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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.

Seifu Admassu

Associate Professor of Hydrology at Bahir Dar University
OFFICE

Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Department 

Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, BDU 

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 

EDUCATION
  • PhD Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University: 2012
  • MSC Hydraulic Engineering, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia:2004
  • BSc Civil Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia : 2001
    • RESEARCH INTEREST

    My research interest has been on rainfall-runoff processes, irrigation and water productivity, sustainability of water supply, soil erosion and sediment transport, non-point source pollution and water quality, and soil and water conservation. With the help of MSc and PhD students, I have been actively involved on research and modeling better ways to manage water in surface and ground water particularly in the Blue Nile Basin.

    MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
    • A member of Ethiopian Young Academy of Science since Feb 2015
    • A member of Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineering since Oct 2015
    ACADEMIC AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Scientific Director: Bahir Dar Institute of Technology: Oct 2018 to date
  • Visiting Scie.: International Water Management Institute : 08/2016 to 01/2017
  • Dean Faculty of Civil & Water Resources Engineering, BDU: 2013-2016
  • Deputy Dean Research and Publication Office of BDU Inst. of Tech.: 2012- 2013
  • Assistant Prof.: Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, BDU: 2012-2016
  • Research Ass.: Dept of Bio. and Env. Engineering, Cornell University :2009-2013
  • Head: Civil Engineering Department, BDU : 2008-2009
  • Head : Water Resources Engineering Department,  BDU:2005- 2007
  • Lecturer:  Department of Civil and Water Resources, BDU :2001-2013
    • RESEARCH PROECTS (From 2005 TO PRESENT)

    • Co-I of Affordable Perovskite Solar Irrigation Systems for Small-holder Farmers in Ethiopia (APSISSFE) funded by Global Challenges Research Fund of UK. The led is by University of Cambridge. The project is from April 2020 to March 2022.
    • Co-I of Maker Space Co-Creation Programme in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia that is funded by Bill and Gates Foundation. It is led by Center for Global Equity at Cambridge UK. The main objective is to establish a maker space to improve the ecosystem of innovation at Bahir Dar.
    • PI for a project of Establishment of experimental watersheds in East and West Belesa Woredas of Central Gondar zone, Amhara regional state as part of Water for Food Security, Women’s Empowerment and Environmental Protection (SWEEP) Project. It is funded by CARE Ethiopia since Oct 2018 to Nov 2020. It is supporting 7 MSc students.
    • PI of a research project on reducing soil loss through effective soil and water conservation practices using hydrologic considerations and farmers' participation in Blue Nile Basin. This is funded by USAID through PEER Science program from July 2012 to June 2015. We produced one book of abstracts from a conference, three briefing notes, assist five PhD students for their research and stipend costs, published two papers on journals so far and producing documentary film.
    • Co-PI since Sep 2016 for Sustainably Intensified Production Systems Impact on Nutrition and Appropriately Scaled Mechanization Consortium under Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab. It is a collaborative research project with TAMU, IWMI, NCAT and Illinois. It is currently supporting two PhD and three MSc students.
    • Co-PI since February 2015 for project on Sustaining Land Management Interventions through Integrating Income Generating Activities, Addressing Local Concerns and Increasing Women’s Participation which is funded by WLE program of CGIAR. It is currently supporting two PhD students and five MSc students.
    • Co-PI since September 2014 for a project on Innovation lab for small scale irrigation which is a collaborative research project of Texas AM, IWMI, ILRI, and North Carolina A&T state. It is funded by USAID. It is currently supporting two PhD and seven MSc students.
    • Co-PI Since October 2013 for a project on Adaptive governance of mountain ecosystem services for poverty alleviation enabled by environmental virtual observatories. And this project was led by Imperial College London.

    PUBLICATIONS Journals:

    H-index of 24 in Google scholar.

    1. Kebedew, M.G., Kibret, A.A., Tilahun, S.A., Belete, M.A., Zimale, F.A. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2020. The Relationship of Lake Morphometry and Phosphorus Dynamics of a Tropical Highland Lake: Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Water, 12(8), p.2243.
    2. Steenhuis, T.S., Tilahun, S.A., Collick, A.S., Zimale, F.A., Guzman, C.D., Moges, M.A., Nicholson, C.F., Enku, T. and Pell, A.N., 2020. Intricacies of an effective global “rooted” collaboration in soil and water research. Geoderma, p.114301.
    3. Gari, Y., Block, P., Assefa, G., Mekonnen, M. and Tilahun, S.A., 2020. Quantifying the United Nations’ Watercourse Convention Indicators to Inform Equitable Transboundary River Sharing: Application to the Nile River Basin. Water, 12(9), p.2499.
    4. Mhiret, D.A., Dagnew, D.C., Guzman, C.D., Alemie, T.C., Zegeye, A.D., Tebebu, T.Y., Langendoen, E.J., Zaitchik, B.F., Tilahun, S.A. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2020. A nine-year study on the benefits and risks of soil and water conservation practices in the humid highlands of Ethiopia: The Debre Mawi watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 270, p.110885.
    5. Adem, A.A., Mekuria, W., Belay, Y., Tilahun, S.A. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2020. Exclosures improve degraded landscapes in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands: the Ferenj Wuha watershed. Journal of Environmental Management, 270, p.110802.
    6. Belay, S.A., Schmitter, P., Worqlul, A.W., Steenhuis, T.S., Reyes, M.R. and Tilahun, S.A., 2019. Conservation Agriculture Saves Irrigation Water in the Dry Monsoon Phase in the Ethiopian Highlands. Water, 11(10), p.2103.
    7. Belay, S.A., Assefa, T.T., Prasad, P.V., Schmitter, P., Worqlul, A.W., Steenhuis, T.S., Reyes, M.R. and Tilahun, S.A., 2020. The Response of Water and Nutrient Dynamics and of Crop Yield to Conservation Agriculture in the Ethiopian Highlands. Sustainability, 12(15), p.5989.
    8. Abdu Y. Yimam, Tewodros T. Assefa, Nigus F. Adane, Seifu A. Tilahun, Manoj K. Jha, and Manuel R. Reyes (2020). Experimental Evaluation for the Impacts of Conservation Agriculture with Drip Irrigation on Crop Coefficient and Soil Properties in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands. Water, Vol (2).
    9. Tewodros Assefa, Manoj Jha, Manuel Reyes, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Luca Doro, and Seifu Tilahun (2020). Conservation agriculture with drip irrigation: Effects on soil quality and crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 75(2), 209-2017.
    10. Tewodros Assefa, Manoj Jha, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Manuel Reyes, and Seifu Tilahun (2019). Scaling up field-level crop production with small-scale irrigation and conservation practice by integrating the MCE technique and the APEX model. Water 11(10)
    11. Alemie, T.C., Tilahun, S.A., Ochoa‐Tocachi, B.F., Schmitter, P., Buytaert, W., Parlange, J.Y. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2019. Predicting shallow groundwater tables for sloping highland aquifers. Water Resources Research. 55, 11088-11100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025050
    12. Tilahun, S.A., Yilak, D.L., Schmitter, P., Zimale, F.A., Langan, S., Barron, J., Parlange, J.Y. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2020. Establishing irrigation potential of a hillside aquifer in the African highlands. Hydrological Processes, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13659
    13. Abebe, W.B.; Tilahun, S.A.; Moges, M.M.; Wondie, A.; Derseh, M.G.; Nigatu, T.A.; Mhiret, D.A.; Steenhuis, T.S.; Camp, M.V.; Walraevens, K.; McClain, M.E., 2020. Hydrological Foundation as a Basis for a Holistic Environmental Flow Assessment of Tropical Highland Rivers in Ethiopia. Water, 12(2), 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020547
    14. Kebedew, M.G.; Tilahun, S.A.; Zimale, F.A.; Steenhuis, T.S. Bottom Sediment Characteristics of a Tropical Lake: Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Hydrology2020, 7(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7010018
    15. Adem, A.A.; Dile, Y.T.; Worqlul, A.W.; Ayana, E.K.; Tilahun, S.A.; Steenhuis, T.S. Assessing Digital Soil Inventories for Predicting Streamflow in the Headwaters of the Blue Nile. Hydrology2020, 7(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7010008
    16. Assefa, T., Jha, M., Reyes, M., Worqlul, A.W., Doro, L. and Tilahun, S., 2020. Conservation agriculture with drip irrigation: Effects on soil quality and crop yield in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 75(2), pp.209-217. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.75.2.209
    17. Enku, T., Melesse, A.M., Ayana, E.K., Tilahun, S.A., Abate, M. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2020.Groundwater use of a small Eucalyptus patch during the dry monsoon phase. Biologia (2020). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00430-0
    18. Belay, A.S.; Fenta, A.A.; Yenehun, A.; Nigate, F.; Tilahun, S.A.; Moges, M.M.; Dessie, M.; Adgo, E.; Nyssen, J.; Chen, M.; Griensven, A.V.; Walraevens, K. Evaluation and Application of Multi-Source Satellite Rainfall Product CHIRPS to Assess Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Variability on Data-Sparse Western Margins of Ethiopian Highlands. Remote Sens.2019, 11(22), 2688. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11222688
    19. Mhiret, D.A.; Dagnew, D.C.; Alemie, T.C.; Guzman, C.D.; Tilahun, S.A.; Zaitchik, B.F.; Steenhuis, T.S. Impact of Soil Conservation and Eucalyptus on Hydrology and Soil Loss in the Ethiopian Highlands. Water2019, 11(11), 2299. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112299
    20. Akale, A.T.; Dagnew, D.C.; Moges, M.A.; Tilahun, S.A.; Steenhuis, T.S. The Effect of Landscape Interventions on Groundwater Flow and Surface Runoff in a Watershed in the Upper Reaches of the Blue Nile. Water2019, 11(10), 2188. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102188
    21. Assefa, T., Jha, M., Reyes, M., Tilahun, S. and Worqlul, A.W., 2019. Experimental Evaluation of Conservation Agriculture with Drip Irrigation for Water Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Water, 11(3), p.530.
    22. Abera Beyene, A., Verhoest, N.E., Tilahun, S., Alamirew, T., Adgo, E. and Nyssen, J., 2019. Irrigation efficiency and shallow groundwater in anisotropic floodplain soils near Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage.
    23. Ochoa‐Tocachi, B.F., Alemie, T.C., Guzman, C.D., Tilahun, S.A., Zimale, F.A., Buytaert, W. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2019. Sensitivity analysis of the parameter‐efficient distributed (PED) model for discharge and sediment concentration estimation in degraded humid landscapes. Land Degradation & Development, 30(2), pp.151-165.
    24. Mhiret, D.A., Dagnew, D.C., Assefa, T.T., Tilahun, S.A., Zaitchik, B.F. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2018. Erosion hotspot identification in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology.
    25. Walker, D., Parkin, G., Schmitter, P., Gowing, J., Tilahun, S.A., Haile, A.T. and Yimam, A.Y., 2018. Insights from a multi‐method recharge estimation comparison study. Groundwater.
    26. Abera, A., Verhoest, N.E., Tilahun, S.A., Alamirew, T., Adgo, E., Moges, M.M. and Nyssen, J., 2018. Performance of small-scale irrigation schemes in Lake Tana Basin of Ethiopia: technical and socio-political attributes. Physical Geography, pp.1-25.
    27. Dile, Y.T., Tekleab, S., Kaba, E.A., Gebrehiwot, S.G., Worqlul, A.W., Bayabil, H.K., Yimam, Y.T., Tilahun, S.A., Daggupati, P., Karlberg, L. and Srinivasan, R., 2018. Advances in water resources research in the Upper Blue Nile basin and the way forward: A review. Journal of Hydrology.
    28. Addisie, M.B.; Langendoen, E.J.; Aynalem, D.W.; Ayele, G.K.; Tilahun, S.A.; Schmitter, P.; Mekuria, W.; Moges, M.M.; Steenhuis, T.S. Assessment of Practices for Controlling Shallow Valley-Bottom Gullies in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands. Water2018, 10, 389.
    29. Beyene, Abebech., Cornelis, W., Verhoest, N., Tilahun, Seifu Admassu., Alamirew, Tena., Adgo, Enyew., De Pue, J., Nyssen, J., 2018. Estimating the actual evapotranspiration and deep percolation in irrigated soils of a tropical floodplain, northwest Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management, 202, 42-56
    30. Zegeye AD, Langendoen EJ, Guzman CD, Dagnew DC, Tilahun SA, Steenhuis TS. 2018. Gullies, a critical link in landscape soil loss: a case study in the sub-humid highlands of Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development. On line. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2875.
    31. Zegeye AD, Langendoen EJ, Tilahun SA, Mekuria W, Poesen J, Steenhuis TS. 2018. Root reinforcement to soils provided by common Ethiopian Highland plants for gully erosion control. Ecohydrology DOI: 10.1002/eco.1940. http://rdcu.be/Ghl7
    32. Zimale FA, Moges MA, Alemu ML, Ayana EK, Demissie SS, Tilahun SA, Steenhuis TS. 2018. Budgeting suspended sediment fluxes in tropical monsoonal watersheds with limited data: the Lake Tana basin. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 66 (1), 65-  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0039
    33. Zimale, F.A., Tilahun, S.A., Tebebu, T.Y., Guzman, C.D., Hoang, L., Schneiderman, E.M., Langendoen, E.J. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2017. Improving watershed management practices in humid regions. Hydrological Processes, 31(18), pp.3294-3301.
    34. Adem AA, Aynalem DW, Tilahun SA, Steenhuis TS. 2017. Predicting reference evaporation for the Ethiopian highlands. JWARP 9:1244-1269 DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2017.911081
    35. Akale AT, Dagnew DC, Giri S, Belete MA, Tilahun SA, Mekuria W, Steenhuis TS. 2017 Groundwater Quality in an Up-land Agricultural Watershed in the Sub-Humid Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Water Resource and Protection. 9: 1199-1212. DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2017.910078
    36. Akale AT, Dagnew DC, Belete MA, Tilahun SA, Mekuria W, Steenhuis TS. 2017. Impact of soil depth and topography on the effectiveness of conservation practices on discharge and soil loss in the Ethiopian highlands. Land. 6: 78 17 pp. DOI: 10.3390/land6040078w
    37. Desalegn A, Demissie S, Admassu S (2016) Extreme Weather and Flood Forecasting and Modelling for Eastern Tana Sub Basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrol Current Res 7:257. doi:10.4172/2157-7587.1000257
    38. Worqlul, A. W., Yen, H., Collick, A. S., Tilahun, S. A., Langan, S. & Steenhuis, T. S. 2017. Evaluation of CFSR, TMPA 3B42 and ground-based rainfall data as input for hydrological models, in data-scarce regions: The upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. CATENA, 152, 242-251.
    39. Tilahun, S.A., Ayana, E.K., Guzman, C.D., Dagnew, D.C., Zegeye, A.D., Tebebu, T.Y., Yitaferu, B. and Steenhuis, T.S., 2016. Revisiting storm runoff processes in the upper Blue Nile basin: The Debre Mawi watershed. Catena, 143, pp.47-56.
    40. Tebebu, T. Y., Steenhuis, T. S., Dagnew, D. C., Guzman, C. D., Bayabil, H. K., Zegeye, A. D., Collick, A. S., Langan, S., Macalister, C., Langendoen, E. J., Tilahun, S. A. 2015. Improving Efficacy of Landscape Interventions in the (Sub) Humid Ethiopian Highlands by Improved Understanding of Runoff Processes. Frontiers in Earth Science, 3, 49.
    41. Zegeye, A. D., Langendoen, E. J., Stoof, C. R., Tilahun, S. A., Dagnew, D. C., Zimale, F. A., Guzman, C. D., Yitaferu, B., and Steenhuis, T. S.: Morphological dynamics of gully systems in the subhumid Ethiopian Highlands: the Debre Mawi watershed, SOIL, 2, 443-458, doi:10.5194/soil-2-443-2016, 2016.
    42. Tebebu, T. Y., Bayabil, H. K., Stoof, C. R., Giri, S. K., Gessess, A. A., Tilahun, S. A., and Steenhuis, T. S. (2016) Characterization of degraded soils in the humid Ethiopian highlands. Land Degrad. Develop., doi: 1002/ldr.2687.
    43. Moges, M. A., Zemale, F. A., Alemu, M. L., Ayele, G. K., Dagnew, D. C., Tilahun, S. A. & Steenhuis, T. S. 2016. Sediment Concentration Rating Curves For A Monsoonal Climate: Upper Blue Nile. Soil, 2, 337.
    44. Moges, M. A., Schmitter, P., Tilahun, S. A., Langan, S., Dagnew, D. C., Akale, A. T. & Steenhuis, T. S. 2016. Suitability Of Watershed Models To Predict Distributed Hydrologic Response In The Awramba Watershed In Lake Tana Basin. Land Degradation & Development, Doi: 10.1002/Ldr.2608.
    Alemu, M.L., Geset, M., Mosa, H.M., Zemale, F.A., Moges, M.A., Giri, S.K., Tillahun

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