Name: Dr. Melkamu Alebachew Anley

• Department Geography and Environmental Studies
• Position/Status Assistant professor
• E-mail Address melkamuanleye@gmail.com
• Phone 0921277922

Biography

My name is Melkamu Alebachew, was born in Bahir Dar in 2084. Currently I am lecturer and researcher at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia with academic title of assistant professor. I have attained primary and secondary school at Ewket Fana elementary and primary school Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. At the end of Secondary school, I took ESLECE exam. During that time, I have got a result that enables me to join Degree program. MOE assigned me at BDU.As a result I have attained first degree here in Bahir Dar University. My hobby is focused on Reading Different types of articles, books and dealing with people about current issues.

Awards and Honors

• PhD in Geography and Environmental studies at Bahir Dar University in 2024. Dissertation title: Modelling the Status of Land Degradation Neutrality, Ecosystem Service Value and Sediment Export of Rib Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia.
• MA in Geography and Environmental Studies (Specialized in Physical Geography) at Bahir Dar University in 2012.
• B.Ed. in Geography at Bahir Dar University in 2006.
• Training Certificate of GIS for East Africa at Al Neelain University, Sudan. Sponsored by DAAD in 2018.
• Introduction to SPSS software certificate at cat computer center, Bahir Dar Ethiopia in 2013
• Introduction to Computer Certificate at Dot com Computer center, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
• In 2008 selected as best teacher of the school and award certificate in School, Woreda, Zone and Region level.

Teaching Experience

• From September 2006 to August 2006: High school teacher at Abay Minch secondary and preparatory school, Amhara region Ethiopia.
• From September 2007 up to August 2014: High school teacher at Bure preparatory school, Amhara Region Ethiopia.
• From 2014 up to October 2024: Lecturer at Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia.
• From November 20204 up to present Assistant professor at Bahir Dar University.

Research interests

I have research interest on area of ecosystem service, soil loss, sediment export and land degradation neutrality.

Research projects since joining BDU

I am new for the Bahir Dar University. I am the staff of the university for the past four months. Therefore, there are no projects done.

Conferences Attended

• Land Use and Land Cover Change and Implication to Watershed Degradation Using GIS and Remote Sensing in the Guna Watershed, North Western Ethiopia. The second National conference on Organized by Debre Tabor University 14—15 May 2014. Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
• Assessing the impacts of land use/cover changes on ecosystem service values in Rib watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. The second African graduate scholar, organized by Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.

Publications

• Journal articles

1. Melkamu Alebachew Anley & Amare Sewnet Minale, (2023) Examining the Land   

Degradation Neutrality (LDN) status of Rib watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin,   Ethiopia, Sustainable Environment, 9:1, 2287906,   https://doi.org/10.1080/27658511.2023.2287906

2. Anley, M. A., Minale, A. S., Ayehu, N. H., & Gashaw, T. (2022). Assessing the  impacts of land use/cover changes on ecosystem service values in Rib watershed, Upper Blue  Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Trees, Forests and People, 7(3), 100212.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100212 

3. Anley, M. A.,and Minale, A. S.(2024). Modeling the impact of land use land cover  change on the estimation of soil loss and sediment export using InVEST model at the  Rib River watershed of Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 34 (2024) 101177. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101177