TashkentAgricultural Institute, Plant Protection Faculty,

Department of Tropical Agriculture, USSR.

PhD:Major: Plant Pathology,Minors: (1) Mycology (2) Microbiology

From Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Department of

PlantPathology, New Delhi,India

Single Cell Protein (SCP) production from fungal species using fruit pulp wastes and its evaluation for animal feed (from Research and Publication Office, Addis Ababa University), in 2006.

Identification, Characterization and Evaluation of Potential Biological Control of Coffee Wilt Disease (Fusarium xylarioides) in Ethiopia (from Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Fund, World Bank Project) from 2009 to 2012.

Enhancing food security through improved productivity, nutrition and marketing systems in Ethiopia” and “Biodiversity of Entomopathogenic fungi in Ethiopia.

Floral and Fungal Diversity, Ethnobotany and Carbons Sequestration in Western and Southwestern parts of Ethiopia. Project awarded from Addis Ababa University, from 2013 to 2016.

Production of Enset bacterial wilt disease control formulations through biointensive techniques: The use of botanicals, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Trichoderma species and seed extract residues as biocontrol agents. Project awarded from Ministry of Science and Technology of Ethiopia, from 2015 to 2017.

Modeling soil carbon dynamics and investigations/identifications of plant diseases using biotechnological tools/techniques for the development and applications of biological control products and integrated disease management in Central, South eastern parts of Ethiopia. Project awarded from Addis Ababa University, from 2015 to 2017.

Mass multiplication and production of bioformulated product of indigenous Trichoderma species through fermentation technologies for the control of coffee wilt disease (Fusarium xylarioides) in Ethiopia.

Ex-Secretary of Ethiopian Biological Society from 2012-2016.

Tesfaye Alemu and I. J. Kapoor. (2004). In Vitro evaluation of Trichoderma and Gliocladium spp against Botrytis corm rot (Botrytis gladiolorum) of Gladiolus. Pest Management Journal of Ethiopia, 8: 97-103.

Tesfaye Alemu and I. J. Kapoor. (2007). In Vivo evaluation of Trichoderma species against Botrytis corm rot/ blight of gladiolus. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, 6 (2):165-171.

Tesfaye Alemu and I. J. Kapoor. (2010). Evaluations of Funginil (Trichoderma Formulation) for the Control of Botrytis Corm Rot (Botrytis gladiolorum) of Gladiolus varieties under pot culture and field experiment. SINET, Ethiopian Journal of Sciences, 33(2): 125-130.

Negash Hailu and Tesfaye Alemu. (2010). In vitro evaluation of antagonistic potential activity and assay of culture filtrates of Trichoderma harzianum and T. viride against coffee wilt disease (Fusarium xylarioides) isolates. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, 9(1): 67-77.

Biniyam Yalemtesfa, Tesfaye Alemu, Amutha Santhanam. (2010). Solid substrate fermentation of Orange waste in to fungal biomass using Aspergillus niger KA-06 and Chaetomium spp KC- 06. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 4(12): 1275-1281.

Tesfaye Alemu. (2012). A review of coffee wilt disease, Gibberella xylarioides (Fusarium xylarioides) in Africa with special reference to Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, 11(1): 65-103.

Zuriash Mamo and Tesfaye Alemu. (2012). Evaluation and optimization of agro- industrial wastes for conidial production of Trichoderma isolates under solid state fermentation. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 54: 3870-3879.

Tesfaye Alemu. (2013).The process of optimization and characterization of protein enrichment of orange wastes through solid state fermentation by Aspergillus niger isolate No 5. Journal of Biological Sciences, 13(5): 341-348.

Fekadu Alemu and Tesfaye Alemu (2013). Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates as an inducer of physiological activities of faba bean (Vicia faba). African Journal of Agricultural Research, 8(38): 4864-4871.

Fekadu Alemu and Tesfaye Alemu (2013). Antifungal activity of secondary metabolites of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates as a biocontrol agent of chocolate spot disease (Botrytis fabae) of faba bean in Ethiopia. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 7(47): 5364-5373.

Tesfaye Alemu and I. J. Kapoor. (2012). In Vivo Evaluation of Gliocladium Species for the Control of Botrytis Corm Rot of Gladiolus. African Crop Science Journal, 22(2): 137-144.

Afrasa Mulatu, Negussie Megersa, Tesfaye Alemu. (2013). Characterization and testing of antifungal extracts from Trichoderma isolates against Fusarium xylarioides, a causative agent of coffee wilt disease. SINET, Ethiopian Journal of Sciences. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 36(2): 81–92.

Getachew Gashaw, Tesfaye Alemu and Kassahun Tesfaye. (2013). Evaluation of disease incidence and severity and yield loss of finger millet varieties and mycelial growth inhibition of Pyricularia grisea isolates using biological antagonists and fungicides in vitro condition. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 73: 5883–5901.

Getachew Gashaw, Tesfaye Alemu and Kassahun Tesfaye. (2014). Morphological, physiological and biochemical studies on Pyricularia grisea isolates causing blast disease on finger millet in Ethiopia.

Journal of Applied Biosciences, 74: 6059– 6071.

Dagnachew Lule , Santie de Villiers, Masresha Fetene, Teshome Bogale, Tesfaye Alemu, Geleta Geremew, Getachew Gashaw and Kassahun Tesfaye. (2014). Pathogenicity and yield loss assessment caused by Magnaporthe oryzae isolates in cultured and wild relatives of finger millet (Eleusine coracana). Indian J. Agric. Res., 48 (4) 258 – 268.

Serawit Handiso and Tesfaye Alemu. (2014). Evaluation of extracts of some noxious plants against coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum kahawae L.). International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 16 (1): 120-130.

Fekadu Alemu and Tesfaye Alemu. (2015). Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates used as a plant growth promoter of faba bean (Vicia faba) in vitro as well as in vivo study in Ethiopia. American Journal of Life Sciences, 3(2): 100-108.

Taye Negera, Tesfaye Alemu, Dereje Beyene, Araya Asfaw3 and Mesfin Redi. (2015). Bioethanol production from coffee husk using fruit yeast isolates and baker yeast. Advances inBiochemistry & Biotechnology, 1(1):1-16, 2015.

Tesfaye Alemu (2014). Single cell protein extractions from orange wastes using Aspergillus niger isolates No.5 under solid state fermentation. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences,13(2): 87-98.

Weldesemayat Gorems and Tesfaye Alemu. (2014). Production and optimization of cellulase enzymes from Trichoderma isolates under liquid state fermentation (LSF). SINET, Ethiopian Journal of Science, 37(2):131–142.

Tesfaye Alemu. (2014). Single cell protein extraction from orange waste using Aspergillus niger isolate No. under solid state fermentation. Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, 13(2): 87-98.

Weldesemayat Gorems and Tesfaye Alemu. (2014). Production and optimization of cellulase enzyme from Trichoderma isolates under solid state fermentation (SSF). Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences, SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 37(2):131–142.