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The Center has more than 45 senior-level faculty from national, regional, and international institutions. ACEWM affiliated 38 faculty who are engaged in teaching, research, joint supervision of students, and offering short courses.

Brook Lemma

Professor of Aquatic Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University
Personal Information
  • Full Name: Brook Lemma Mamaru
  • Title: Professor of Aquatic Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University
  • Date of birth: October 24, 1958
  • Gender: Male
Professional Preparation/Educational Background
  • BSc. in Biology in 1979 at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • MSc. in Biology in 1984 at Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • PhD. in Wetlands Management in 1997 at Dresden Technical University, Dresden, Germany
Experiences and  Appointments Experiences
  • Biology Teacher at Nazareth Girls High School from 1977 – 1978
  • Assistant Lecturer at Debre-Zeyt Agricultural College from 1980 – 1984
  • Lecturer at Alemaya University from 1985 – 1998
  • Associate Professor at Alemaya University from 1998 – 2005
  • Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University from 2005 – 2009
  • Professor at Addis Ababa University from 2009 – Present
Appointments
  • Continuing Education Program Assistant Registrar at Alemaya University from 1987 – 1989
  • Coordinator of the Continuing Education Program at Alemaya University from 1989 – 1991
  • Academic Program Officer in the AVP’s Office at Alemaya University from 1991 – 1992
  • University Registrar at Alemaya University from 1998 – 2000
  • Dean of the Faculty of Education at Alemaya University from 2000 – 2004
  • Board member in the National Pedagogical Resources Center for HEI from 2001 – 2003
  • Head of the Department of Biology Education at Addis Ababa University since 2006
  • Director of Research Programs of Addis Ababa University from 2008 – 2010
  • Chief Academic Officer for Research of Addis Ababa University since 2010
  • Grants’ Coordinator of Addis Ababa University (active position currently)
  • Director, External Relations, Partnership & Communications at Addis Ababa University, 2017
  • Delegate of the President of Addis Ababa University to negotiate SPANA/Bishoftu back into action after sudden project termination in 2017.
  Selected Publications/Conference Participation/Pertinent
  • Brook Lemma, Fesseha Gebre-ab & Shibru Tedla (1985): Studies of Fascioliasis in four selected sites in Ethiopia. Vet. Parasitol. 18, 29-37.
  • Brook Lemma, Fesseha Gebre-ab & Shibru Tedla (1986): The seasonal occurrence of Dictyocaulus filaria (Rudolphi, 1809) in four selected sites in Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci. 9 (1&2): 263-285.
  • <Brook Lemma (1987): The present status and potentials for future development of inland fisheries in Ethiopia. In: S. OUATTAR and J. FEYEN (eds), Proceedings for the Management of Water and Natural Resources to Increase Food Production in Africa. Acco Press, Leuven, Belgium. pp. 18.1-18.16.
  • Brook Lemma(1988): The seasonal occurrence of Trichuris ovis (Abildgaard, 1975) in sheep at four selected sites in Ethiopia. Bull. Anim. Hlth. Prod. Afr. 36, 334-341.
  • Brook Lemma (1990): Freshwater fishery in Ethiopia. Paper presented at the Second Conference on Natural Resources Management for Conservation and Development organized by the Institute of Agricultural Research from 10-12 May 1990, Addis Ababa. pp. 116-125.
  • Brook Lemma (1991): Preliminary limnological studies on L. Alemaya, Ethiopia, and some questions arising. In: K. KOOP (ed.), Aquaculture in Africa, held in Harare, Zimbabwe, 23-27 January 1991. IFS publication, Stockholm, pp. 134-148.
  • Brook Lemma(1994a): Changes in the limnological behavior of a tropical African explosion crater lake: L. Hora-Kilole, Ethiopia. Limnologica 24 (1): 57-70.
  • Brook Lemma(1994b): The influence of human water requirements on the limnological features of two tropical African lakes: Alemaya and Kilole, Ethiopia. In G. Friedrich (ed), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie e. V. Jahrestagung September 26-30, 1994; Vol. II; Hamburg, Germany. pp. 919-922.
  • Brook Lemma(1995): Seasonal studies on L. Alemaya: a tropical African lake, Ethiopia. Archiv für Hydrobiologie/Suppl. 107 (2): 263-285.
  • Brook Lemma, Benndorf, J., Koschel, R. (1997a): Highlights on the responses of some plankton communities to planktivory: Enclosure experiments in three lakes, Germany. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie September 1996, Tagungsbericht (Schwedt/Oder), Krefeld, Germany. Band II.
  • Brook Lemma(1997b): Der Einfluß zooplanktonfressender Fische auf die Größenfraktionen des Phytoplanktons und die Primärproduktion in gemäßigten und tropischen Seen (PhD Dissertation).
  • Brook Lemma (1999): Can food-web manipulation of aquatic systems be used in lake restoration and sustainable fisheries? In: Land Husbandry in the Highlands of Ethiopia. Proceedings of the workshop held at Mekelle University College, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 1997, Vol. II, Eds. Zeleke Ewnetu, Mitiku Haile and Kindeya Gebrehiwot. Training and Educational Report No. 46. Nairobi.
  • Brook Lemma (2001): Fish predation pressure on and interactions between cladocerans: Observations using enclosures in tropical and temperate lakes, Ethiopia and Germany, Limnologica 31: 209 – 220.
  • Brook Lemma(2002): Contrasting effects of human activities on aquatic habitats and biodiversity of two Ethiopian lakes. Ethiopian Journal of Natural Resources 4(1): 127 – 148.
  • Brook Lemma(2003): Ecological changes of two Ethiopian lakes as caused by contrasting human interventions. Limnologica, 33: 44 - 53.
  • Brook Lemma (2003): Aquatic habitats and biodiversity changes of two Ethiopian lakes. In: “Wetlands and Aquatic Resources: Status, Challenges and Prospects”, Ethiopian Biological Society Conference, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, 12 – 13 February 2003, pp. 27 - 31.
  • Brook Lemma(2004): Improving of the living conditions of domestic animals in Ethiopia: Protecting animal rights. In: Studies of sustainable agriculture and animal science in Sub-Saharan Africa, Vol. I. Editor: U. C. Amalu and F. T. Gottwald. Peter Lang Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaften, Germany.
  • Brook Lemma (2004): Human intervention in two lakes: Lessons from Lakes Alemaya and Hora-Kilole. Paper presented at the "National consultative workshop on the RAMSAR Convention and Ethiopia"' organized by the Federal Environmental Protection Authority and the RAMSAR Bureau in Addis Ababa.
  • Brook Lemma (2004): Diel vertical migration of zooplankton in a hypertrophic shallow temperate lake, Germany. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 27(1): 33 – 44.
  • Brook Lemma (2006): Plasma Television Teachers: When a Different Reality takes over African Education. In: Critical education visions and practices in neo-liberal times, Editors: L. Dahlström and J. Mannberg. Global South Network Publisher, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; 71 - 88 pp.
  • Brook Lemma (2006): Schooling in Ethiopia: Where the Surrogate Teacher takes over Control. In: Proceedings of the conference on teacher education for sustainable development in Ethiopia. Editor: Elizabeth Ayalew, Conference held at from May 5-6, 2006, Bishoftu management Institute.
  • Brook Lemma (2007): Diel vertical migration of Daphnia barbata in a shallow tropical lake, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci. 30(2):117-126.
  • Brook Lemma (2007): The Status of Academic Freedom, Governance and Teaching Personnel at Haramaya University, Eastern Ethiopia. In: Academic Freedom in Ethiopa. Published by Forum for Social studies, Addis Ababa. (ISBN: 13:978-99944-50-20-6) (a SIDA/Sweden supported project).
  • Dahlström, L. and rook Lemma (2008): Critical perspectives on teacher education in neo-liberal times: Experiences from Ethiopia and Namibia. SARE 14(1-2): 29-42 (South Africa).
  • Brook Lemma (2008): Observations on the relations of some physic-chemical features and DVM of Paradiaptomus africanus in Lakes Bishoftu-Guda and Hora-Arsedi, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Limnologica.
  • Dadheech, P. K., Ballot, A., Casper, P., Kotut, K., Novelo, E., Brook Lemma, Pröschold and Krienitz, L. (2010): Phylogenetic relationship and divergence among planktonic strains of Arthrospira (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) of African, Asian and American origin deduced by 16S-23S ITS and phycocyanin operon sequences. Phycologia 49(4): 361 - 372.
  • Brook Lemma(2011): The impact of climate change and population increase on Lakes Haramaya and Hora-Kilole (1986 – 2006). In: Impacts of climate change and population on tropical aquatic resources. Proceedings of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (EFASA); Haramaya University.
  • Brook Lemma and Abebe Getahun (Editors) (2011): Impacts of climate change and population on tropical aquatic resources. Proceedings of the EFASA; Haramaya University, 03-06 February 2011.
  • Brook Lemma (2011): Aquatic Systems Ecological Baseline Condition Assessment of the Tulu Capi Watershed, Wollega: Environmental Impact Assessment Report submitted to the NYOTA (Ethiopia) Minerals Limited, Wollega. 24 pp.
  • Brook Lemma (National Consultant) (2012): Report on the Value Chain (Marketing) Assessment of the Fishery Sector in Ethiopia. Publisher: FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa.
  • Hayal D, Brook Lemma, Aramde F. (2012): Aspects of climate change and its associated impacts on wetland ecosystem functions - A review. J Am Sci; 8(10):582-596. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
  • Brook Lemma (2013): Gambella National Park Habitat Mapping: Wetlands Survey of the Gambella National Park Wetlands and Their Resources. Commissioned consultant for the Embassy of Federal Germany and Addis Ababa University, EiABC
  • Brook Lemma (2013): Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Rivers and Lakes of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Consultancy report commissioned by ERM, UK and ESSD, Addis Ababa
  • Brook Lemma (2013): Report on the Visit to the Wetlands of Dallol, Afar Region, Eastern Ethiopia. Consultancy report Consultancy report commissioned by ERM, UK and ESSD, Addis Ababa
  • Lemma Abera, Abebe Getahun and Brook Lemma (2014): Composition of commercially important fish species and some perspectives into the biology of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burcheli), Lake Zeway, Ethiopia. International Journal of Advanced Research 2(1): 864-871.
  • Abate, R, Kifle, D., Brook Lemma , and Gao, Y. H. (2014): Phytoplankton community and physico-chemical seasonality and changes in Lake Hora-Kilole, Ethiopia, a tropical crater lake. African Journal of Aquatic Science 1–12 (DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2013.867253)
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Baseline Studies on Climate Change Research in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and the Ethiopian Panel for Climate Change. ISBN 978-99944-882-4-7.
  • Lemma Abera, Abebe Getahun and Brook Lemma (2015): Some aspects of reproductive biology of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758) in Lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Global Journal of Agricultural research and Review 3(3): 151-157.
  • de Graaf, G. and Garibaldi, L. (2014): The value of African Fisheries. Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics and Information Branch, FAO, Rome, Italy: E-ISBN 978-92-5-108462-5: Contributors on data and analysis from Ethiopia: Brook Lemma-Mamarou and Habekiristos Beyene Haile.
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Assessing for Scientific and Technological Human Resource Demand and Supply in Ethiopia. Research commissioned by the Ministry of Sciences and Technology and the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (currently underway)
  • Brook Lemma(2014): Developing National Research Policy Document commissioned by the Addis Ababa University President (currently underway)
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Developed Concept Note for AAU and submitted to Sida/Sweden requesting funding for the coming ten years in two phases.
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Wetlands and Aquatic Biodiversity in Ethiopia. Report submitted to the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences at the launching of the Ethiopian chapter of the Ethiopian Panel on Climate Change (EPCC), after the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. A report submitted to IGAD.
  • Brook Lemma (2014): Description of Aphanius sp. and its ecological settings in Dallol wetlands, Ethiopia. Paper submitted to the Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences.
  • Mekuria Mekonnen, Fassil Assefa, Brook Lemma, C. V. Haaren, P. Casper (2014): Assessment of the occurrence of waterborne pathogens in Lake Ziway and drinking water system of batu (Ziway) town, Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 28(2): 116-125.
  • Lemma abera, Abebe Getahun and Brook Lemma (2015): Some aspects of reproductive physiology of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Linnaeus, 1758) in lake Ziway, Ethiopia. Global journal of Agricultural and Research and Review, 393): 151-157.
  • Tadesse Ogato, Demeke Kifle and Brook Lemma (2015): Underwater light climate, thermal and chemical characteristics of the tropical soda Lake Chitu, Ethiopia: spatio-temporal variations.
  • Dahlstrom, L. and Brook Lemma (2015): Lessons from the Global South. Global Education Reform: Building resistance and solidarity. Editor: G. Little. Manifesto P., London. ISBN: 978-1-907464-12-6.
  • Brook Lemma (2016): Reflections on Research for Development? The place of African developing countries. Paper presented at the International Conference at Bayreuth University, Germany
  • Brook Lemma and Hayal Desta (2016): Review of the natural conditions and anthropogenic threats to the Ethiopian Rift Valley rivers and lakes. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 2016.
  • Hayal Desta and Brook Lemma (2017): SWAT-based hydrological assessment and characterization of Lake Ziway sub-watershed, Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 13: 122-137.
  • Hayal Desta and Brook Lemma (2017): Farmers awareness and perception of Lake Ziway (Ethiopia) and its watershed management. Limnologica 65: 61-75.
  • Dessie Tibebe, Feleke Zewge, Brook Lemmaand Bhaskarwar, A. N. (2017): External Nutrient Load and Determination of the Trophic Status of Lake Ziway. Paper in write up
  • Mathewos Temesgen, Abebe Getahun, Brook Lemma and Janssens, G. P. J. (2017): Food and Feeding Biology of O. Niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Lake Langano, Ethiopia. Paper in write up
  • Mathewos Temesgen, Abebe Getahun and Brook Lemma (2017): Diversity, distribution and abundance of fish species in Lake Langano, Ethiopia. Paper in write up
  • Mathewos Temesgen, Abebe Getahun and Brook Lemma (2017): Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factors of Fishes of Lake Langano, Ethiopia. Paper in write up
  • Hayal Desta, Brook Lemma and Ephrem GebreMariam (2017): Identifying sustainability challenges on land and water use: The case of Lake Ziway watershed, Ethiopia. Applied Geography 88: 130-143.
  • Brook Lemma (2006): Computer Applications and Technology for the Teaching of Biology. A teaching module prepared for a Master of Education degree sponsored by UNESCO/IICBA and Addis Ababa University. 195 pp.
  • Brook Lemma (2008): Introduction to Lake Ecology, Aquaculture and Fisheries in Ethiopia. Publisher: Haramaya University, Addis Ababa University Printing Press, Ethiopia. (ISBN: 978-99944-819-0-3).
  • Brook Lemma (2008): Introduction to Animal Anatomy and Physiology. A module prepared for Year IV biology education students of the College of Education, Addis Ababa University.
  • Brook Lemma(Editor) (2010): Teachers’ Biology Handbook for Grades 5 to 8: Improving Quality of Primary Education Program (USAID/IQPEP) in Ethiopia. The United States of America Agency for International Development /Academy for Education Development (USAID/AED), Addis Ababa.
Participation in Research Projects and Community Engagement Participation in Research Projects
  • Collaborators at Umeå University in the supervision of Master of Education candidates: Dr. Lars Dahlström, Department of Education, Umeå University, Sweden.
  • Collaborator at UNESCO: Dr. Temechegn Engida, UNESCO/IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • UNESCO/IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) service to develop biology practical teaching modules (See list of publications)
  • UNESCO/IICBA national supervisor and co-developer of the Master’s program on Critical Practitioner Inquiry (CPI) method of researching in education. A program run between Umeå University (Sweden) and Ethiopia Universities (see publications with Dahlstöm)
  • Environmental Impact assessment work on the Tulu Capi Gold Mining Project in Wollega as organized by NYOTA Minerals Limited and JEMA Consultants.
  • Development of biology practical guidebook for teachers of grades 5-8 of Ethiopian schools sponsored by the USAID
  • National Consultant on the improvement of Ethiopian fishery trade by way of changing the market value chains, sponsored by the FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa
  • Mapping of Gambela Aquatic- and Terrestrial Habitat Types sponsored by the German Embassy Development Office
  • The value of African Fisheries. Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics and Information Branch, FAO, Rome, Italy: E-ISBN 978-92-5-108462-5: Brook Lemma-Mamarou and Habekiristos Beyene Haile contributed the data and analysis from Ethiopian, see acknowledgements (2014)
  • Baseline Studies on Climate Change Research in Ethiopia. Published by the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 125pp. (2014):
  • Brook Lemma Assessing for Scientific and Technological Human Resource Demand and Supply in Ethiopia. Research commissioned by the Ministry of Sciences and Technology and the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (currently underway), (2014):
  • Developed Concept Note for AAU and submitted to Sida/Sweden requesting funding for the coming ten years in two phases, 2014.
  • Wetlands and Aquatic Biodiversity in Ethiopia. Report submitted to the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences at the launching of the Ethiopian chapter of the Ethiopian Panel on Climate Change (EPCC), after the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2014):
  • Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. A report submitted to Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Djibouti, 2014.
  • Developing National Research Policy Document commissioned by the Addis Ababa University President
  • Commissioned by the African Union to develop research policy for the Pan African University with Professor Tsige Gebre Maraiam, also from Addis Ababa University (currently on-going project)
Community Engagement
  • President of the National Higher Education Institutes Sports Association from 2002 to 2005
  • President of the Katholischer Academischer Ausländer-Dienst, KAAD (Catholic Academic Exchange Services Association) Partner Committee for the Horn of Africa: 2007 to 2014.
  • President of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association (EFASA): 2009-2014
  • Member of the Parents' Committee of the Nativity Girls' School of the Catholic Secretariat of Ethiopia
Training And Professional Development
  • Higher Diploma in Education (a program specially prepared for teacher educators, 2005 Ref. Haramaya University, 2005) (formerly Alemaya), Ethiopia
  • Higher Diploma Moderators, Leaders and Tutors Certificate, 2006, Ref. Ministry of Education, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Leadership, Team Building & Strategic Management, REED Learning Center, London, 2008.
  • Strategic Commercial Awareness Certificate, REED Learning Center, London, 2008.
  • Essential Business Writing and Presentation Certificate, REED Learning Center, London, 2008.
  • Managing Successful Projects, REED Learning Center, London, 2008(Ref. www.reedlearning.co.uk
  • Certificate of Participation at "Capacity to Innovate" from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), 2017.
  • Certificate of Attendance at the Integration of Environment and Climate Change at Sida Partnership Forum in Härnösand, Sweden, 2017.
  • Certificate in Grant Management Training Seminar, Nairobi, Kenya, 2016. Ref. Asset Africa Institute.
  • Certificate for developing the Animal Science Research Strategy for national Agricultural Research Strategy, 1998, Addis Ababa.
  • Certificate of Appointment as President of the Regional KAAD Partner Committee for the Horn of Africa, 2007. Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst, KAAD, Bonn, Germany.
  • Certificate of Service at the Regional KAAD Partner Committee for the Horn of Africa, 2011, Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst, KAAD, Bonn, Germany.
  • Certificate of Appreciation for serving as President of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences association, EFASA from 2009 to 2013 issued in 2015.
  • Certificate of Recognition for Chairing the Research Business Process Re-Engineering Committee of Addis Ababa University (AAU) from March 2009-September 2009.
  • Certificate of Appreciation for hosting the Pan African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA) as President of EFASA. Ref. Prof. Abebe Getahun, Head of the Department of Zoological Sciences, AAU
  • Certificate of participation at the National Conference on Fishery Resources Management for Sustainable Development in Lake Zeway, Ethiopia.
  • Appointment as Board Member of Management for RUDESAT International, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008.
  • Letter of Acknowledgement as National Tutor in the Master's Degree in Critical Practitioner Inquiry for Education, 2005.
  • Letter of Acknowledgement for running the Master's Degree in Critical Practitioner Inquiry for Education at Haramaya University, 2005.
Main Research Activities/Interts
  • Wetlands management in the context of global changes in climate and population increase
  • Land-water use planning in watersheds of impacted wetlands
  • Organizing on Critical Practitioner Inquiry graduate program that re-visits education in developing countries, particularly Africa, in times of global economic crisis (times of austerity) in collaboration with Prof. Lars Dahlstöm, Umeå University, Sweden.
  • Integrated land-water use management of Lake Zwai and the surrounding watershed
  • Study on the water quality and sediment characteristics of Lake Ziway: Implications for sustainable management
  • Contribution of small scale fishery to household food security: the case of Lake Ziway, Oromia region

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