Prof. Getachew Alemayehu Damot

• Name:

Getachew Alemayehu Damot (PhD)

• Sex:

Male

• Birth Date:

September 10, 1964

• Birth Place:

Gojam/Ethiopia

• Nationality:

Ethiopian

• Profession:

Agronomy/Physiology

• Marital Status:

Married

• Children:

Three (a daughter and two sons)

• Current Addresses:

Bahir Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia

P. O. Box 79

Tel.: +251-912-964266, or +251-918-010902

E-Mail: getachew.64@gmail.com

Website: www.bdu.edu.et

Language

Speaking

Reading

Writing

• Amharic:

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

• English:

Excellent

Excellent

Excellent

• German:

Good

Very Good

Good

Name & Location of Institution

Major

Degree

Date

• Bonn University, West Germany

Agronomy/Physiology

PhD

June 2000

• Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia

Agronomy

MSc

July 1990

• Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Plant Sciences

BSc

July 1984

Position Title

Employer

Employment year

Services Performed/Achievements

•Assoc. Prof. and Chair of Agronomy

•Ass. Prof. and  Project Coordinator

Bahir Dar University

Bahir Dar University

July 12 – Present

Jan. 09 – June 12

•Establishing MSc & PhD programs in Agronomy

•Providing several MSc & PhD courses including Biometrics

•Advising/supervising thesis & dissertation works

•Initiating, developing, executing and coordinating research projects including 4 international projects for the last 5 years

•Chair for Agronomy/Physiology

•Project Coordinator of the university

•Director General

•Deputy Director General

•Crop Research Director

Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI)

ARARI

ARARI

Jan. 05 – Dec. 08

Jan. 04 – Dec. 05

July 00 – Dec. 04

•Founder and engineer for the establishment and expansion of ARARI

•Managing, coordinating and leading ARARI & its 8 research centers, 6 sub-centers & 42 trial sites having a total of 1437 permanent workers of which 231 are of highly qualified researchers

•Guiding and coordinating the development of annual, short- and long- term research strategies of the institute

•Directing, initiating, reviewing and approving research proposals

•Monitoring & evaluating research works

•Research fellow

Bonn University, West Germany

Apr. 96 – June 00

•Conducting my PhD dissertation research works

•Assisting the research activities of the university

•Advising M.Sc. and PhD students

•Graduate Assistant, Assistant Lecturer and Senior Lecturer

•Head, Department of Plant Sciences

Jimma College of Agriculture, Jimma University, Ethiopia

Jimma College of Agriculture, Jimma University

Sep. 84 – Mar. 96

Sep. 93 – Oct. 96

•Teaching various courses for under-graduate classes

•Conducting researches on coffee nursery management, agronomy and processing

•Developing crop production and research fields

•Coordinating the production and distribution of various horticultural crops seedlings including CBD resistant coffee seedlings to surrounding farmers

•Managing, coordinating and leading the teaching, research and outreach activities of the department

•Member of the Academic Commission of Jimma College of Agriculture