Dr.Mezgebu Ashagrie Demissie

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FULL NAME: Mezgebu Ashagrie Demissie

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OFFICE ADDRESS (Dept.  and BLDG/Office No.): Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

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E-MAIL ADDRESS: mezgebu1@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

 

            Undergraduate                                               

            Year of Degree                        Degree                                    Institution

1999/2000-2003                    B.Ed. in Biology                    Dilla College of Teachers Education

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             Graduate 

 2006/2007-2008/2009       MSc in Dryland Biodiversity                    Addis Ababa University

2010 – 2015                     PhD in Ecological & systematic Zoology          Addis Ababa University

 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS              

2003-2006     Instructor of Environmental Science in Washera Broad View College, Debre   Markos

2009   Lecturer of Biology in Finote selam Teachers College, Finote selam

2015- Present Assistant Professor in Department of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management, Bahir Dar University

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

 2015- present Department Graduate Council member in Department of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management              

TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

Advising MSc Thesis: Estimating Population Status of Theropithecus gelada & Human-Gelada conflict in Guna Mountains Proposed Conservation Area, South Gonder, Ethiopia. (2016)

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES

2003-2006 Teaching Environmental Science, Primary School Teachers Education

2009    General Biology in Finote Selam Teachers College, Department of Natural Sciences

2015/2016 Wildlife Ecology in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

2015/2016 Advising MSc seminar in Wildlife & Ecotourism graduate program 

2016    Mammalogy in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

2016 Advising Seminar and Senior research project in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

IUCN SSC (International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission)-Primate Specialist Group

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Refereed (i.e., peer-reviewed) papers

2010. A preliminary survey of Erythrocebus patas in Anbesa Chaka, Bambesi Woreda of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 33: 67-72.

            b) Theses

2009.  Ecomorphological Analysis of Cercopithecidae in Lower Omo Basin: A Study on Dietary Adaptation, Habitat Preference and Paleoenvironment Reconstruction. M.Sc. Thesis,

2015. Behavioral Ecology of the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) and Conservation Challenges in Alatish National Park, Northwest Ethiopia. PhD Thesis.

    MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in conducting research works related to monitoring Wildlife Population, wildlife spatial ecology, Wildlife-Human conflict, monitoring conservation effectiveness of protected areas, Primate (Behavior, ecology & Systematics), Animal Behavior, and Biodiversity Assessment in terrestrial ecosystems.

KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Field techniques in wildlife study, Eco-morphological analysis techniques, GIS & remote sensing application for wildlife study, Basic GIS, Experimental design & statistical analysis