Eng.Terhas Legese Beyene

Professional Summary

Terhas Legese Beyene is a hydraulic and water resources engineer with an MSc in Hydraulic Engineering from Arba Minch University. She is a Lecturer at Aksum University and a Program Officer for Psychosocial Support, Health and Sanitation at Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC). Her technical work includes hydrological modelling, HBV, GIS and QGIS, R, satellite rainfall estimation and bias correction, streamflow simulation, groundwater quality assessment, irrigation and crop water productivity. Her research includes CHIRP rainfall bias correction for streamflow modelling in the Ziway-Shalla catchment, and she has contributed to peer-reviewed research in hydrology and irrigation. She also has experience in WASH, humanitarian programming, and community-based psychosocial support.

Key Expertise

Major Projects and Contributions

• MSc Research - CHIRP Rainfall Bias Correction and Streamflow Simulation
  MSc thesis at Arba Minch University comparing bias-correction methods for CHIRP satellite rainfall estimates to improve streamflow simulation in the Ziway-Shalla catchment, Ethiopia.
• Principal Investigator - CHIRP Satellite Rainfall Research in Tigray
  Principal Investigator for the Aksum University-funded project Evaluation of Bias Correction Schemes to Provide Reliable CHIRP Satellite Rainfall Estimates for Improved Rainfall-Runoff Modeling at Central and North West Zones, Tigray.
• Co-Investigator - Groundwater Quality Assessment in Shire Indasilassie
  Co-investigator for a research project assessing and modelling groundwater quality by integrating ground-based and environmental data using QGIS in Shire Indasilassie Town, Ethiopia; funded by Aksum University.
• Lecturer and Researcher - Aksum University
  Teaches and conducts research in hydraulic and water resources engineering, including university teaching, academic collaboration and scientific communication.
• Psychosocial Support, Health and Sanitation - WHFC
  Program Officer at Wide Horizons for Children, supporting program implementation and coordination of psychosocial support, community-based health, sanitation and humanitarian activities.
• Community-Based Psychosocial Support - Nexus Ethiopia
  Previously served as an MHPSS Project Officer at Nexus Ethiopia from September 2025 until joining WHFC, supporting mental health and psychosocial support interventions and related humanitarian programming.
• Publication - Furrow Irrigation, Maize and Water Use Efficiency
  Co-authored Effect of Furrow Irrigation Systems and Irrigation Levels on Maize Agronomy and Water Use Efficiency in Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17833.
• Publication - Furrow Irrigation and Onion Water Productivity
  Co-authored Integrated effects of furrow irrigation systems and irrigation regimes on water productivity of onion (Allium cepa L.) crop in a semi-arid area. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40098.
• Publication - CHIRP Rainfall Bias Correction in Ziway-Shalla
  Co-authored Comparison of bias correction methods to enhance CHIRP rainfall estimates for improved streamflow simulation at Ziway-Shalla catchment, Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102920.
• Publication - AquaCrop Model and Maize Water Productivity
  Co-authored Evaluation of AquaCrop model for simulating yield and water productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) in semi-arid Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1002/ird.70019.