PERSONAL
Name: Abdulhakim M. Abdi

@: abdi[at]geoinformatic[dot]org

WWW: www.geoinformatic.org

Status: Permanent Resident of the United States

Preferred Work Location: New York City Metropolitan Area

 

EDUCATION

International Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies, March 2010.
Joint Degree: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal - Universität Münster, Germany - Universitat Jaume I, Spain.

Thesis: Investigating Habitat Association of Breeding Birds Using Public Domain Satellite Imagery and Land Cover Data - A Case of the Corn Bunting in Spain.

Bachelor of Science in Geoscience, August 2007.
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

05/2007 – Present: Research Assistant: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA

05/2007 – 08/2008: Project Geoscientist (Environmental): Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hackensack, NJ.

04/2005 – 05/2007: Geotechnician: SAIC, Hackensack, NJ.

08/2004 – 04/2005: Geoscience Internship: SAIC, Hackensack, NJ.

09/2001 – 05/2004: IT Helpdesk Analyst: Office of Information Technology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

09/2001 – 05/2002: Student GIS Assistant: Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.

08/1999 – 08/2001 Ecology Technician: Terrestrial Environmental Research Center – Environmental Research & Wildlife Development Agency – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

 

PROFESSIONAL OUTPUT

[Book Chapters]

Abdulhakim Abdi & Anand Nandipati. (2009). Abu Dhabi Island: Analysis of Development and Vegetation Change Using Remote Sensing (1972-2000). In E. Chuvieco,  J. Li, and X. Yang (Eds.). Advances in Earth Observation of Global Change (Chapter 4: pp. 62-74). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Out in October 2010. Chapter Abstract

 

[Peer-reviewed Publications]

Abdulhakim Abdi, Vanessa J. Anacta, Paulo G. Molin, Ashwin Dhakal. (2010). An assessment of rapid development in Dubai (UAE) between 1999 and 2008 using spectral information divergence and Landsat imagery. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing [In Review]

 

Abdulhakim Abdi. (2010). Combining open-source geospatial software and open-access data to map the habitat association of the declining corn bunting in an agricultural landscape. Biodiversity Informatics [In Review]

 

[Conference Presentations]

Abdulhakim Abdi & Anand Nandipati. (2009). Bird Diversity Modeling Using Geostatistics and GIS. Presented at the 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Hannover, Germany. Online Proceedings

Stephanie Duce, Paulo Guilherme Molin, Anand Nandipati, Abdulhakim Abdi, Vanessa Joy Anacta, Ashwin Dhakal, Francis Mwambo, Benedict Mugambi, MD Moniruzzaman, Sushil Bhandari. (2009). Mapping the Vulnerability of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area to Potential Climate Change. Presented at the 9th Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Online Presentation

Paulo Guilherme Molin, Stephanie Duce, Anand Nandipati, Abdulhakim Abdi, Francis Molua Mwambo, Vanessa Joy Anacta, Sushil Bhandari, Ashwin Dhakal, Benedict Mugambi, MD Moniruzzaman. (2009). GIS for Quality of Life Scenario Assessment in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area.  Presented at the 9th Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, Brazil. Online Presentation

 

[Conference Posters]

Abdulhakim Abdi & Paulo Guilherme Molin. (2009). Coastal Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing: A Case of Dubai, UAE. Presented at the 9th Symposium on GIS and Computer Cartography for Coastal Zone Management, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Online Poster

Abdulhakim Abdi & Paulo Guilherme Molin. (2009). Potential of open-source remote sensing for under-developed countries: an example from Somalia. Presented at the 3rd Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover, Bonn, Germany. Online Poster

 

 [Newsletters]

Abdulhakim Abdi & Salim Javed. (2001). Breeding of Greater Flamingoes in Abu Dhabi, UAE. IUCN Species Survival Commission/Flamingo Survival Group Bulletin. ISSN 1680-1857. Online Newsletter

 

SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS

European Commission [Erasmus Mundus] Full Graduate Scholarship: International Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies, 09/2008 – 03/2010.

Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) Grant to attend the 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science in Hannover, Germany, June 2009.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biogeography, land-use/land-cover, remote sensing, resource mapping in under-developed and developing countries, bird conservation, management of wildlife habitats, predictive modeling of species distributions, impacts of habitat fragmentation.

 

LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Somali, Urdu/Hindi, Basic German, Basic Spanish

 

MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
International Biogeography Society
Society for Conservation GIS

SPIE

 

ACTIVITIES/AWARDS

Student Government Association, Inc., Montclair State University, Student Leader Service Award.
Office of International Services, Montclair State University, Distinguished Achievement Award.

Member of the inaugural organizing committee: 1st Erasmus Mundus Symposium on Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, GeoMundus 2009.

Manager of Geoinformatic Applications.

 

SPORTS/HOBBIES

Photography, Traveling, Soccer, Volleyball, Hiking/Backpacking, Birdwatching

 

REFERENCES

Provided upon request