Address: Texas A&&M University,Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, College Station, Texas, USA

E-mail: millionh@yahoo.com

Web: https://www.angelfire.com/mi4/eth-hadar/Million.html

EDUCATION:

-Ph.D. (May 2000)

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Thesis title "The Pliocene environment of Hadar, Ethiopia: A Comparative isotopic study of paleosol carbonates and lacustrine mollusk shells of the Hadar Formation and of modern analogs"

-MS (Isotope Geochemistry, August 1998)

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

-Diploma (Non-Metallic Minerals, June 1986)

Polytechena, Prague, Czechoslovakia

-B.Sc. (Geology, July 1984)

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

EMPLOYMENT:

1. Senior Research Associate (June 2002 present). Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory, Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University

2. Research Associate (2000-2001), Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth college, Hanover, NH

3. Geologist (1984-1995) Department of Mineral Exploration Ethiopian Institute of Geological Surveys, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

-Hailemichael, M, Boutton, T., Xiaoyan, D, J. Ansley and K. Jessup. 2004. Inorganic carbon storage in Mesquite Savanna Ecosystem. In preparation.

-James L. Aronson, Million Hailemichael, Samuel M. Savin. Isotopic study of Hadar Formation paleosol carbonates; history of the Ethiopian Monsoon and hominid migrations out of & into Africa. Submitted to the Journal of Human Evolution .

-Hailemichael, M., Aronson, J., Savin, S., Tevesz, M., and Carter, J., 2000. d18O in mollusk shells from Pliocene Lake Hadar and Modern Ethiopian Lakes: Implications for history of Ethiopian monsoon. Palaeo. Palaeo. Palaeo. v. 186, pp. 81-89.

-Hailemichael, M., 2000. The Pliocene environment of Hadar, Ethiopia: a comparative isotopic study of paleosol carbonates and lacustrine mollusk shells of the Hadar Formation and of modern analogs. Ph.D. thesis, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. May 2000.

-Hailemichael, M., Aronson, J., and Savin, S., 1998. The Distribution and Properties of Smectitic Vertisols in Ethiopia. Clay Minerals Society, 35^th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, June 6-10. (abstract)

-Hailemichael, M., Aronson, J., Savin, S., Tevesz, M., Walter, R. and Carter, J., 1997. Tectonic evolution of the Western Afar/Ethiopian Plateau margin inferred from isotopic study of Hadar paleosols and lacustrine deposits. International symposium on flood basalts, rifting and paleoclimates in the Ethiopian Rift and the Afar Depression. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. February 3-14. (abstract)

-Hailemichael, M., Aronson, J., Savin, S., Tevesz, M., and Walter, R. 1996. Oxygen isotope evidence from gastropod shells on the character of the Pliocene lake at Hadar. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs (N. Central Section). Volume 28, no. 6. (abstract)

-Hailemichael, M., 1989. Diatomite Exploration in the Main Ethiopian Rift. Proceeding of the 2^nd World Congress on Non-metallic Minerals. Beijing, China, October 17-21.

-Clay Minerals Society, 35 ^th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, June 6-10, 1998. "The Distribution and Properties of Smectitic Vertisols in Ethiopia".

-International symposium on flood basalts, rifting and paleoclimates in the Ethiopian Rift and the Afar Depression. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 3-14, 1997. "Tectonic evolution of the Western Afar/Ethiopian Plateau margin inferred from isotopic study of Hadar paleosols and lacustrine deposits".

-Geological Society of America, N. Central Section, Ames, Iowa, 1996. "Oxygen isotope evidence from gastropod shells on the character of the Pliocene lake at Hadar".

-Kent State University, Ohio State University, John Carol University, Cleveland Paleontological Society, Cleveland Geological Society. Between 1996-1999. "The Pliocene environment of the Hadar Paleoanthropological site, Ethiopia based on isotopic study of fossil mollusks and paleosol carbonates".

-The 2^nd World Congress on Non-metallic Minerals. Beijing, China, October 17-21, 1989. "Diatomite Exploration in the Main Ethiopian Rift".

FIELD EXPERIANCE:

-Industrial mineral exploration, evaluation of quality and reserve calculation

-Detail geological mapping (1:10000 to 1:2000 scale)

-well experienced with all aspects of sample preparation and isotopic analysis of soil carbonates, mollusk shells and water samples using double collecting gas source IRMS; Carlo Erba, Finnigan Mat. I have prepared and analyzed thoussands of soil, shell and rock samples.

-Proficient working with x-ray diffractometer, NICOMP grain size analyzer, cathodoluminesence, and petrographic microscopy.

-Well experienced in thin sections, polished sections and clay mount preparation for petrographic and XRD analysis.

-Proficient with PC and Macintosh.

-Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Power point.

-Excellent with NEWMOD program (diffraction model for clay mineral types).

-Member of the American Geophysical Union