Kassahun Tesfaye Email: kassahuntesfaye@yahoo.com or kassahuntesfaye_g@bio Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher,International Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Kassahun Tesfaye is Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University (AAU) and Senior Researcher in the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum. He served as Center Manger for two years at Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC) and worked as Crop Breeder/Geneticist on small cereals and legumes for more than four years. He also served as counterpart and member in a multidisciplinary expatriate research team that studied the effect of cereal monocropping in the Southeastern highlands of Currently, Dr. Tesfaye has several responsibilities: handling undergraduate and postgraduate courses in area of genetics and molecular biology at AAU; supervising postgraduate students in the field of genetics; helping to establish the first Biosphere Reserve for coffee genetic resources at Yayu wild coffee region in southwestern Curriculum Vitae
Name: Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye Country of birth: Ethiopia Nationality: Ethiopian Position Title: Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher Institution: International Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Contact Address: -Department of Biology Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: kassahuntesfaye@yahoo.com or kassahuntesfaye_g@bio Tel: +251 911 88 20 67 Specialty Area: - Plant Breeding - Plant Genetics
Education:
1995 B.Sc., Plant Science, Alemaya University of Agriculture, Ethiopia
2000 M.Sc., Applied Genetics (Biology), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
2006 Ph.D., Plant Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany
Positions held (since terminal degree):
2009 to date Assistant Professor, Genetics Section, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
2006 - 2009 Post Doctoral Research Fellow and Senior Researcher, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany, and Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum (ECFF)
Expertise:
Honors and Awards (since terminal degree):
2006 Postdoctoral Research Fund, Center for Development Research .
A selection of major research accomplishments: Discoveries and first reports
1) Tesfaye, K., Borsch, T.Govers, K., and Bekele E. 2007. Characterisation of chloroplast microsatellites and evidence for the recent divergence of the C. arabica and C. eugenioides chloroplast genomes. Genome. 50:1112-1129.
A Selection of refereed journal publications (2002-present)
Girma G., Tesfaye K., Bekele E. 2010. Inter Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) analysis of wild and cultivated rice species from Ethiopia. African Journal of Biotechnology. 9: 5048-5059.
Fikiru E., Tesfaye K. and Bekele E. 2010. A comparative study of morphological and molecular diversity in Ethiopian lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) landraces. African Journal of Plant Science. 4:242-254.
Tesfaye K., Borsch, T., Govers, K., and Bekele E. 2007. Characterisation of chloroplast microsatellites and evidence for the recent divergence of the C. arabica and C. eugenioides chloroplast genomes. Genome. 50:1112-1129.
Fikiru E., Tesfaye K. and Bekele E. 2007. Genetic diversity and population structure of Ethiopian lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) landraces as revealed by ISSR marker. African Journal of Biotechnology. 6:1460-1468.
Book chapters: Kassahun Tesfaye, Tamiru Oljira, Kim Govers, Endashaw Bekele, Thomas Borsch, 2008. Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Wild C. arabica Populations in Ethiopia Using Molecular Markers. In: Grima Adugna, Bayetta Bellachew, Tesfaye Shimber, Endale Taye and Taye Kufa (Eds.), Coffee Diversity and Knowledge. EIAR. pp. 109-120. Senbeta F., Tesfaye K. and Woldemariam T. 2007. Matching the Traditional Wild Coffee Management Systems and Biosphere Reserve Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihood of the Local Community. In: Ensermu Kelbessa and Camille De Stoop, (Eds.). Participatory Forest Management, Biodiversity and Livelihoods in Africa. pp. 93-102. Kassahun Tesfaye, 2006. Genetic diversity of wild Coffea arabica populations in Ethiopia as a contribution to conservation and use planning. CUVILLIER VERLAG. Gottingen. pp. 137. [ISBN: 3-86727-986-1].
Invited presentations at major international conferences (2002-present-Maximum 8)
Tesfaye, K. et al. 2008. Genetic diversity of wild coffee (Coffea arabica) and its implications for conservation. International Congress on Biodiversity of Africa observation and Sustainable management for our future. Spier (Stellenbosch), Republic of South Africa. 29 September - 3 October 2008. Tesfaye, K. et al. 2008. Assessment of the genetic diversity of wild coffee populations from southeastern Ethiopia using ISSR marker. 22nd International Conference on Coffee Science (ASIC). Campinas, Brazil.14 - 19 September 2008. Tesfaye, K. et al. 2007. Application of Molecular Markers for Conservation and Use of Forest Genetic Resources: The Case of Wild Coffee in Ethiopia. Forest Management and livelihoods Workshop. Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary-Medicine, Ethopia. 1 June 2007. Tesfaye, K. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of wild Coffea arabica in Ethiopia: Implications for Conservation and use. 17th International Symposium of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology of the German Botanical Society (DBG). Bonn, Germany. 24-28 September 2006. Tesfaye, K. et al. 2006. Genetic diversity of wild Coffea arabica in Ethiopia: Analyses based on plastid, ISSR and microsatellite markers. 21st International Conference on Coffee Science (ASIC). Montpellier, France. 11 - 15 September 2006. Tesfaye, K. et al. 2002. Agroethnobotanical Study of Emmer Wheat (Triticum dicoccum) in Southeastern Highlands of Ethiopia. 8th International of congress of International Society of Ethnobiology. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 16-20 September 2002. Research Grants (2004 – present):
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