Abdulhakim Abdi

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• Assistant Professor (Docent): Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGEO), Lund University, Sweden. 06/2026 – Present. 

• Research Scientist: Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University, Sweden. 01/2022 – 05/2026 (MGEO). 

• Postdoctoral Researcher: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 07/2019 – 12/2021. 

• Postdoctoral Researcher: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden. 08/2018 - 06/2019. 

• Project Assistant: Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden. 01/2018 - 08/2018. 

• Visiting Scholar: Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. 08/2015 – 12/2015. 

• Geographic Information Specialist: Polar Geophysics Group, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. 08/2010 – 10/2012. 

• Visiting Researcher: GIS/Remote Sensing Lab, Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA, USA. 04/2010 – 08/2010. 

• Project Geoscientist: Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Unit, Science Applications International Corporation, Hackensack, NJ, USA. 05/2007 – 08/2008. 

• Geotechnician: Energy, Environment and Infrastructure Unit, Science Applications International Corporation, Hackensack, NJ, USA. 04/2005 – 05/2007. 

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING

• Faculty of Science Doctoral Supervision Course, Lund University, 2024
• Beyond Doctoral Supervision – Scholarship and Academic Values, Lund University, 2023
• Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Theory and Practice, Lund University, 2022

COURSES

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University, Sweden

• Course co-coordinator: Environmental Monitoring, 15 ECTS - (Spring 2026).
  • Module Instructor: GIS for Environmental Monitoring - (Spring 2026).
• Course co-coordinator: Boreal Forest Resilience, 3 ECTS - (Spring 2026)

Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University, Sweden

• Course co-coordinator: Environmental Monitoring, 15 ECTS - (Spring 2024).
• Module Instructor: GIS for Environmental Monitoring - (Spring 2024).

School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, Sweden

• Course instructor: Geographical Information Systems Focusing on Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development, 7.5 ECTS - (Spring 2024).

Social Research and Development Institute, Hargeisa, Somaliland

• Instructor: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, 1.5 ECTS - (Fall 2023).

College of Agriculture, University of Hargeisa, Somaliland

• Instructor: Introduction to Ecosystem Science, 1 ECTS - (Fall 2022).

Dept. of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen University, Denmark

• Module instructor: Introduction to Remote Sensing - (Spring 2021).

Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University

• Module instructor: Physical Geography – Spatial Analysis, 7.5 ECTS - (Spring 2015, 2016).
• Module instructor (distance): Advanced Geographic Information Systems, 15 ECTS - (Fall 2014, 2015, 2018).
• Course instructor (distance): GIS in Physical Planning, 7.5 ECTS - (Fall 2014, Spring, 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024).

Center for Sustainability Studies, Lund University, Sweden

• Module instructor: Urban and Rural Systems and Sustainability (MESS35), 10 ECTS - (Spring 2015, 2016, 2017).

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution, USA

• Instructor: Introduction to Species Distribution Modeling - (Summer 2010).

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SUPERVISION

ONGOING

1. Majedeh Baladi (ongoing): Towards optimized biodiversity-friendly grazing on semi-natural grasslands - combining remote sensing, artificial intelligence and field ecology. Ph.D. in Environmental Science. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University. (Co-supervisor)
2. Wan Ni Lin (ongoing): Vegetation Fire Dynamics and Drivers in the Middle East. Ph.D. in Geobiosphere Science. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University. (Co-supervisor)
3. João Martins (ongoing): Satellite-based remote sensing for mapping forest dieback progress in Czechia. M.Sc. in Geographic Information Science. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University.
4. Rupert von der Kammer (ongoing): Spatial transferability of Sentinel-2 based tree species classification in Europe. M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University.
5. Maxime Widerkehr-Ritz (ongoing): Long-term monitoring of passive rewilding of Chernobyl after land abandonment using remote sensing. M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University.
6. Kamilla Naaden Motland (ongoing): Mapping bare sand wild bee habitats using Sentinel-2 and machine learning in central Scania. M.Sc. in GIS and Remote Sensing. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lund University.

HOSTED VISITING STUDENTS

• Marwa Elghoul (03/2023 - 06/2023): Visiting PhD Student from the Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Tunisia. Dissertation Topic: Ecology of breeding birds in the oases of southern Tunisia - Implications for management and conservation.

SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

1. Rebecca Sandvik (2026): UAVs in Mapping and Monitoring Stonewort Meadows - Assessing the Use of Remote Sensing in Shallow Coastal Lagoons in the Gulf of Bothnia. M.Sc. in Aquatic Ecology. Department of Biology, Lund University
2. Johannes Viskanic (2024): Quantifying vegetation change in a self-governing region northern Syria with MODIS satellite data. Degree: B.Sc. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
3. Tobias Rydlinge (2022): A deep learning approach to map urban tree canopy. Degree: MSc. in Geographic Information Systems. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
4. Enass Al Kharusi (2021, co-supervisor): Broad-Scale Patterns in CDOM and Total Organic Matter Concentrations of Inland Waters – Insights from Remote Sensing and GIS. Degree: Ph.D. in Geobiosphere Science. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
5. Emma Bylund (2021): Dynamics of net primary production and food availability in the aftermath of the 2004 and 2007 desert locust outbreaks in Niger and Yemen. Degree: M.Sc. in Geographic Information Science. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
6. Camilla Persson (2019): Comparing the vegetation condition of 2017 and 2018 over southern Sweden using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Degree: M.Sc. in Geomatics. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
7. Enzo Zerega (2018): Assessing edge pixel classification and growing stock volume in forest stands using a machine learning algorithm and Sentinel-2 data. Degree: M.Sc. in Geomatics. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
8. Abdalla Eltayeb (2017): Mapping woody canopy cover in the semi-arid Sahel: an approach using satellite remote sensing and Google Earth imagery. Degree: M.Sc. in Geomatics. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
9. Stefanos Georganos (2016): Exploring the spatial relationship between NDVI and rainfall in the semi-arid Sahel using geographically weighted regression. Degree: M.Sc. in Geomatics. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.
10. Deborah Bowyer (2015): Measuring Urban Growth, Urban Form and Accessibility as Indicators of Urban Sprawl in Hamilton, New Zealand. Degree: M.Sc. in Geographical Information Science. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University.

• Tidningen Curie (2021): European forests in the spotlight.
• Tidningen Curie (2021): Keeping an eye out – How we “observe” biodiversity from space. 
• Tidningen Curie (2021): Macroscopes on Earth – Why we live in the golden age of satellites.
• Tidningen Curie (2021): An ethical blind spot in the natural sciences.
• Tidningen Curie (2021): To communicate or not to communicate science.
• The Conversation (2018): The Arctic: we don’t know as much about environmental change in the far north as we’d like to think.
• The Conversation (2017): Somalia conflict and famine: the causes are bad governance, not climate change.
• The Conversation (2017): Chad is the country most vulnerable to climate change – here’s why.
• The Guardian (2014): ‘Population growth far outpaces food supply’ in conflict-ravaged Sahel.
• Thomson Reuters (2014): Population growth far outpaces food supply in conflict-ravaged Sahel - study.
• Climate News Network (2014): Climate renews famine risk to Africa’s Sahel.
• Lund University Press Release (2014): Shrinking resource margins in Sahel region of Africa.
• Article video abstract: The supply and demand of net primary production in the Sahel.