Mulatie Mekonnen (PhD)
Full Name: Dr. Mulatie Mekonnen Getahun
Citizen: Ethiopian
Office: Zenzelima 045
: Wisdom 517
Moblie: +251 0918704761
Email: Mulatie.mekonnen@bdu.edu.et or
Education:
PhD in Soil Conservation and Watershed Management (conc: Sustaining reservoir use through sediment trapping)
MSc in Geo-Information Science
Bachelor in Geography
Trainings obtained (Recent):
1.A 5-day training course on soil mapping, classification & assessment for soil & environmental scientists, International Soil Reference & Information Centre (ISRIC) Spring school, Hands-on Global Soil Information Facilities, 9-13 May 2016, Wageningen, The Netherlands
2.Techniques for writing & Presenting a Scientific Paper, 5-8 February 2013, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
3.Information Literacy Including EndNote Introduction, 4-5 December 2012, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
4.Project and time management, 22 January, 5 February, 5 March 2014, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
5.GIS based Database Management, at Center for Training and Integrated Research (CETRAD), 26th March to 4th April, 2012, Nanyuki, Kenya.
6.Application of GIS and Remote Sensing for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), 11th to 20th April 2011, Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology, Ethiopia,
7.Training on Advanced GIS, April 23 to May 2, 2010, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
8.Application of GIS in Water Resources Management, 12-22 May 2010, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
9.Training on Remote Sensing and Image Analysis, 3-11 May 2010, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
10.Training on Land Rehabilitation, Productivity improvement and Income Generating Technologies, 21-30 Nov. 2006, Ethiopia.
Working titles:
•Assistant Professor, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, BDU
•GIS/RS Researcher, Geospatial Data and Technology Center, BDU
•Regional GIS Specialist, ANRS, Bureau of Agriculture (BOA)
•Watershed Management & Development Specialist, BOA
•Project coordinator, MERET Project, World Food Program (WFP), Ethiopia
Positions and academic deeds
Department head, NaRM, CAES, BDU
MSc and PhD programs coordinator, NaRM, CAES, BDU
Associate editor: JAES Journal
Associate editor: Frontiers in Soil Science
Project coordinator, MERET, WFP
Project coordinator, AMAREW, USAID Project, BOA, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
MSc thesis advising: >30 students
MSC thesis examination: > 30 thesis
Reviewing more than 20 articles for different journals
Publications (Recent, peer reviewed)
1. Worku T., Mekonnen M., Yitaferu B., Cerdà A. 2020. Conversion of Crop land use to Plantation land
use, northwest Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2020.100044 2. Mekonnen M. 2020. Impacts of soil and water conservation practices after half of a generation age,
northwest highlands of Ethiopia. Journal soil & Tillage Research. Volume 205, January 2021, 104755
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104755 3. Alewoye G.M., Addisu L.S., Mekonnen M., Aschalew A., 2020. Soil Properties and Crop Productivity
Strategies as a Potential Climate Variability Adaptation Options in Adefwuha Watershed, Ethiopia.
Earth Syst Environ 4, 359 - 368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-020-00156-8 4. Mekonnen M., and Getahun M., 2020. Soil conservation practices contribution in trapping sediment
and soil organic carbon, Minizr watershed, northwest highlands of Ethiopia. J. Soils Sediments 20(5),
2484-2494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02611-5 5. Guadie M, Molla E, Mekonnen M, Cerdà A. 2020. Effects of Soil Bund and Stone-Faced Soil Bund on
Soil Physicochemical Properties and Crop Yield Under Rain-Fed Conditions of Northwest Ethiopia.
Land 9 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9010013 6. Addisu S. and Mekonnen M., 2019. Check dams and storages beyond trapping sediment, carbon
sequestration for climate change mitigation, Northwest Ethiopia. Geoenvironmental Disasters 6(4), 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40677-019-0120-1
7. Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Baartman, J.E.M., Stroosnijder, L., Maroulis, J. 2016. Reducing Sediment
Connectivity Through man-Made and Natural Sediment Sinks in the Minizr Catchment, Northwest
Ethiopia: Sediment Trapping Approach Lack Integration. Land Degradation & Development 28 (2),
708-717. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2629 8. Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Ritsema, C.J., Stroosnijder, L., Baartman, J.E.M. 2016. Sediment trapping
with indigenous grass species showing differences in plant traits in northwest Ethiopia. CATENA 147,
755-763. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.08.036 9. Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Baartman, J.E.M., Ritsema, C.J., Melesse, A.M. 2015. Evaluating sediment
storage dams: Structural off-site sediment trapping measures in northwest Ethiopia. CIG 41, 7-22. DOI:
10.18172/cig.2643
10. Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Stroosnijder, L., Baartman, J.E.M., Maroulis, J. 2014. Soil conservation
through sediment trapping: a review. Land Degradation &d Development 26, 544-556.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2308 11. Mekonnen M., Sewunet,T., Gebeyeh, M., Azene, B., Melesse, A.M. 2016. GIS and Remote Sensing-
based forest resource assessment, quantification and mapping in Amhara Region, Ethiopia.
Landscape Dynamics, Soil and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates, Springer Geography, 9-29.
12. Mekonnen M., Melesse, A.M., Kesstra, S.D. 2016. Spatial Runoff Estimation and Mapping of Potential
Water Harvesting Sites: A GIS and Remote Sensing perspective, northwest Ethiopia. Landscape
Dynamics, Soil and Hydrological Processes, Springer Geography, 565-584.
13. Mekonnen M. and Melesse, A.M. 2011. Soil erosion mapping and hotspot area identification using
GIS and Remote Sensing in northwest Ethiopian highlands, near Lake Tana. Nile River Basin
hydrology climate & water use, Springer: 207-224.
14. Engdayehu, G., Fisseha, G., Mekonnen, M., Melesse, A.M. 2016. Evaluating technical standards of
physical soil and water conservation practices and their role in soil loss reduction: The case of Debre
Mewi Watershed, north-west Ethiopia. Landscape Dynamics, Soil and Hydrological Processes in
Varied Climates, Springer Geography, 789-818.
15. Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Baartman, J.E.M., Stroosnijder, L., Masselink, R.J.H. 2016. Spatial and
temporal variations of sediment entering Koga reservoir, NW Ethiopia. 12-26, Wageningen
University, PhD thesis, The Netherlands
16. Mekonnen M., Baartman, J.E.M, Keesstra, S.D., Stroosnijder, L. 2016. Adapting LAPSUS_D model to
simulate runoff and sediment yield in Minizr Catchment, NW Ethiopia, Wageningen University, PhD
thesis, 88-95.
International & national conference presentations
1.Mekonnen M., Worku T. Yitaferu B. Cerdà A. and Keesstra SD. 2020. Economics of Agroforestry Land Use System, Upper Blue Nile Basin, northwest Ethiopia.7th annual conference, Agricultutre and Environmental Management for Sustainable Development, 6-7 March, 2020, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
2.Mekonnen M., and Getahun M. 2018. Soil Conservation Practices Contribution to Soil Organic Carbon sequestration, Minizr Watershed, northwest Ethiopia, 6th annual conference, 30-31 May 2019, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia,
3.Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Ritsema, C.J., Stroosnijder, L., Baartman, J.E.M. 2016. Evaluating indigenous grass species as on-site sediment trapping measures, northwest Ethiopian highlands. European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2016, April 17-22, 2016, Austria Vienna.
4.Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Ritsema, C.J., Stroosnijder, L., Baartman, J.E.M. 2016. Assessing the integrated sediment trapping role of man-made and natural sediment sinks, Minizr catchment, Ethiopia. European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2016, April 17-22, 2016, Austria Vienna.
5.Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Ritsema, C.J., Stroosnijder, L., Baartman, J.E.M. 2015. Evaluating the sediment trapping efficacy of indigenous grass species, north-west Ethiopian highlands. International Conference on TROPILAKES2015, Tropical lakes in a changing environment: Water, Land, Biology, Climate and Humans, Sept 23-29, 2015, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
6.Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Baartman, J.E.M., Ritsema, C.J. 2014. Sediment Storage Dam-A structural gully erosion control and sediment trapping measure NW Ethiopia. European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2014, 27 April - 02 May 2014, Austria, Vienna.
7.Mekonnen M., Keesstra, S.D., Baartman, J.E.M., Stroosnijder, L., Maroulis, J. 2014. Soil Conservation Through Sediment Trapping: A review. European Geoscience Union General Assembly 2014, 27 April - 02 May 2014, Austria Vienna.
8.Mekonnen M., Sewunet, T., Gebeyehu, M., Azene, B., Melesse, A.M. 2014. GIS and Remote Sensing Based Forest Resource Assessment, Quantification and Mapping in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Forestry Society 3rd National Conference. December 22-24, 2014, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
9.Mekonnen M., Melesse, AM. 2010. Spatial Runoff and Mapping of Potential Water Harvesting Areas: A GIS and Remote Sensing Perspective, Debre Mewi, Ethiopia. International Conference on Water Resources 12-16 January, 2010, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Professional/research interest (Key words)
Soil and water conservation and watershed management,
Degraded highlands restoration/rehabilitation
Sediment dynamics, Landscape connectivity, Sustainable reservoirs use
GIS, Remote Sensing applications in Natural resources management, Land use Dynamics
Teaching/capacity building in natural resources management
