Mr. Yiran holds an Mphil in Geography and Resource Development, Postgraduate Diploma Geographic Information Systems and BSC in Geodetic Engineering. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Geography and Resource Development. His special interests are spatial analysis, land use/land cover change studies, Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, vulnerability analysis, climate change and sustainability science. He is a Commonwealth Scholar. He is a member of the UG research team of CECAR-Africa project.