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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.
For information about the coordination team of the DFG Research Unit 2358 please read here.
Speakers

Prof. Dr. Georg Miehe
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2
Speaker and PI
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subprojects: C1, C2, P3, P7
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
PhD-Student
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P2

Prof. Dr. Sileshi Nemomissa Duguma
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subprojects: P5, P2
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
Post-doc
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
PI
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Subproject: P4 - Phase 2

Luise Wraase
PhD-Student and Scientific Staff
Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Subproject: C2

Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Zech
PI
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Subproject: P2
Collaboration Partners
Collaborator
University of Bern, Switzerland
Subproject: P6

Lucas Bittner
Collaborator
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P5 - Phase 1
Collaborator
University of Konstanz, Germany
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
Aberystwyth University, Wales, United Kingdom
Subproject: P4 - Phase 1
Collaborator
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Subproject: P5 - Phase 1
Collaborator
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
Subproject: P1
Collaborator
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
Subproject: P6
Collaborator
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Subproject: C2
Collaborator
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Subproject: C2
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
Alexander Groos, P6, University of Bern, Germany
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