Dr Yohannes Yihdego, has over 18 years' experience, including as an engineering geologist, consulting hydrogeologist, teacher assistant and Honorary Adjunct at La Trobe University, Australia. He has worked extensively on brown and green field projects across Australia, Middle East, Asia & Africa, with the water resource, mining, infrastructure, energy, agriculture and civil construction industry on Geological, Geotechnical/Geo-engineering, hydrogeological, Hydraulic, hydrological, contamination and environmental assessments, in multi-disciplinary teams as a team member and project manager. He is a Registered Professional Geoscientist (R.P.Geo) from Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) and a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP) from Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand