Masresha Fetene FAAS (Amharic: ማስረሻ ፈጠነ, born 15 December 1954) is an Ethiopian professor of Plant Ecophysiology at the Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University.
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ማስረሻ ፈጠነ | |
| Born | 15 December 1954 Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
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| Thesis | Comparative environmental physiology of crassulacean acid metabolism in a terrestrial bromeliad, Bromelia humilis Jacq. and a highland Kalanchoë, Kalanchoë petitiana A. Rich (1990) |
Early life and education
editMasresha Fetene was born in Mertolemariam, Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia on 15 December 1954.[1]
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,[2] before becoming a Research Assistant until 1992 at the University of Bayreuth[3] on a Research Fellowship funded by German research Foundation.[4][5][6]
Career and research
editFetene 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.[5] 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.[5][7] Between 1996 and 2004, Fetene was the Editor-in-Chief of SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science, a journal published by the Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University since 1971.[8][5][9]
Fetene research and policies focuses on Biodiversity,[10][11] Stress (biology),[7][12] photosynthesis and ecophysiology.[13][3][14][15] 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 on April 10, 2010,[16][17][18] 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.[4][19][5]
Personal life
editFetene is married to Selome Bekele, a Lecturer at the Addis Ababa University,[20] and they have 3 children.[1]
Awards and recognitions
editFetene is a Founding Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences in 2010,[18][15][17] and was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2015.[19] 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.[19][5]
Selected publications
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- Birhane, E., FJ Sterck, M Fetene, F Bongers, TW Kuyper (2012). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and growth of frankincense seedlings under pulsed water availability conditions. Oecologia, 169: 895-904.
- Tesfaye G, Teketay, D., Fetene M., Beck, E. (2010). Regeneration of seven indigenous tree species in a dry Afromontane forest, southern Ethiopia. Flora: Plant Morphology, Distribution and Functional Ecology 205: 135-143.
- Getachew Tesfaye, Demel Teketay, Masresha Fetene (2002/1/1). Regeneration of fourteen tree species in Harenna forest, southeastern Ethiopia. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants 197: 461-474.
- Aster Gebrekirstos, Demel Teketay, Masresha Fetene, Ralph Mitlohner (2006). Adaptation of five co-occurring tree and shrub species to water stress and its implication in restoration of degraded lands. Forest Ecology and Management 229:259–267.
References
edit- ^ a b "MFetene_CV" (PDF).
- ^ Cánovas, Francisco M.; Lüttge, Ulrich; Matyssek, Rainer (2016-12-10). Progress in Botany Vol. 78. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-49490-6.
- ^ a b "DFG - GEPRIS - Professor Dr. Masresha Fetene". gepris.dfg.de. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ a b Partnership (IAP), the InterAcademy. "Masresha Fetene". www.interacademies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ a b c d e f "Masresha Fetene | College of Natural and computational Sciences". www.aau.edu.et. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Masresha Fetene | Addis Ababa University | 66 Publications | 1644 Citations | Related Authors". SciSpace - Author. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ a b Fetene, Masresha (2007). Forests of Sheka: Multidisciplinary Case Studies on Impacts of Landuse/landcover Changes, Southwest Ethiopia. MELCA Mahiber.
- ^ "SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science". www.ajol.info. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Sinet, Ethiopian Journal of Science. Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University. 2003.
- ^ Spehn, Eva M.; Liberman, Maximo; Korner, Christian (2006-01-13). Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-0287-4.
- ^ Yeshitela, Kumelachew (2008). Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Diversity of Foliicolous Lichens in Tropical Rainforests of East Africa: Godere (Ethiopia), Budongo (Uganda) and Kakamega (Kenya). Cuvillier Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86727-706-8.
- ^ Wesche, Karsten (2003). "The Importance of Occasional Droughts for Afroalpine Landscape Ecology". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19 (2): 197–207. doi:10.1017/S0266467403003225. ISSN 0266-4674. JSTOR 4092158. S2CID 84817583.
- ^ "Masresha Fetene". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Gebremariam, Abebe Haile; Bekele, Million; Ridgewell, Andrew (2009). Small and Medium Forest Enterprises in Ethiopia. IIED. ISBN 978-1-84369-720-6.
- ^ a b "Universities welcome new national open access policy". University World News. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Nordling, Linda (2010-04-09). "Ethiopia launches first science academy". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2010.173. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ a b "Introducing the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ a b "Founders of Ethiopian Academy of Sciences at Tadias Magazine". Tadias Magazine. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ a b c "Fetene Masresha | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Selome Bekele - Academia.edu". independent.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Masresha Fetene - Profile - Alexander von Humboldt".[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- The Transformational Agenda of an African University | Masresha Fetene, YouTube