Birhanu Bekele Negash
Mattu University, Bedele
Summary
Enthusiastic senior university lecturer with 13 years’ experience as a soil, water and forestry expert. I currently work as a university researcher, lecturer and head of department, where I teach courses on land degradation and rehabilitation, biodiversity conservation and management and soil and water conservation for both masters and undergraduate students. I also supervise masters and undergraduate students on their proposal writing and research projects. For the past 8 years I have been a collaborator in 3 research projects led by Swedish and German Universities. I have also supervised; coordinated and implemented a land restoration project funded by Foundation Green Ethiopia focusing on Plants for planet strategy and conducted my Master research on this restored land about its carbon sequestration and socioeconomic role.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Department, Lecturer and Researcher
Mattu University
03.2019 - Current
- Preparing material for more than four (Land Degradation and Rehabilitation, Soil and water conservation, General ecology, Biodiversity conservation and management, Climate change adaptation and mitigation, and Hydrology) courses per semester
- Serving as student advisor and following their academic paths
- Regular meetings, report writing, submitting and presenting works done by the departments
- Proposal writing, defending and submitting for funds, research and community service work and serving as campus research auditing team leader.
Data collector and field assistant
Leuphana University and Stockholm University
11.2015 - 01.2023
- GPS based site selection for Coffee pest and pathogens project
- Site selection and camera trapping in the forest for wild animals and birds, collecting data, organizing workshops by contacting stakeholders from local to federal level for scenario planning and outreach in SESyP project.
Lecturer and Researcher
Bonga University
08.2017 - 03.2019
- I served as senior instructor of Land Degradation and Rehabilitation, General Ecology, Biodiversity, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Hydrology, Soil and Water conservation and other relevant courses under the College of Agriculture and Natural resources - Natural Resource management department
- Served as community service team leader and implemented training on 'Role of elder in environmental protection and its benefits'.
Expert, Natural Resource Management department leader and Project Coordinator
Agricultural Office
09.2010 - 06.2014
- Soil and water conservation technologies and Forest management trainer for expert and farmers
- Supervisor of Natural Resource Management department in agricultural office
- I have implemented a very good result on 'PLANTS FOR PLANET' strategy as the Project Coordinator of Foundation Green Ethiopia.
Education
Master Degree in Natural Resource Management, Watershed specialization -
Jimma University, Ethiopia
03.2016
B.Sc. Degree in Natural Resource Management (First Degree) -
Wollega University, Ethiopia
06.2010
Skills
- Microsoft office (Word, Excel and Power point)
- Programs and internet
- Good in using statistical software like SAS, STATA, SPSS, Mini Tab and good at R software
- Geographical Information System (GIS)
Academic Accomplishments
- Conferences and Fellowships, The Role of Agricultural Research in Enhancing Livelihood of Society, Mattu University, Ethiopia, 05/22/2021, 05/23/2021
- Conferences and Fellowships, Global Climate change – Approaches of International collaboration, Bonn, Germany, 09/12/2017, 09/14/2017
Publications
- Plural valuation in south-western Ethiopia: disaggregated ecosystem service values in a smallholder landscape, Brück M., Schultner J., Bekele B., Damu D., F., Abson D.J., 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4305687
- Predicting the impacts of human population growth on forest mammals in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia, Rodrigues P., Dorresteijn I., Guilherme J.L., Hanspach J., De Beenhouwer M., Hylander K., Bekele B., Senbeta F., Fischer J., Nimmo D., 2021, Biological Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109046
- Review on effect of area closure on the rehabilitation of degraded hillside lands of Ethiopia, Bekele B., Begna M., 2020, Global Scientific Journals
- Soil carbon sequestration, socio economic impacts and farmers’ perception on the role of enclosures: the case of Gimbichu Woreda, central Ethiopia, Beleke B., 2015, MSc Thesis, http://10.140.5.162//handle/123456789/2195
Timeline
Head of Department, Lecturer and Researcher
Mattu University
03.2019 - Current
Lecturer and Researcher
Bonga University
08.2017 - 03.2019
Data collector and field assistant
Leuphana University and Stockholm University
11.2015 - 01.2023
Expert, Natural Resource Management department leader and Project Coordinator
Agricultural Office
09.2010 - 06.2014
Master Degree in Natural Resource Management, Watershed specialization -
Jimma University, Ethiopia
B.Sc. Degree in Natural Resource Management (First Degree) -
Wollega University, Ethiopia
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