (Vulcanologica-Acta, 11, 99-119).
Bilham, R., Bendick, R., Larson, K., Braun, J., Mohr, P., Tesfaye, S., Asfaw, L., 1999. Secular and tidal strain across the Ethiopian Rift (Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 2789-2792).