Biology - Arba Minch University

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Overview

The Department of Biology at Arba Minch University has a rich history, beginning its teaching and learning process when Arba Minch Water Technology Institution was upgraded to Arba Minch University in 2004. Over more than 20 years, the department has undergone various stages of development, transitioning from a "Biology Unit" to a fully organized department. It is considered one of the leading and robust departments within the College of Natural and Computational Sciences at Arba Minch University. The study of biology encompasses basic and applied aspects, with the applied aspects finding practical applications in various fields such as agriculture, industry, medicine, biotechnology, and environmental protection.

The Department of Biology is dedicated to providing high-quality education and research with a team of over 65 qualified teaching and non-teaching staff members. The department's goal is to improve the teaching and learning process through research-based teaching methods. Research activities include projects led by staff members and postgraduate studies, focusing on conducting scientific research, providing training, and offering consultancy services in various biological disciplines and sectors. Additionally, the department is committed to providing various services and consultancies to different industries, such as food industries, bio fertilizers, land rehabilitation, food security, disease prevention and control, wildlife resources, and training on scientific writing and publication.

Vision

The department aims to cultivate responsible citizens and conduct sustainably demand-driven research in the biological sciences.

Mission

The Department of Biology is dedicated to serving the community and the nation through research and teaching by collaborative partnership between students and teachers working towards the country's growth and transformation plan.

Goals

Ensure the quality of education and training.
Conduct problem-solving, basic and/or applied research in various fields of biological sciences
Establish systems and create conducive environment for research and teaching.

Staff profile

Full Name	Rank	Field of Specialization	Email	Research Interest Area
Mr. Alemu Chemeda	Asst. Professor	Medical Microbiology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Tropical infectious disease i.e. TB, Malaria, foodborne disease......
Mr. Mulugeta Kebebew	Asst. Professor	Botanical Science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Ecology, Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine, Plant Biology and Conservation Management
Mr. Fitsum Dejene	Chief 1 TA	Medical Microbiology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Mycology and virology
Dr. Samson Tizazu	Asst. Professor	Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology
Dr. Awoke Guadie	Asst. Professor	Environmental Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Wastewater treatment, isolating microbes from alkaline environment, anaerobic-aerobic dye treatment, nutrient recover from waste sources, enset bacterial wilt, climate cahnge
Mr. Bikila Wedajo	Asst. Professor	Applied Microbiology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Microbiology
Mr. Shambel Walelign	Lecturer	Genetics	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	PLANT GENETICS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Dr. Sintayehu Tsegaye	Asst. Professor	Infection biology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	drug discovery, drug resistance and epidemiology of infectious diseases
Dr. Daniel Woldeyes	Asst. Professor	PhD in Biomedical Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Parasitology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Vector Borne Diseases and Zoonoses
Mr. Meseretu melese	Asst. Professor	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	plant-microb interaction, symbiosis and microbial biotechnology
Dr. Alemayehu Hailemicael	Assoc. Professor	Environmental Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Pollution, wastewater, Ecorestoration, climate change, Gis and Remote sensing
Dr. Feleke Woldeyes	Asst. Professor	Botanical Science		Ethinobotany and conservation
Dr. Berhanu Gebo	Asst. Professor	Biodiversity		Biodiversity conservation and ecology
Mr. Niguse Kelile	Lecturer	Industrial Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Microbial Biotechnology, Fermentation, Enzymology
Dr. Biniam Wondale	Assoc. Professor	Tropical and Infectious Diseases	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Infectious Diseases
Mrs. Zebiba Hussen	Lecturer	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Microbial, agricultural and industrial biotechnology.
Mr. Eshete Assefa	Lecturer	Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Aquatic ecology and management, Fishery science and management
Mr. Admasu Tassew	Lecturer	Ecological and systematic zoology, Water and Public health	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Interplay between Biodiversity Conservation and Food Security, Malaria, Macroinvertebrates as Bioindicators, Public Health, Water Associated Diseases
Mr. Matewos Masne	Lecturer	Zoological sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Biodiversity conservation and management , Wildlife ecology, Wildlife economics, Human wildlife interface
Dr. Addisu Fekadu	Assoc. Professor	Food Technology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Food Biotechnology/ Industrial Microbiology/Tissue Culture
Mr. Teddy Aberham	Lecturer	Clinical Biochemistry	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	METABOLIC DISEASES
Dr. Seyoum Getaneh	Asst. Professor	Forest diversity and Ecosystem function	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	I am very much interested on ethnobotany, forest diversity and its ecosystem function. Restoration ecology, agroforestry and its ecosystem function are also my point of interest.
Mr. Belayneh Ayechw	Lecturer	Zoological Science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Biodiversity, Conservation, Distribution, Ecology, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Mammals,Population Ecology, Species Diversity, Wildlife Ecology, Zoology
Gedion Mengistu	Lecturer	Medical Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Immunotherapy, particularly focusing on the development of novel treatments that leverage the body's immune system to fight cancer.
Dr. Shetie Gatew	Assoc. Professor	Earth and Environmental Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	climate change, solid and liquid waste management, plant-soil interaction, renewable energy, invasive species, terrestrial ecology, soil pedology, soil and water conservation,
Dr. Ashenafi Hailu	Asst. Professor	Plant-Microbe Interaction	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Legume-Rhizobium symbiosis; AMF-Plant Associate: Biofertiliers; Biocontrol
Mss. Bilile Getachew	Lecturer	Biochemistry	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Molecular biology
Dr. Fekadu Massebo	Assoc. Professor	Public Health Entomology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Housing and malaria, Vector parasite interaction, Antimalarial drug resistance, Arboviral diseases, Climate and vector-borne diseases, Vector control tool development, Sandflies and leishmaniasis, Gene drive in vector control
Mr. Beyene Kushe	Chief 1TA	Botanical Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Plant biology and Soil biology
Mr. Dawit Albene	Chief 1 TA	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Microbial profiling
Mr. Berhanu Gosheme	Lecturer	Ecological and systematic zoology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	animal biology
Mrs. Kidist Ali Abrar	Lecturer	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	plant cell and tissue culture, microbial dynamics and metagenomics
Mr. Demisse Dakone	Lecturer	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Agricultural biotechnology
Dr. Teklu Wegayehu	Assoc. Professor	Infectious Diseases	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Infectious diseases of tropics such as Malaria, leishmaniasis, Schistosomiasis, STH, NTDs Other intestinal parasites, leishmaniasis, Schistosomiasis, Intestinal proto
Mr. Abebe Bashe	Chief 1TA	Zoological Science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Wildlife Ecology and conservation
Dr. Simon Shibru	Assoc. Professor	Botanical Science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Ecology and conservation
Dr. Getaneh Tesfaye	Asst. Professor	Plant-Microbe Interaction	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Applied microbiology
Mr. Dagne Tafa	Lecturer	Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Aquatic ecology and management, Fishery science and management
Dr. Tizazu Gebre	Asst. Professor	Botanical science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Ethnobotany and restoration
Mr. Dinka Ejeta	Lecturer	Genetic	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr. Tassew Siraj	Asst. Professor	Plant-Microbe Interaction	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Bioinformatics and agricultural Biotechnology
Dr. Zeleke Assefa	Asst. Professor	Botanical science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Botany
Dr. Abera Admassie	Asst. Professor	Medical Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Medical Biotechnology and antimicrobial resistant
Mr. Temam Abrar	Asst. Professor	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Enzymology
Mr. Bonsa Duressa	Lecturer	Microbial Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Microbial Biotechnology
Mr. Ali Yasin	Lecturer	Human ecology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Ecology
Mrs. Fanaye Seyoum	Lecturer	Zoological science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Zoology
Mss. Mekoyet Addissie	Lecturer	Plant Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Plant Biotechnology
Mr. Gemechu Leta	Chief 1TA	Zoological science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Zoology
Mr. Awoke Mamo	Chief 1TA	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Biotechnology
Mr. Nigatu Eligo	Chief 1TA	Medical entomology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Medical entomology and vector control
Mr. Girum Tamiru	Chief 1TA	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Biotechnology
Mr. Habtamu Asres	Chief 1TA	Botanical science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Botany
Mr. Yonas Siraj	Chief 1TA	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Biotechnology
Prof. Bernt Lindtj rn	Full Professor	Adjunct professor	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Infectious disease
Mr. Alemayehu Letebo	Asst. Professor	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Bioinformatics
Mr. Samuel Oyda	Lecturer	Zoological science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Zoology
Mr. Sileshi Shiferaw	Asst. Professor	Applied Microbiology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Applied Microbiology
Mr. Zikie Ataro	Lecturer	Applied Microbiology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Plant-Microbe Interaction
Mss. Edlawit Abera	Lecturer	Zoological science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Zoology
Dr. Serekebirhan Takele	Assoc. Professor	Zoological science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Zoology and Environmental Science
Dr. Berhanu Hiruy	Assoc. Professor	Applied Entomology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Applied entomology
Mr. Bedlu Bekele	Lecturer	Botanical science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Botany
Mr. Dessalegn Dalge	Lecturer	Biotechnology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Plant-Microbe Interaction
Mrs. Etalem Geresu	Lecturer	Botanical science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Botany
Mrs. Tejitu Alemayehu	Senior TA	Biology	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	_
Mr. Amare Abriham	Senior TA	Computer science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	_

Laboratory Facilities

The biology department has laboratory facilities for teaching (seven) and research (six), with basic to state-of-the-art facilities to conduct high-level research.

Academic programs

The Department of Biology offers the following MSc and PhD programs:

MSc in Aquatic Science and Aquaculture

MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management

MSc in Biomedical Sciences

MSc in Biotechnology

MSc in Botanical Science

MSc in Environmental Sciences

MSc in Medical Entomology and Vector Control

MSc in Wildlife Management

MSc in Zoological Science

MSc in Biology (training program)