ORCID id:               https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9930-Website      www.bdu.edu.et/idrmfss 1329  

2. Educational Background 

                                                                  3. Work experience 

4.Project experience 

• Lead researcher for the project of Assessment and Evaluations of Risk Insurance for Resilience Building among Drought Prone Pastoral Communities in Southern Ethiopia, sponsored by EU-EDRMC collaborated with AMU, 2025-2026 
• in the Project team member of Mainstreaming Disaster risk management into governmental sectors funded by European Commission collaborating with National DRM commission and Arba Minch University. 
• Lead researcher in the project of climate adaptation research program funded by Arizona University and USAID collaborating with Stellenbosch University, South Africa and PeriPeri U from 2023 to 2024. 
• Project team member of Mainstreaming Disaster risk management into governmental sectors funded by European Commission collaborating with National DRM commission and Arba Minch University. 
• Team member of the project of climate risk management of agriculture funded and coordinated by AICRA based in Ethiopia 
• Focal person of National Incident Management System (NIMS) delegated by Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission. 
• Member of EU-project aimed at  agricultural risk management, emergency response management and Early warning software like LEAP, ArcGIS 
• Member of the project of Climate risk management in Agriculture project at National network 
• Senior training facilitator for the  USAID response leadership activity project 
• Principal researcher for climate change adaptation Program project granted by PeriPeri U in collaboration with Arizona and Stellenbosch Universities from 2023 to 2024. 
• Team member of Agricultural risk management National framework across Ethiopian Universities led by ICRISAT and ILRI, Addis Ababa Ethiopia 
• Trainee or Trainees of Disaster risk reduction project controlled by Bahir Gar University supported by USAID 
• Team leader of emergency management training courses and response center project at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 
• Focal person for the project of National Incident Management System: Multi agency coordination (MAC), Emergency operation Center (EOC)  and Incident Coordination System (ICS) 
• Participation on the Early Warning and Early Action in Emergency Response project 
• Focal person for the project of Strengthening Climate Information Partnership East Africa (SCIPEA) 
• Participating on the project of National flood monitoring (focus on Awash basin) 

5.Certificates 

• Training of trainers certificate on Basic and advance disaster risk response project lead by USAID 
• Certificate of facilitating basic and advance disaster risk response training at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 09-22/ May/2023 
• Training of  trainers  on Climate risk management in Agriculture at Adama, Ethiopia from Dec 6/2022 to Dec 16/2022 organized by ILRI in collaboration with IRI, Columbia University, USA. 
• Training certificate on environmental Impact Assessment and environmental management plan organized by the GEO FANA EIA and Project consultancy from July 1/2011 EC to July 15/2011 Ec. 
• Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction Science and Action and hydrological Urban Risk from October 28/2019Novermebr 01/2019 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
• People Centered Early Warning-Early Action in the Context of Multi Sectoral Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate change Impact and the need of integrated adaptation approach” for experts from Organizations from 10^th of February to 14^th of February 2021 at Ebinat District, Ethiopia. Organized by Ethiopia Red Cross society at Amhara Region. Contact person Shambel Wale head of Ethiopian Red Cross Amhara Branch: Mobile: 0918728527, email: shambel.wale@redcrosseth.org 
• Emergency Management System in Response to COVID 19: Focus on Responders’ safety” for volunteer workers from 18^th to 19^th of September/ 2020 at Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia. Organized by Ethiopia Red Cross society at Amhara Region. Contact person Shambel Wale head of Ethiopian Red Cross Amhara Branch: Mobile: 0918728527, email: shambel.wale@redcrosseth.org 
• Emigration site management Training from August 6 /2018 - August 7/2018 at Dilla town Ethiopia by UNHCR in collaboration with NDRMC and IOM 
• Trainee certificates on National Incident Management System (NIMS) consolidated training from 12 -17 February / 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Organized by USAID and US Forest. 
• Helping Instruct training certificate on National Incident Management System (NIMS) consolidated training from 5^th to 10^th of March / 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Organized by USAID and US Forest. 
• Helping Instruct training certificate on National Incident Management System (NIMS) consolidated training from 19^th to 24^th  / 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Organized by USAID and US Forest. 
• Appreciation certificate for being Team leader for Emergency Management System short term Training curriculum. Awarded by Department of Disaster risk management and sustainable development, IDRMFSS: Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. 
• Fire Emergency Prevention and Control Mechanism Awareness Creation training from August 19/2019 to August 30/2019 organized by Addis Ababa Fire and Disaster Risk Management Training Center, Ethiopia. 
• Training certificate on Environmental Impact Assessment and Environment Plan organized by Geo- Fana EIA and Project Consultancy from July 1/2011 – July 15/2011 E.C. (8-7-2019 to 22-7-2019) 
• Instructing  certificate on NMA’s Enhanced National Climate Service (ENACTS) : based on Ground – satellite merged data from October 15/2018 – October 26/2018 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia organized by IRI in collaboration with NMA Ethiopia   
• Trainee certificate of basics of radar meteorology, radar product generation and the use of IRIS software 
• Gender Responsive Effective Teaching Skills” from March 4/2019 – 9/2019 at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia by Jhpiego Ethiopia. 
• Online training on How Elsevier Core Research Solutions can enhance your Research at Elsevier Africa, on 14 December, 2021. 

6. Publications: 

• Tegegn, M.G., Berlie, A. & Utallo, A.U. Spatiotemporal variability and trends of intra-seasonal rainfall and temperature in the drought-prone districts of Northwestern Ethiopia. Discov Sustain 5, 230 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00445-6 
• Tegegn, M.G., Berlie, A.B. & Utallo, A.U. Patterns and probabilities of dry spells and rainfall for improved rain-fed farming in Northwestern Ethiopia. Discov Sustain5, 387 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621024-00576-w 
• Adaptation Strategies to intra-seasonal climate variability and Their Determinants among Farm Households in Northwestern Ethiopia: A Livelihood Zone Based Analysis (Under review) 
• Climate-Induced Livelihood Vulnerability among Farm Households in Different Livelihood Zones of Northwestern Ethiopia: A Case Study of Ebenat District- ready for submission  
• Muluneh, G.T. (2015). Analysis of Past and Future Intra-Seasonal Rainfall Variability and its Implications for Crop Production in the North Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia. 
• Factors Affecting The Effectiveness Of Disaster Risk Management  Mainstreaming In Government 

Institutions Of Central And South Ethiopia Regions- on going to submit  

7. Training I delivered 

8. Language 

         9.    Additional skills 

• Livelihood early Assessment Protection project (LEAP) for early warring and agricultural risk management specifically established for Ethiopia 
• Dynamical/numerical models:-MarkSim GCM DSSAT weather generator updated tool to include a total of 17 individual climate models that were part of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (CMIP5) used to down scale weather data from Global Circulation Models,  (Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) is Numerical weather prediction (NWP), etc. 
• Statistical Models: - statistical models including models that are recommended to calibrate and evaluate different models to make suitable to local condition. instance  I used    to calibrate Hargreaves and Samani model against FAOPM model using Mean Bias Error (MBE), Root mean Square Error (RMSE), D-index and R square 
• Climate data tool (CDT),. MarSim GCM weather Generating online tool, Climate Prediction Tool (CPT), R software to compute extreme climatic indices and etc., ArcGis, INSTAT software to characterize and compute climatic indices and etc., STATA, SPSS, LEAP, DrinC, CROPWAT, Excel etc. 

10. Conferences and Workshops I participated 

• International conference on climate change adaptation research program at Adis Ababa organized Arizona University collaborating with Stellenbosch University , 2024 
• International conference on climate change adaptation research program at Tanzania Dares Elam  organized Arizona University collaborating with Stellenbosch University, 2023 
• Africa Climate Network society at Stellenbosch University, Cape town, South Africa from 
• Participated on stakeholders review workshop strategic planning on climate and meteorological service advancement in Ethiopia (CMESA-E National Framework for climate service at Addis Ababa, Friend Ship International Hotel: organized by National Meteorology Agency and Christian Aid from March 13-14, 2019. 
• Participated at stakeholders review workshop on policy, planning and practice in climate and Agriculture in order to identify needs at Ramada Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from March 13-15, 2018. Organized by NMA, World Bank, and IRI. 
• Participated at household economy Approach (HEA) Livelihood Baseline at Adama, Ethiopia, Oct. 13, 2018.  Organized by save the children. 
• Participated at the workshop of Future flood risk adaptation: supporting a strategic approach in the Awash basin at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Organized by Ethiopian development research institute in collaboration with SAYERS and Partners, UK Space Agency, University of OXFORD on aug.17/2017. 
• Participated on workshop of capacity for food security, Nutrition and early warning information systems in Ethiopia at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Organized by Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations in collaboration with national disaster Risk management commission of Ethiopia. 
• International  conference on Agro meteorology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,  July 3-4/2017 organized by Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA). 
• Third National conference on Building Disaster Resilient Community organized by Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: date June 2/2017. I presented paper my MSc thesis out put 
• Regional Workshop on Coordination for Resilience Facilitation Guide, Amhara Region, Debre Tabor. Date 4-5 August 2017 
• Regional Annual conference on research Review organized by Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Date 2016.   
• National stakeholders Workshop of on Agro meteorology Task force at Adama, Ethiopia. Date, September 0304, 2016 

11. Reference (s) 

1. Mintesiot Azene (Associate Professor) 

Director of Institute of Disaster Risk Management and Food security studies, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia 

Email: Mintesinot.Azene@bdu.edu.et 

1. Bekele Shanko (PhD) 

President of Global Transformational Leadership Academy, USA 

               E: bekele.shanko@cru.org 

1. Arega Bazezew Berlie (Professor) PhD supervisor 

              Scientist and journal editor at Bahir Dar University               E: aregaberlie@gmail.com