PERSONAL
Name: Abdulhakim M. Abdi
@: abdi[at]geoinformatic[dot]org
WWW: www.geoinformatic.org
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
Present: Senior Staff Research Assistant/Geographic Information
Specialist: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
University, New York, NY.
04/2010 – 08/2010:
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. Chapter Abstract
[Peer-reviewed
Publications]
Abdulhakim Abdi. (2010). Integrating open-access geospatial data to
map habitat suitability of the declining corn bunting Miliaria calandra in Catalonia, Spain. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. [Submitted: In Review]
Abdulhakim Abdi, Vanessa J. Anacta, Paulo G. Molin, Ashwin Dhakal, Mario Caetano. (2011).
Assessing land-use and land-cover change
in Dubai (UAE) using Landsat ETM+. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing [Submitted]
[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, Intermediate 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