Dr Kaleb Gizaw Negussie

Biography

Kaleb received a BSc. and BSc. Honours in Environmental and Geographical Sciences and Geographic Information Systems respectively from University of Cape Town, South Africa. He also earned a Master of Science in Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics from Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences in Germany. He joined the Department of Land and Spatial Sciences in 2011 as a lecturer, heading the Geoinformation Technology Section from 2016-2019. He is currently a doctoral candidate at Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing Department in the Institute of Geography at University of Gottingen.

Professional Affiliation 

• Member of Geoinformation Society of Namibia
• Member of Geo-Information Society of South Africa
• Member of the American Geophysical Union
• Member of International Association for Landscape Ecology (African Chapter)
• Member of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Research Focus

• Water Resource Management,
• Climate science and disaster risk management
• Hydrological and Drought modelling.
• Land Degradation Monitoring
• Digital Elevation Models

Courses Currently Teaching

Undergraduate

• Geographic Information Systems
• GIS Programming
• Land Information System

Postgraduate

• Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Spatial Databases and Web Mapping
• GIS Application Development

Community Development Activities

• City of Windhoek Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA)
• Revision of Mass Housing Development Program
• Ministry of Mines and Energy – Rundu Land Degradation Project
• National Land Cover Classification Standard for Namibia – NSDI - Namibia Statistics Agency

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

• Negussie, K.G., Gebrekidan, B.H., Wyss, D., Kappas, M., 2024. Assessing land suitability for leguminous crops in the okavango river basin: A multicriteria and machine learning approach. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 135, 104284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104284

• Wyss, D., Negussie, K., Staacke, A., Karnagel, A., Engelhardt, M., and Kappas, M., (2022). A comparative analysis of MODIS-derived drought indices for Northern and Central Namibia. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16 (May), 173–191.

• Negussie, K.G., Wyss, D., Knox, N., Orti, M.V., Corral-Pazos-de-Provens, E., and Kappas, M., (2022). Evaluating SWAT Model for Streamflow Estimation in the Semi-Arid Okavango-Omatako Catchment, Namibia. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.

• Orti, M.V., Negussie, K.G., (2019). Temporal statistical analysis and predictive modelling of drought and flood in Rundu–Namibia. Clim. Dyn

• Orti, M.V., Negussie, K., Corral-Pazos-de-Provens, E., Höfle, B., Bubenzer, O., (2019). Comparison of Three Algorithms for the Evaluation of TanDEM-X Data for Gully Detection in Krumhuk. MDPI Remote Sens. 11, 1–22.

Non peer-reviewed articles

• Vallejo Orti, M.; Negussie, K.G. (2019), Gully-affected areas in the Kunene region: looking for suitable locations for future citizen-science project. ILMI Working Paper.
• Negussie, K. G., (2015). Pothole Detection Using Dense Laser Range Data and Colour Images. HFT Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences. Stuttgart, Germany.
• Negussie, K. G., Kunwar, U., & Hosta Mella, E. (2014). 3D Face Modelling Using Iterative Closest Point Algorithm with SR 4000 Range Camera. Turkish-German 3D Spatial Information Technologies Conference. Safranbolu, Turkey.
• Negussie, K G., 2009 Towards applications and setting up of 3D GIS in South Africa. Honours thesis. University of Cape Town.
• Negussie, K G., 2008 The Suitability of Geographical Information System Software for Crime Mapping and Analysis in the South African

Conference presentations & invited talks

• Negussie, K.G., Wyss, D., Knox, N., Orti, M.V., Corral-Pazos-de-Provens, E., and Kappas, M., Evaluating SWAT Model for Streamflow Estimation in the Semi-Arid Okavango-Omatako Catchment, Namibia. Living Planet Symposium 2022, European Space Agency, Bonn, Germany
• Negussie, K.G. (2019). Water Consumption Map of City of Windhoek using Open WebGIS Platform. AGSE 2019 International Conference: Digital Landscapes: Chances for Development, Stuttgart (Germany). Oral Presentation.
• Negussie, K.G. (2019). Monitoring Catchment Behavior to determine climate change impacts over Okavango-Omatako River Basin, Namibia. Sixth International Soil and Water Assessment Tool, South East and East Asia Conference, Siem Reap (Cambodia). Oral Presentation.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaleb-Negussie