Work: Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Email: endtg2002@yahoo.com 

Phone: (+251)918309704 

LinkedIn: https://et.linkedin.com/in/endalkachew-nibret-0483943a 

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-2877 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Endalkachew-Nibret 

Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/67244926 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=scgmaxUAAAAJ&hl=en

HONORS AND AWARDS 

Best teacher award of the year 2022 in the Department of Biology, College of Science, Bahir Dar University 

DAAD scholarship (Germany): 5-15 November 2018 

VLIR UOS scholarship (Belgium): 16 October to 24 November 2017 

DGD scholarship (Belgium): 07 February to 28 February 2017 

DAAD scholarship (Germany): 14 May 2017 to 15 July 2017 

DAAD scholarship (Germany): June 2006 up to June 2010

EDUCATION: 

01/10/06-01/06/10 PhD, Inst. of Pharmacy & Molecular Biotechnology, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany 

01/09/04-05/07/05 Higher Diploma License, Bahir Dar University (BDU), Ethiopia 

01/09/01-24/07/04 MSc in Biology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

 01/09/95-30/06/98 BSc in Biology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

SPECIAL COURSE/TRAINING

5-10 November 2018: Advanced training seminar on decision making in public health, 2 Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 

1-28 November, 2017 (distance learning); Face-to-face: 7-28 February 2018: Molecular data for infectious diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium 

11-15 December, 2017: Basic Bioinformatics, BecA-ILRI, ILRI campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

16 October to 24 November 2017: International course in Epidemiology, biostatistics, & Qualitative Research Methods, University of Antwerp, Belgium 

15-17 October, 2012: Macrophage infection (e.g. by Leishmania) and dendritic cell phenotyping using flow cytometry at Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

1-5 July, 2013: Basic Training on Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), , Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 20-23 November, 2007: Mass spectroscopy, Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Germany 

WORK EXPERIENCE 

2023-Present: Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

2014-2023: Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

2010-2014: Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

2004-2010: Lecturer, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

2000-2004: Graduate Assistant II, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

1999-2000: Graduate Assistant I, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

RESEARCH INTEREST: I have a strong interest in the biology of pathogenic organisms and their virulence factors. Additionally, I am particularly interested in immunology, parasitic infections, and medicinal plants. 

RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Co-PI (Co-investigator): Epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infection and treatment efficacy of praziquantel among schoolchildren and adults in northwest Ethiopia, funded jointly by Bahir Dar University and Mundo Sano Foundation (FMS) Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain (2022-2025). 

PI (Principal Investigator): Mechanistic insight into the epidemiology of model infectious and chronic diseases in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, funded by Biotechnology Institute of Bahir Dar University (2019-23) 

PI: Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. from diarrheic children, calves, and water sources in Bahir Dar city and peri-urban areas, northwest Ethiopia: A one health approach, Appear, Prep-213, 2022, Austria 

Co-PI: Spatial distribution, ivermectin efficacy, and determinant factors of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Amhara Region, funded jointly by Bahir Dar University and National Center for Tropical Medicine, Health Institute of Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (2019-2022) 

Co-PI: Understanding the immune profiles of asymptomatic and symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis in endemic focus of Amhara Region, northwest Ethiopia, funded by Imperial College, London, UK. (2019-2022) 

Co-PI: Understanding differences in clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic disease focus (2018-2021), funded by Imperial College, London, UK. 

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS: Recent trends in scientific research: the case of biomedical sciences: 12th National Conference, April 12-13, 2024, College of Science, Bahir Dar University.

What do we know about vaccines being developed against COVID-19? Public Lecture, Feb. 26, 2021. Bahir Dar University.