Zemede Asfaw
Dr Zemede Asfaw
| Full Name | Zemede Asfaw Woldemariam |
| Academic Rank/Status | Professor, Just retired |
| Working for AAU since | August 1978 – August 2018 = 41 years at AAU |
| Administrative positions held if any/ past and present | Principal Coordinator, Aklilu Lemma Fund for Scholarships and Research Grants, May1997-Present
Chief Registrar of Addis Ababa University, May 2003-Jan. 2006 Dean of the Faculty of Science, AAU, May 1994 – May 1996 Assistant Dean of Faculty of Science, AAU, May 1992 – May 1994 Academic Advisor of Graduate Students of Biology Department, AAU, 1991-1993 Coordinator of Freshman Biology, AAU, 1980-1983 |
| Education attended | Higher Diploma (HDP) of Teaching Profession, AAU, June 2017
PhD, Uppsala University, Sweden, November 1989 MSc, AAU, Ethiopia, July 1980 BSc, AAU, Ethiopia, July 1972 |
| Awards & recognitions | Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, 27 March 2014-Present
AAU award for distinguished services to the University & the University community, 2010 Member of College of Research Associates of the United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA), 1998 Awarded Research Grant by the United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA), AAU, European Commission (EC), WHO, Christensen Fund, IDRC/Canada, IPGRI/Bioversity International, the McKnight Foundation most of them for graduate research. |
| Memberships of International bodies |
Board member of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) and representative of the African group, 2016-2018, elected at the 15th Congress of the ISE in Kampala (Makerere University), Uganda. Member of the International Society of Horticultural Sciences, 2009-2011 Member of the Journal of Economic Botany, 2016-2018. |
| Publicity: Journals, editorial roles, initiatives etc. | Associate Editor: SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science: Ethiopian Journal of Educational Research, Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology,
Reviewer: SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science (AAU); Ethiopian Journal of Educational Research (AAU); Journal of Ethiopian Studies (AAU):, Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences (Biological Society of Ethiopia); Ethiopian Journal of Natural Resources Conservation (EIAR); Momona: Ethiopian Journal of Science (Mekelle University); International Journals: Economic Botany; Journal of Ethnobotany Research & Applications, Journal of Ethnobiology & Ethnomedicine, Frontiers in Ethnopharmacology, Journal of Biodiversity & Conservation; Plant Genetic Resources Bulletin; African Journal of Agriculture and many other journals. |
| Research interest/ not more than hundred words |
Indigenous and modern international knowledge on Ethiopian plants, homegardens, farming system, ethnobotany of useful plants (wild edible plants, medicinal plants, cultivated plants, other useful plants), agrobiodiversity Standing interest in the field of biological sciences and a special passion for botany including its teaching. |
| Publications on reputable journals | 110 (Few in local journals, others in many international journals) |
| Community Services such as board membership etc. |
Council member, Ethiopian Seed Industry Agency,1993-1998 Board member, Ethiopian Seed Industry Agency, 1999 – 2002 Board member, Fana Educational Services Share Company (2000-20012) Board Chairman, Fana Educational Services Share Company (2009-2012) |
| Address |
Department of Plant Biology & Biodiversity Management, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University (AAU), P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Private P.O. Box 31885 A.A., Ethiopia Tel.: 0251-1-011-18959215/011-1239472 (Office); Cell phone: 0251 967-286080; 0251 911-959903; Care of W/o Etenesh Demissie: 0251 911-247540 E-mail: zemede.asfaw@aau.edu.et and zasfaw49@yahoo.com |
