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School of Plant and Horticultural Sciences

 

Full name:  Sheleme Beyene (Professor)                                                               

Specialization: PhD,  Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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                              Phone: +251 926 319890

Area of Research Interest: Pedology, Phosphorus Nutrition

 

 

Full name:   Walelign Worku (Professor)                                                 

Specialization: PhD, Plant Agronomy

                         

 

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Full name: Tesfaye Abebe (Professor)                                                       

Specialization: PhD, Agroforestry, Production Ecology

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                              Phone:  + 251 911 471 411

Area of Research Interest: Agroforestry, Forestry, Multipurpose trees and shrubs, Sustainable intensification of Agriculture.

 

Full name:  Alemayehu Chala (Professor)                                                           

Specialization: PhD, Plant Pathology 

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                              Phone:+ 251912163096            

Area of Research Interest:   Plant Pathology, Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Systems

 

Full name:    Ferdu Azerefegn (Assosiate Professor)                                                             

Specialization: PhD, Agricultural Entomology

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Full Name:  Bizuayehu Tesfaye 

Specialization: PhD, Plant Biotechnology                     

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Full name:  Hussien Mohammed Ali (Associate Professor)                                                      

Specialization: Plant Breeding

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                              Phone: +251916826354

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Full name:    Andargachew Gedebo (Associate Professor)                                                             

Specialization: PhD, Plant Breeding and Agronomy

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                              Phone: +251 935408619

Area of Research Interest:  Plant Breeding and Agronomy of field and root crops

 

Full name:  Berhanu Abate (Associate Professor)

Specialization: PhD, Plant Breeding

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                          Phone: +251912101792

Area of Research Interest:  Plant breeding for stress resistant, salt tolerance and yield improvement

 

Full name:   Ambachew Demissie (Associate Professor)                                                             

Specialization: PhD, Soil and Forest Ecology

                          MSc,    Forestry

                          Postgraduate Diploma, Forestry for rural development

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                               Phone:+251 913350505

Area of Research Interest:  In the Fields of Forestry, Agroforestry, Soils and Environmental Sciences

 

Full name:   Wassie Haile (Associate Professor)                                         

Specialization:  PhD, Soil Science

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                              Phone: +251 911905463

Area of Research Interest:   Soil Management

 

Full name:  Girma abera (Associate Professor)                                                          

Specialization: PhD, Soil Science

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                              Phone: (+251)931559482

Area of Research Interest: Soil fertility, plant nutrition and climate change

 

Full name: Tarekegn Yosef   (Associate Professor)                                                         

Specialization: PhD, Agronomy

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Area of Research Interest: Agronomy, Legume Science, Legume nutrition, Biodiversity and legumes, including soils Nutrient cycling, Legumes in future farming systems, Legumes, food security, and climate change.

 

Full name: Hussein Mohamed B. (Associate Professor)                                                              

Specialization: PhD, Horticulture

 

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                              Phone:+251 911904706

Area of Research Interest:  Plant Stress Physiology and adaptation, Horticulture including Root and Tuber crops, vegetable crops and flower crops (Agronomy, improvement, Physiology and Postharvest Management)

 

Full name: Amsalu Gobena (Associate Professor)                                                           

Specialization:  PhD, Plant Physiology

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                              Phone:  (+251)941409200

Area of Research Interest:   My research interest is on Plant stress physiology: Stress tolerant crops; Plant Molecular Biology/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ Plant transformation/ Signals and Signal Transduction; Signal Perception and Amplification. Hormones and Plant Development/ Plant stress tolerance/ Crop improvement, Mutation Breeding/ Abiotic Stress Signalling in Plants/Environmental Factors and their Biological Impacts on Plants growth and development/Photobiology: Light signal transduction and photomorphogenesis and plant developmental biology/

 

Full name: Meseret Tesema (Associate Professor)                                                           

Specialization: PhD, Plant Physiology

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                              Phone: (+251)939064243

Area of Research Interest:  I have transdisciplinary research interests exploring the nexus between food and energy. My research specialties include understanding Physiological and molecular basis of plant stress adaptation, water use efficiency; the role of soil microbes in drought stress adaptation; exploring biodiversity for food security (root and tuber crops) and energy (Brassica carinata, Jatropha and castor bean); renewable resource utilization (biomass energy utilization);

 

Full name: Hewan Demissie (Associate Professor)                                                          

Specialization: PhD, Genetic Resource Engineering

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                              Phone: (+251)901516135

Area of Research Interest: My primary research interest is to understand the interconnected regulatory pathways of crop plants. To unlock such mystery, I use plant phenotyping strategy using modern Biotechnological tools (Sequencing, PCR, Restriction fragment analysis, and Genome editing). My belief is to use powerful high throughput genotyping tools with the current Genomic technology for researching plants under different environmental conditions.

 

Full name: Zerihun Demrew (Associate Professor)                                                          

Specialization: PhD, Bioenergy

                          MSC. Plant Biotechnology and Molecular       Biology

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                              Phone: (+251)947375160

Area of Research Interest: Renewable energy resource (Biogas, Biodiesels, Briquette production, Bioethanol etc.), Production and characterization and of biofuel, Greenhouse gas emission reduction, Study on molecular diversity of plant and crop improvement through different biotechnological techniques etc.

 

Full name: Elfinesh Shikure (Assistant Professor)   

Specialization: PhD, Plant Pathology

 

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                            Phone: +251911476204

Area of Research interest: Plant protection

 

Full name: Temesgen Magule (Assistant Professor)

Specialization: PhD, Agrobiodiversity-Biotechnology

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                              Phone: (+251)947649917

Area of Research interest: My research interests are on interdisciplinary topics that include the study of evolution and adaptation of plants agrobiodiversity, its conservation and use in traditional farming systems neglected and underutilized species (NUS) and their socio-economic food-feed-fuel values. My specific methodological focuses include ethnobotanical methods, social-network analysis of seed systems, development of molecular marker and genomics resources, genetic diversity characterization based on nutritional, morphological, biochemical and molecular markers.

 

Full name: Alemayehu Kiflu (Assistant Professor)   

Specialization: PhD, Soil Science

 

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                            Phone: +251911537739

Area of Research interest: My research interests includes Soil Genesis and Classification, Soil Chemistry, problem Soils nutrient cycling and management, soil fertility, plant nutrition, land use and cropping systems. The focus of my research is to provide information and tools that can be used to best manage the soil resource, thereby ensuring economic and environmentally sustainable use of inorganic and organic fertilizer that enhance crop and livestock production.

 

Full name: Teramage Tesfaye (Assistant Professor)   

Specialization: PhD, Integrative Environmental Science

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                             Phone: +251911-347-689

Area of Research interest: Forest radioecologist, Soil redistribution/Soil organic carbon, Forest/ Agroforestry,     Radiocesium/ Radionuclide migration in the environment, Stable isotope and radiocarbon application, Naturally occurring radionuclide material (NORM), Climate change, Natural resources management.

 

Full name:  Hirut Tsegaye Feleke (Assitant Professor)  

Specialization: PhD, Plant Pathology

 

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Area of Research interest: Interaction between plant and plant pathogens, Mechanism of plant damage to the plant, Bio pesticides, cultural and biological control of pest, Use of chemical pesticide and its hazardous effect to soil microbes and human health etc.

 

Full name: Dereje Haile Buko (Assistant Professor)

Specialization: PhD,  Plant Pathology/Molecular Virology

                           MSc, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular             Genetics

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                              Phone: +251916-836-611

Area of Research interest:  Plant viral diseases: detections, eliminations and management. I am also working on the applications of tissue culture: for diseases eliminations and large scale multiplication elite crop varieties. Underutilized Root and Tuber crop  Researches: Screening for adaptations, diseases resistances, nutrition and further promotion for integrations into food systems

 

Full name: Shimlis Gizashew (Assistant Professor)

Specialization: PhD, 

 

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Full name: Tewodros Ayalew (Associate Professor)   

Specialization: MSc, Crop Science

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Area of Research interest:  Symbiosis, organic farming, Crop climate interaction

 

Full name: Ashenafi Haile (Assistant Professor)                                                         

Specialization: MSc, Horticulture

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Area of Research interest: Plant developmental plasticity, Horticulture Agronomy and postharvest physiology 

 

Full name: Tsegaye Terefe (Lecturer)

Specialization: MSc, Horticulture

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                              Phone: +251921371932

Area of Research interest:  Interest Areas : Horticulture Agronomy and postharvest  physiology,  Plant Stress Physiology and adaptation, Genomic studies, Genetic diversity studies, bioinformatics based researches

 

Full name:  Selamawit Abera  (Lecturer)

Specialization: MSc, Horticultur

 

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Area of Research interest: Molecular Physiology

 

Full name:     Zerihun Teshome (Lecturer)

Specialization: MSc, Plant Biotechnology

 

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                              Phone: +251917815313

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