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Associate Professor
  • Personal Information: 
  • First name: Alemu,   Middle name: Abate ,   Third name: Asfaw
  • Nationality: Ethiopian 
  • Mobile: +251-911-79 17 81
  • E-mail: abatalem@yahoo.com, or alemu.abate@bdu.edu.et 
  • Mailing address: Bahir Dar University, P. O. Box: 79; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
  • ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: Years in G.C
  • 2024           : Certificate for MCT online from Arizona State University, USA. 
  • 2010 to 2017: PhD in Plant Breeding from Haramaya University, Ethiopia. 
  • 2010            : Higher diploma in Teaching; Aksum University, Ethiopia.
  • 2005 to 2008: M.Sc. degree in Botanical Sciences at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
  • 2001 to 2005: B.Sc. degree in Biology from Haramaya University of Ethiopia.
  • Work Experiences: 
  • 3 Sept 2023 to date: Associate Professor working for Bahir Dar University @ department Plant Sciences.
  • 8 Nov 2018 to 3 Sept 2023: Assistant Professor working for Bahir Dar University @ department Plant Sciences.
  • 7 Feb 2018 to 8 Nov 2018: Crop adviser @ Bureau of Agriculture, Amhara Region. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
  • Aug 2007 to Feb 2018: Lecturer at Aksum University of Ethiopia. 
  • Administrative Positions:
  • Vice dean for Postgraduate, Research and Community engagement (15 Jan 2023 onwards) at College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences in Bahir Dar University.
  • Department Head of Plant Sciences (8 Nov 2020 to 15 Jan 2023) at Bahir Dar University.
  • Deputy Head for Regional Bureau Agriculture (8 Feb 2018 to 7 Nov 2018) in Amhara Nationality Regional State, Ethiopia.
  • College Dean of Natural and Computational Sciences (09 Jan 2010 to 10 Sep 2010) at Aksum University until I left for my PhD training.
  • Department Head of Biology (5 Nov 2008 to 8 July 2009) and Natural Sciences (09 July 2009 to 08 Jan 2010) before and after reformation of Aksum University, respectively.
  • Curricular and Teaching Experiences:
  • PhD courses: Teaching Advanced Plant Breeding for PhD students starting from Jan, 2023 G.C.
  • MSc Courses: Teaching Advanced Genetics, Plant Breeding, Breeding for Stress Resistance, Breeding for Quality Traits, Seed Science and Technology, Horticultural Seed Production, Maintenance Breeding to plant breeding, agronomy, horticulture starting from Nov 8, 2018 G.C.
  • Curriculum development/Revision: Nationally Harmonized BSc in Biology and Biotechnology in 2007/ 2008 G.C. and Plant Sciences in 2022, MSc in Plant Breeding and PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics at Bahir Dar Universities in 2019 to 2020.
  • Curriculum Revision: MSc in Plant Breeding curriculum for Gondar and Injibara Universities in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
  • Research and Supervision Experiences:
  • Research: involved in five internally and two externally funded mega projects (Nov 8, 2021 onwards).
  • Research Fellowships: Fellow researcher at BecA-ILRI Hub (Biosciences for East and Central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute) in Nairobi, Kenya (02 July 2015 to 06 June 2017).
  • Supervision: Supervised 40 MSc and 8 PhD students of Bahir Dar University researching on different crops.
  • Publications:
  • Published 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, 1 book and 2 book chapters. Please find  publications in the Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alemu-Abate-3 
  • References: 
  • Dr. FirewMekbib, Associate Prof. of Plant Biotechnology and Plant Breeding at Haramaya University of Ethiopia, supervisor for my PhD Dissertation research work, E-mail: firew.mekbib@gmail.com
  • Dr. Seid Ahmed, Senior Scientist of Pulse improvement at ICARDA in Morocco, supervisor for my PhD Dissertation research work, E-mail: s.kemal@cgiar.org

 

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Plant Science