Prof. Michael Gebreslasie

Department of Environmental Sciences

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2009 Ph.D., Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2004 M.S., Applied Environmental Science, University of Natal, South Africa

1999 B.A., Geography, University of Asmara, Eritrea

Publications (Selected)

1. Mary Lynch, Fiona Harris, Michelle Ierna, Ozayr Mahomed, Fiona Henriquez-Mui, Michael Gebreslasie, David Ndzi, Serestina Viriri, Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir, Natalie Dickinson, Caroline Miller, Nisha Nadesan-Reddy, Fikile Nkwanyana, Llinos Haf Spencer, and Saloshni Naidoo (2025). Warning system for extreme weather events, Awareness Technology for Healthcare, Equitable delivery, and Resilience (WEATHER) Project: A mixed methods research study protocol. MDRXIV, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.14.25320537
2. Orlando Bhungeni, Ashadevi Ramjatan, and Michael Gebreslasie (2024) Evaluating Machine-Learning Algorithms for Mapping LULC of the uMngeni Catchment Area, KwaZulu-Natal. Remote Sensing 2219. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16122219
3. Tessnika Sewpersad, Sifiso Xulu, and Michael Gebreslasie (2024) The assessment of soil organic matter in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and its relationship to spectroscopy data. Geocarto International. Volume 39, No 1, 2361702. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2024.2361702
4. Morena Mapuru, Sifiso Xulu, Michael Gebreslasie (2024) Modelling possible habitats for poplar invasion in South Africa. Koedoe 66(1), a1783. https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v66i1.1783
5. Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Llewellyn Leonard, Michael Gebreslasie (2024) Envisioning the future in the light of climatic and non-climatic riskscapes: lessons from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Climate Research. Vol.92:117-133. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01737
6. Thandi Kapwata, Nada Abdelatif, Noah Scovronick, Michael T. Gebreslasie, Fiorella Acquaotta, Caradee Y. Wright (2024) Identifying heat thresholds for South Africa towards the development of a heat‑health warning system. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02596-z
7. S Xulu, N Mbatha, K Peerbhay, M Gebreslasie, N Agjee (2024) Comparison of different spectral indices to differentiate the impact of insect attach on planted forest stands. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 33 101087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101087
8. MJ Mapuru, S Xulu, M Gebreslasie (2023). Remote Sensing Applications in Monitoring Poplars: A Review. Forests 14, 2301. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14122301
9. O Ebhuoma, M Gebreslasie, E Ebhuoma, L Leonard, N Silas Ngetar (2023). Farmers’ perception of soil erosion and degradation and their effects on rural livelihoods in KwaMaye Community, KwaZulu-Natal, Journal of Asian and African Studies 58 (8), 1405-1421. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221081771
10. T Kapwata, M Gebreslasie, CY Wright Environmental health (2022). An analysis of past and future heatwaves based on a heat-associated mortality threshold: towards a heat health warning system. Environmental health. 21 (1), 1-12.
11. O Ebhuoma, M Gebreslasie, NS Ngetar, K Phinzi, S Bhattacharjee (2022) Soil Erosion Vulnerability Mapping in Selected Rural Communities of uThukela Catchment, South Africa, Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Earth Systems and Environment 6 (4), 851-864  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-022-00308-y
12. Osadolor O. Ebhuoma, Michael Gebreslasie, Eromose E. Ebhuoma, Llewellyn Leonard (2022). The future looks empty’: embodied experiences of distress triggered by environmental and climatic changes in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. GeoJournal 87:3169–3185    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10426-1
13. E Gyamfi-Ampadu, M Gebreslasie, A Mendoza-Ponce (2022). Multi-Decadal Spatial and Temporal Forest Cover Change Analysis of Nkandla Natural Reserve, South Africa. Journal of Sustainable Forestry Volume 41, (10), 959-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2021.1891441
14. O Ebhuoma, M Gebreslasie, RE Ogunsakin (2022) Socio-economic status as predictors of malaria transmission in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A retrospective study. African Health Sciences. 22 (2), 204-215. DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.24
15. Enoch Gyamfi-Ampadu, Michael Gebreslasie, Alma Mendoza-Ponce (2021). Evaluating multi-sensors spectral and spatial resolutions for tree species diversity prediction. Remote Sensing. 2021, 13(5),1033, pp. 1 - 18 http://doi.org/10.3390/rs13051033

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: AAI-2387-2021

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/F-8885-2012

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4784-576X

https://agriculture-science.ukzn.ac.za/discipline/geography/

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=6hxLPXMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Gebreslasie2