Past President of GSAf (2008–2016); GSAf Fellow
Prof. Aberra Mogessie is an Austrian citizen of Ethiopian origin working at the Institute of Earth Sciences University of Graz, Austria. He is a graduate of the Addis Ababa University (B.Sc.), University of Minnesota (USA), M.Sc., University of Innsbruck (Austria), Dr. rer. nat., and University of Graz (Austria), Dr. Habil. He is the 2011 recipient of the NMGS Award in Gold and a Plaque in honor of Prof. O. Oyawoye of Nigeria as a hard rock African Geologist; and a recipient of the Luis Federico Leloir Prize to International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation from the Argentinian Minister of Science and Technology in November 2012. In 2015 he is elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America as well as the Fellow of the Africa Academy of Sciences. Prof. Mogessie has served as elected President of the Geological Society of Africa (2008-2016).
B.Sc. — Addis Ababa University. M.Sc. — University of Minnesota, USA. Dr. rer. nat. — University of Innsbruck, Austria. Dr. Habil. — University of Graz, Austria.
Over 265 research papers in reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Co-Author of the Country Mining Vision Guidebook: Domesticating the Africa Mining Vision (2014). Co-author: Geotourism in Ethiopia (2009).