PERSONAL
Name: Abdulhakim M. Abdi
@: abdi[at]geoinformatic[dot]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.
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
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