Masresha Fetene Explained

Masresha Fetene
Native Name:ማስረሻ ፈጠነ
Native Name Lang:amh
Birth Date:15 December 1954
Birth Place:Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Thesis Title:Comparative environmental physiology of crassulacean acid metabolism in a terrestrial bromeliad, Bromelia humilis Jacq. and a highland Kalanchoë, Kalanchoë petitiana A. Rich
Thesis Year:1990
Honorific Prefix:Professor
Honorific Suffix:FAAS

Masresha Fetene FAAS (born 15 December 1954) is an Ethiopian professor of Plant Ecophysiology at the Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University.

Early life and education

Masresha Fetene was born in Mertolemariam, Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia in 15 December 1954. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University (1976–1982) with a distinction, followed by a Master of Science from the same institute (1983–1985). He then completed a PhD in Plant Ecophysiology (1987–1990) from the Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, on German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) PhD Fellowship,[1] before becoming a Research Assistat until 1992 at the University of Bayreuth[2] on a Research Fellowship funded by German research Foundation.[3] [4] [5]

Career and research

Fetene returned to Ethiopia to join the Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University, as an Assistant Professor (1993–1996), before being promoted to an Associate Professor and Head of the Department (1996–2002), and a Professor of Ecophysiologist in 2002. He was the Director and General Editor of Addis Ababa University Press (2006–2011), and the Associate Dean (2001–2004) and Vice President (2009–2013) of the Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University.[6] Between 1996 and 2004, Fetene was the Editor-in-Chief of, a journal published by the Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University since 1971.[7] [8] Fetene research and policies focuses on Biodiversity,[9] [10] Stress (biology),[6] [11] photosynthesis and ecophysiology.[12] [2] [13] [14] He obtained the International Professional Certificate of STI Policy Management from the International Science, Technology and Innovation Center for South-South Cooperation, UNESCO. Fetene visited the Scientific Advisory Board, Umeå University on a Summer Research Fellowship in 2006. Fetene was key in the formation of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences in April 10, 2010,[15] [16] [17] and he serves as the Executive Director since 2014. Fetene was appointed as a member of the National Council for Science, Ethiopia, in 2015. He co-founded the African Forestry Network, the Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources, and the Biological Society of Ethiopia.[18]

Personal life

Fetene is married to Selome Bekele, a Lecturer at the Addis Ababa University,[19] and they have 3 children.[20]

Awards and recognitions

Fetene is a Founding Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences in 2010,[14] [16] and was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2015. In 2016, Fetene received UNESCO-ICRO – Short-term Research Fellowship Award in 1994, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Research Fellowship in 2000,[21] and a DAAD Summer Research Fellowship in 1994 and 2003.

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cánovas . Francisco M. . Progress in Botany Vol. 78 . Lüttge . Ulrich . Matyssek . Rainer . 2016-12-10 . Springer . 978-3-319-49490-6 . en.
  2. Web site: DFG - GEPRIS - Professor Dr. Masresha Fetene . 2022-12-09 . gepris.dfg.de.
  3. Web site: Partnership (IAP) . the InterAcademy . Masresha Fetene . 2022-12-09 . www.interacademies.org . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Masresha Fetene College of Natural and computational Sciences . 2022-12-09 . www.aau.edu.et . en-US.
  5. Web site: Masresha Fetene Addis Ababa University 66 Publications 1644 Citations Related Authors . 2022-12-09 . SciSpace - Author . en.
  6. Book: Fetene, Masresha . Forests of Sheka: Multidisciplinary Case Studies on Impacts of Landuse/landcover Changes, Southwest Ethiopia . 2007 . MELCA Mahiber . en.
  7. Web site: SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science . 2022-12-09 . www.ajol.info . en-US.
  8. Book: Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science . 2003 . Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University . en.
  9. Book: Spehn . Eva M. . Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity . Liberman . Maximo . Korner . Christian . 2006-01-13 . CRC Press . 978-1-4200-0287-4 . en.
  10. Book: Yeshitela, Kumelachew . Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Diversity of Foliicolous Lichens in Tropical Rainforests of East Africa: Godere (Ethiopia), Budongo (Uganda) and Kakamega (Kenya) . 2008 . Cuvillier Verlag . 978-3-86727-706-8 . en.
  11. Wesche . Karsten . 2003 . The Importance of Occasional Droughts for Afroalpine Landscape Ecology . Journal of Tropical Ecology . 19 . 2 . 197–207 . 10.1017/S0266467403003225 . 4092158 . 84817583 . 0266-4674.
  12. Web site: Masresha Fetene . 2022-12-09 . scholar.google.com.
  13. Book: Gebremariam . Abebe Haile . Small and Medium Forest Enterprises in Ethiopia . Bekele . Million . Ridgewell . Andrew . 2009 . IIED . 978-1-84369-720-6 . en.
  14. Web site: Universities welcome new national open access policy . 2022-12-09 . University World News.
  15. Nordling . Linda . 2010-04-09 . Ethiopia launches first science academy . Nature . en . 10.1038/news.2010.173 . 1476-4687. free .
  16. Web site: Introducing the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences . 2022-12-09 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  17. Web site: 2014-07-08 . Founders of Ethiopian Academy of Sciences at Tadias Magazine . 2022-11-10 . Tadias Magazine.
  18. Web site: Fetene Masresha The AAS . 2022-12-09 . www.aasciences.africa.
  19. Web site: Selome Bekele - Academia.edu . 2022-12-09 . independent.academia.edu.
  20. Web site: MFetene_CV .
  21. Web site: Prof. Dr. Masresha Fetene - Profile - Alexander von Humboldt .

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