Dr.Minwyelet Mingist Zerihun

FULL NAME: Minwyelet Mingist Zerihun

CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE :

OFFICE ADDRESS : Department of Fisheries, Wetlands and      Wildlife Management, CAES, Admn. BLDG. Room #028

MOBILE NUMBER  - +251-0918-014-808 or +251-0913-522-918

OFFICE PHONE NUMBER:

E-MAIL ADDRESS: minwyeming@gmail.com; minwyelet@yahoo.com         

FAX ADDRESS:

EDUCATION

            Undergraduate         

Graduate       

     ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• July 1997 – March 2001, Animal and Fishery Resources Expert II, Bibugn Woreda Agricultural Office, East Gojjam Adm. Zone
• November 1999 to March 2000, Acting Extension Team Leader, Bibugn Woreda Agricultural Office, East Gojjam Adm. Zone
• March 2001- September 2001, Junior Research Officer II, Holetta Agricultural Research Centre, Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization/Institute             
• May 2007 to June 2013, Assistant Professor, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• October 2008 to January 2009, Faculty Research and Publication Coordinator, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• May 2010 to September 2011, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Program, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• August 2010 to September 2010, Acting Department Head, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• September 2010 to January 2013, Department Head, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• September 2011 to date, Course chair for Fisheries Sciences and Technology, FWWM, CAES, BDU
• July 2013 to date, Associate Professor,  FWWM, CAES, BDU

AWARDS AND HONORS

• October 2001, Japanese Government Scholarship (MONBUSHO)
• August 2012, Nuffic (Netherlands Fellowship Program)
• January 2014, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
• February 2015, Conservation International through Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

• March 2008 to  January 2009 , evaluating research proposals and allocating budget the screened proposals
• December 2011 to April 2013, assigning labs for the College
• September 2011 to date, running graduate programs of the department
• December 2011 to March 2011, selecting the best teacher of the College
• January 2011 to February 2012, approving departmental grades
• May 2014 and 2016, Organizing World Fish Migration Day at Bahir Dar town
• January 2014 to date, Associate editor for Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Science

OTHER MAJOR COMMITEE ASSIGNMENTS:

• September 2010 to April 2011, as a member of technical committee (Joint BDU-ARARI) I tried to work out on common working modalities.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES  

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (if any) chronological

• Biological Society of Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA)
• Society for Eco-tourism and Bio-diversity Conservation
• Forum for the Environment

Published articles

• Minwyelet Mingist, Tomoko Kitani, Nobuhisa Koide and Hiroshi Ueda. 2007. Relationship between eyed-egg percentage and levels of cortisol and thyroid hormone in masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou. Journal of Fish Biology, Vol. 70, 1045 ─ 1056; (doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01362.x)
• Minwyelet Mingist, Setsu Ushikoshi and Hiroshi Ueda. 2007. In vivo and in vitro effects of Rhizopus extract (RU) on body growth and steroid production in masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou. Aquaculture Research, Vol. 38, 708-717. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01711.x)
• Minwyelet Mingist, Masufumi Amano, Masatoshi Ban, Masatoshi Fukuwara and Hiroshi Ueda. 2007. Trends of hormonal changes in the brain, pituitary and serum of chum salmon during homing migration. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. Technical Report No. 7, 117 - 119.
• Tarekgne Wondmagegne, Ayalew Wondie, Minwyelet Mingist, Jacobus Vijverberg. 2012. Seasonality in abundance, biomass and production of the phytoplankton of Welala and Shesher Wetlands, Lake Tana Sub-Basin (Ethiopia). Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2012, 4, 877-884. doi:10.4236/jwarp.2012.410103.
• Mohammed Oumer, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. 2011. Diversity, relative abundance of fishes in the head of Blue Nile River, Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. Biol. Sci., 10(2): 207-212. ISSN: 1819-8678. (Short Communication)
• Shewit Gebremedhin, Minwyelet Mingist, Abebe Getahun and Wassie Anteneh. 2012. Spawning migration of Labeobarbus spp. (Pisces: Cyprinidae) of Lake Tana to Arno-Garno River, Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 35(2):95–106. ISSN: 0379–2897.
• Assefa Tessema, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. 2012. Diversity, relative abundance and biology of fishes in Borkena and Mille Rivers, Awash Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Fisheries International 7 (3-6): 70-76. ISSN: 1817-3381. 
• Shewit G/Medhin, Markos Budusa, Minwyelet Mingist, Jacobus Vijverberg. 2013. Determining factors for fisher’s income: The case of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 5, Issue, 5, pp.1182-1186.  ISSN: 0975-833X.  http://www.journalcra.com
• Shewit G/Medhin, Minwyelet Mingist, Birhanu Kebede. 2013. Spawning migration and some biological aspects of Labeobarbus species in Infranz River, Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. ISSN 1816-4927 DOI: 10.3923/jfas.
• Shewit G/Medhin, Abebe Getahun, Minwyelet Mingist, Wassie Anteneh. 2014. Some biological aspects of Labeobarbus spp. (Piseces: Cyprinidae) at Arno-Garno River, Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 9(2): 46-62. ISSN 1816-4927 DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2014.46.62.
• Mingist, M. And Gebremedhin, S. 2014. Diversity and abundance of fishes in Aveya River, Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 6, Issue, 05, pp.6466-6473. ISSN: 0975-833X.
• Gebremedhin, S., Mingist, M. 2014. Length-weight relationship, gonado-somatic index and Fulton condition factor of the dominant fishes at Aveya River, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. ISSN: 1816-4927.DOI: 10.3923/jfas.
• Abrehet Kahsay Mehari, Ayalew Wondie, Minwyelet Mingist, Jacobus Vijverberg. 2014. Spatial and seasonal variation in the macro-invertebrates and physico-chemical parameters of the Enfranz River, Lake Tana sub-basin (Ethiopia). Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 304–312.
• Dagnew, M., Minwyelet, M., Abebe, G. and Wassie, A. 2014. Spawning migration of Labeobarbus species of Lake Tana to Gilgel Abay River and its tributaries, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. African Journal of Fisheries Science International Scholars Journals.          2(9): 176-184.
• Gizachew Teshome, Abebe Getahun, Minwyelet Mingist and Wassie Anteneh, 2015. Spawning migration of Labeobarbus species to some tributary rivers of Lake Tana, Ethiopia.  Ethiop. J. Sci. & Technol. 8(1) 37-50.
• Gebremedhin S., Kebede B. and Mingist M. 2014.  Effect of river flow variability on spawning migration of Labeobarbus Species in Infranz River, Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies; 1(6): 183-189. ISSN: 2347-5129.
• Minwyelet Mingist, Shewit G/Medhin 2016. Could sand mining be a major threat for the declining endemic Labeobarbus species of Lake Tana, Ethiopia? Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography.
• Gizachew Teshome, Abebe Getahun, Minwyelet Mengist, Biniyam Hailu. 2015. Some biological aspects of spawning migratory Labeobarbus species in some tributary rivers of Lake Tana, Ethiopia International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies; 3(2): 136-141 ISSN: 2347-5129

Chapter in a book

• Dawit Alemu,Yoshiaki Nishikawa,Kiyoshi Shiratori,Taku Seo. 2016. Farmer Research Groups: Institutionalizing participatory agricultural research in Ethiopia, Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing. Pp. 220.  ISBN: 978-1-85339-900-8. <http://dx.doi.org/103362/9781780449005> Chapter Title: Top of Form
• Participatory evaluation of selected fish processing and preservation technologies: the case of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Farmer Research Groups. Contributors: Shewit Gebremedhin, Markos Budusa, Adamu Yimer, Minwyelet Mingist, Dereje Tewabe and Zurihun Nigussie

Abstracts International Conference

1. Assefa Tessema, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. Diversity, relative abundance, and biology of fishes in Borkena and Mille Rivers, Awash Basin, Ethiopia. International conference on ecosystem conservation and sustainable development. Theme: Natural resources for livelihood enhancement. Ambo University, Ethiopia. February 10-12, 2011. 
2. Mohammed Oumer, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. Diversity, relative abundance, and biology of fishes in the head of Blue Nile River, Ethiopia. International conference on ecosystem conservation and sustainable development. Theme: Natural resources for livelihood enhancement. Ambo University, Ethiopia. February 10-12, 2011.
3. Wubshet Asnake, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. Fish resource potential and some biological aspects of Oreochromis niloticus and Cyprinus carpio in Lake Ardibo, Northern Ethiopia.  International conference on ecosystem conservation and sustainable development. Theme: Natural resources for livelihood enhancement. Ambo University, Ethiopia. February 10-12, 2011.

Conference abstracts

• Gizachew Teshome, Abebe Getahun, Minwyelet Mingist and Wassie Anteneh. 2016. The effecect of sand mining and irrigation canals on spawning migration of Labeobarbus species in some tributary rivers of Lake Tana. In: Aquaculture Development in Ethiopia.  Abstracts in the 8^th Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA). February 12-13, 2016, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia.
• Minwyelet Mingist, Helen Amha and Abebe Amha. 2015. Comparative Biological Survey of Varicorhinus beso (Rüppell, 1836) (Cyprinidae, Teleostei) in Awash and Abay River Systems, Ethiopia. EFASA 7th annual conference, 7-8 February 2015, ArbaMinch, Ethiopia.

Conference Proceedings

1. Brehan Mohammed, de Graaf, M., Nagelkerke, L., Wassie Anteneh, Minwyelet Mingist. 2011. Lake Tana’s (Ethiopia) endemic Labeobarus spp. Flock: An uncertain future threatened by exploitation, land use and water resources developments. In: Impacts of climate change and population on tropical aquatic resources, proceeding of the Third International Conference of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA) editors: Brook Lemma and Abebe Getahun. AAU Printing Press, Addis Ababa. Pp.301-313.
2. Brehan Mohammed, de Graaf, M., Nagelkerke, L., Wassie Anteneh, Minwyelet Mingist and Wassie Anteneh. 2012. Assessment of motorized commercial gillnet fishery of the three commericially important fishes in Lake Tan, Ethiopia. In: The role of aquatic resources for food security in Ethiopia, proceeding of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA). Chief Editors: Brook Lemma, Abebe Getahun and Seyoum Mengistou. AAU Printing Press, Addis Ababa. Pp.81-109.
3. Assefa Tessema, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. 2012. Preliminary survey of fishes in Chefa wetland around Kemisse, Oromia Zone. In: The role of aquatic resources for food security in Ethiopia, proceeding of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA). Chief Editors: Brook Lemma, Abebe Getahun and Seyoum Mengistou. AAU Printing Press, Addis Ababa. Pp.110-121.
4. Assefa Tessema, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. 2012. Socio-economic assessment of the fishery in Borkena and Mille Rivers, Awash Basin, Ethiopia. In: The role of aquatic resources for food security in Ethiopia, proceeding of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA). Chief Editors: Brook Lemma, Abebe Getahun and Seyoum Mengistou. AAU Printing Press, Addis Ababa. Pp.81-109.
5. Assefa Tessema, Minwyelet Mengist and Eshete Dejen, 2011. Diversity, relative abundance and biology of fishes in Borkena and Mille Rivers, Awash Basin, Ethiopia. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2011). Natarajan et al., (Eds.), 468p. Organized by Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia, 10-12, Feb. 2011.
6. Abebe Molla, Ayalew Wondie, Minwyelet Mingist (2011). Socio-economic roles and impacts on wetland ecosystem in Eastern Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Editors: Seyoum Mengistu and Tadesse Fetahi. BNWI. National Workshop on Wetlands for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation, Bahir Dar, 12-30.
7. Minwyelet Mingist (2011). The role of graduates of fisheries, wetlands and wildlife management in wetlands management. Editors: Seyoum Mengistu and Tadesse Fetahi. BNWI. National Workshop on Wetlands for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation, Bahir Dar, 222-236.
8. Tarekgne Wondmagegne, Ayalew Wondie and Minwyelet Mingist. 2011. Phytoplankton composition and abundance of Shesher and Wolala wetlands: Fogera floodplain, Ethiopia. Editors: Molla Addisu, Belay Berza, Workneh Fisseha. Proceedings of the second national workshop research symposium on sustainable development: Research for socio-economic transformation, Debre Markos, Ethiopia. 76-93.
9. Minwyelet Mingist and Hiroshi Ueda. 2012. The effect of Rhizopus extract (RU) administration on somatic growth and gonadal maturation in masu salmon. Biotechnology Workshop; Theme: The role of biotechnology to growth and Transformation of Ethiopian Economy. Amhara Management Institute, Bahir Dar. June 18-19, 2012.
10. Seble Getahun, Minwyelet Mingist and Gebeyehu G/Michael. 2015. Growth performance of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) reared in glass aquaria under different light conditions, pp. 215-256. In: EFASA 2015, Proceedings of the VIIth Annual Conference and Workshop of EFASA, 7-8 Feb 2015, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. ISBN: 978–99944–910–1–8
11. Tadlo Awoke, Minwyelet Mingist and Abebe Getahun. 2015. Abundance and species composition of the fishes in Blue Nile River below the Tiss issat fall, Ethiopia, pp 277-294. In: EFASA 2015, Proceedings of the VIIth Annual Conference and Workshop of EFASA, 7-8 Feb 2015, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. ISBN: 978–99944–910–1–8

Book

• Wubshet Asnake Metekia, Minwyelet Mingist and Eshete Dejen. 2011. Fish Resource Potential and Some Biological Aspects of Oreochromis Niloticus and Cyprinus Carpio in Lake Ardibo, Northern Ethiopia. ISBN 978-3-639-32789-2, 108 Pages.  Amazon.com

Thesis

• Physiological Studies on Somatic Growth and Gonadal Maturation in Masu Salmon Oncorhynchus masou (MSc Thesis)
• Physiological Studies on Somatic Growth and Sexual Maturation in Salmonids (PhD Thesis)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Main research interests include:

• Fish biology and physiology
• Fish ecology
• Fisheries management
• Fish stock assessment (modelling)
• Fishing and post-harvest technology
• Aquatic sciences and ecology
• Wetland resources and management
• Biodiversity conservation
• Environmental studies
• Fish disease and parasites
• Food and feeding habits of fishes
• Fisheries socio-economics
• Fish biotechnology
• Fish genetics and breeding

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS 

                  Awards:

• Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho): Long-term Training
• Netherlands Fellowship Program: Short-term Training
• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund: Small Grant Project (Title: ‘Empowering the major stakeholders (fishing communities) for sustainable utilization and conservation of Lake Tana Fish Resources: The case of Northern and Western part of Lake Tana’)
• Conservation International via Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund: Large Grant Project (Title: ‘Rehabilitation and Sustainable Utilization of Little Abbai River Mouth Wetlands’)

KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

-Hormone measurement (determination) for fish