Dr. Tilashwork Chanie Alemie

Dr. Tilashwork Chanie Alemie is a Soil and Water Conservation Researcher at the Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) in Ethiopia. She holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London, an MSc in Integrated Watershed Management and Hydrology, and a BSc in Plant Science from Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Her research focuses on hydrological modelling, watershed management, and sustainable agricultural development, with a strong emphasis on participatory approaches and ecosystem services.

Tilashwork's work during her Short Research Stay

Dr. Alemie was hosted at the Department of Geography at Ghent University during her 12-week Short Research Stay. Under the supervision of Prof. Amaury Frankl, she focused on analyzing catchment-scale water yield potential for agricultural production in the Ethiopian Highlands using advanced GIS tools and satellite data.

This experience provided her with access to state-of-the-art computing and modeling facilities unavailable at her home institution.

Selected Publications

Tilashwork C. Alemie, Wouter Buytaert, Seifu A. Tilahun , and Tammo S. Steenhuis. 2024. A Distributed Catchment—Scale Evaluation of the Potential of Soil and Water Conservation Interventions to Reduce Storm Flow and Soil Loss. Water 2, 16, 1225. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/w16091225
Tilashwork C. Alemie, Wouter Buytaert, Julian Clark, Seifu A. Tilahun , and Tammo S. Steenhuis. 2022. Barriers to implementing poverty alleviation through livelihood strategies: A participatory analysis of farming communities in Ethiopia’s upper Blue Nile basin. Environmental Science and Policy, 136: 453-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.07.002
Tilashwork C. Alemie, Seifu A. Tilahun, Boris F. Ochoa‐Tocachi, Petra Schmitter, Wouter Buytaert, J ‐Yves Parlange, and Tammo S. Steenhuis. 2019. Predicting shallow groundwater tables for sloping highland aquifers. Water Resources Research, 55. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025050