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BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC STAFF PROFILE

FULL NAME: Mezgebu Ashagrie Demissie CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE (if any): OFFICE ADDRESS (Dept. and BLDG/Office No.): Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management MOBILE NUMBER (Optional) OFFICE PHONE NUMBER: (If any) E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] FAX ADDRESS: (If any)

EDUCATION

Undergraduate Year of Degree Degree Institution 1999/2000-2003 B.Ed. in Biology Dilla College of Teachers Education ………… Graduate 2006/2007-2008/2009 MSc in Dryland Biodiversity Addis Ababa University 2010 – 2015 PhD in Ecological & systematic Zoology Addis Ababa University

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2003-2006 Instructor of Environmental Science in Washera Broad View College, Debre Markos 2009 Lecturer of Biology in Finote selam Teachers College, Finote selam 2015- Present Assistant Professor in Department of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management, Bahir Dar University

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: 1 2015- present Department Graduate Council member in Department of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS Advising MSc Thesis: Estimating Population Status of Theropithecus gelada & Human-Gelada conflict in Guna Mountains Proposed Conservation Area, South Gonder, Ethiopia. (2016)

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES 2003-2006 Teaching Environmental Science, Primary School Teachers Education 2009 General Biology in Finote Selam Teachers College, Department of Natural Sciences 2015/2016 Wildlife Ecology in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management 2015/2016 Advising MSc seminar in Wildlife & Ecotourism graduate program 2016 Mammalogy in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management 2016 Advising Seminar and Senior research project in BSc program of Fisheries, Wetlands and Wildlife Management

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES IUCN SSC (International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission)- Primate Specialist Group

PUBLICATIONS a) Refereed (i.e., peer-reviewed) papers 2010. A preliminary survey of Erythrocebus patas in Anbesa Chaka, Bambesi Woreda of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 33: 67-72. b) Theses 2009. Ecomorphological Analysis of Cercopithecidae in Lower Omo Basin: A Study on Dietary Adaptation, Habitat Preference and Paleoenvironment Reconstruction. M.Sc. Thesis, 2015. Behavioral Ecology of the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) and Conservation Challenges in Alatish National Park, Northwest Ethiopia. PhD Thesis.

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

2 I am interested in conducting research works related to monitoring Wildlife Population, wildlife spatial ecology, Wildlife-Human conflict, monitoring conservation effectiveness of protected areas, Primate (Behavior, ecology & Systematics), Animal Behavior, and Biodiversity Assessment in terrestrial ecosystems.

KEY SKILLS AND ABILITIES Field techniques in wildlife study, Eco-morphological analysis techniques, GIS & remote sensing application for wildlife study, Basic GIS, Experimental design & statistical analysis