Habte Giorgis Churnet

Background

Churnet, Habte Giorgis was born on May 9, 1946 in Shewa, Ethiopia. Son of Churnet Argaw and Yeshewa Tilahun.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1969. Master of Science, Leeds (England)University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, 1979.

Career

Teacher Ras Abate Boyalew High School, Hossana, Ethiopia, 1967-1968. Lecturer Haile Selassie I University, 1971-1975. Assistant professor geology University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1980-1983, associate professor geoscience, 1983-1989, professor, 1989, University of California Foundation professor geology, acting head physics and astronomy department geoscis and environmental studies, 1991.

Head physics, geology and astronomy, research-investigator department geoscience United States Geological Survey, Chattanooga, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Habte Giorgis Churnet has been listed as a noteworthy geology educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American, American Geography Union, Tennessee Academy Science, Association Geologists for International Development Research on ore deposition, sedimentary processes, petrology and tectonics.

Connections

Married Enat Negussie, January 17, 1983. Children: Dargay Habte, Bethlehem Habte.

Father:

Churnet Argaw Tilahun

Mother:

Yeshewa Tilahun

Spouse:

Enat Negussie

child:

Bethlehem Habte Churnet

child:

Dargay Habte Churnet