Mekbib Fekadu

Full Name Mekbib Fekadu
Academic Rank/Status Lecturer
Working for AAU since Since 2009
Administrative positions held if any/ past and present
Education attended MSc and BSc
Awards & recognitions
Memberships of International bodies
Publicity: Journals, editorial roles, initiatives etc.
Research interest/ not more than hundred words

Paleoecology, Plant ecology, plant phytogeography, Molecular systematics, and studying underutilized plants of Ethiopia

Publications on reputable journals
  1. Binyam T, Mekbib F, Thomas N (2018) Availability of global and national scale land cover products and their accuracy in mountainous areas of Ethiopia: a review. J. Appl. Remote Sens. 12: 041502, doi: 10.1117/1.JRS.12.041502.
  2. David R, Mekbib F, Florian D, Ralf V, Tamrat B,Thomas N, Georg M (2018). High-Altitude Rock Shelters and Settlements in an African Alpine Ecosystem: The Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Human Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-018-9999-5
  3. Awol Assefa Toib and Mekbib Fekadu GELAW (2017). Root and shoot growth responses of sorcoll163/07 and sorcoll141/07 sorghum landraces (Sorghum bicolor L.) Moench to different salt concentration levels. African Journal of Agricultural Research 12(13):1128-1135.

4.      Erin A.T. and Mekbib Fekadu (2014). Comparative leaf and stem anatomy in selected species of Ruellieae (Acanthaceae) representative of all major lineages. Kew Bulletin 69: 9543.

Community Services such as board membership etc. ·         Member of the Biological Society of Ethiopia

·         Member of Economic botany

Address Campus: College of Natural and Computational Sciences

Building: Herbarium Building

Office tel.: +251-118959215

Mobile: +251-923026813

University E-mail ID: mekbib.fekadu@aau.edu.et

Alternative E-mail ID: mekbib_fekadu@yahoo.com