Yohannes is a civil engineer with over 15 years of professional and research experience in climate and disaster risk management, transportation systems engineering, urban development, housing reconstruction, civil infrastructure systems engineering, spatial planning, risk modeling, property insurance, and construction management. Currently based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, he leads several projects and provides technical assistance in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region. Prior to this, Yohannes worked in the Latin America and Caribbean and South Asia regions. Before joining the World Bank, Yohannes worked in the private and public sectors and in academia as a catastrophe risk modeler, structural engineer, and part-time lecturer. Yohannes holds a Ph.D. in Civil Infrastructure Systems from Cornell University. His research focuses on infrastructure resilience and on managing climate and disaster risks through insurance.