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Staff Members CV

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.

Tadesse Fetahi

Ass. Professor of Aquatic Ecology, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University
Aquatic Ecosystems Management
Personal Information
  1. Full Name: Tadesse Fetahi Hailu
  2. Title: Professor of Aquatic Ecology, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University
Professional Preparation/Educational Background
  1. BSc. in Agriculture in 1999 at Awasa College of Agriculture (now Hawassa University), Ethiopia
  2. MSc. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences in 2005 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  3. PhD. in Ecology in 2010 at Vienna University, Austria
Experiences And Appointments Experiences
  1. October 2005 to present: Ass. Professor of Aquatic Ecologyin Addis Ababa University, College of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoological Sciences.
  2. June 2000 to July 2005: Researcher and Head of Animal Science Research Division at Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO) at Pawe Research Center.
Appointments
  1. Program coordinator of a new Joint MSc Program in Aquatic Ecosystems & Environmental Management (AEEM)
  2. Member of Managing Council for the Dean
  3. Member of College Curriculum and Academic Standard Committee
  4. Member of Program Review Committee
  5. Coordinator of College Seminar
  6. President of The Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association.
  7. Executive Committee Member of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association.
  8. Member of the Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association
  9. Executive Committee Member of Biological Society
  10. Member of Biological Society
  11. Member of Environmental Society of Ethiopia, and
  12. Founder and organizing committee of African Chapter for International Society of
  13. Ecological Modelling (www.isem-africa.org).
  14. Chairman of College of Natural Sciences Housing Committee
Selected Publications/Conference Participation/Pertinent Selected Publications
  1. Fetahi T., Karl-Otto Rothhaupt, Frank Peteers (2017). Dietary map of Nile tilapia using stable isotopes in three tropical lakes, Ethiopia. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.00:111. DOI:10.1111/eff.12361.
  2. Fetahi T. (2016). Greening a Tropical Abijata-Shala Lakes National Park, Ethiopia –A Review.Journal of Ecosystem &Ecography 6:1; http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7625.1000179
  3. Fetahi T., Schagerl M., Mengistou S. (2014). Key drivers for phytoplankton composition and biomass in an Ethiopian Highland Lake. Limnologica 46:77-83.
  4. Ogato, T., Kifle D., Fetahi T., Sitotaw B. (2014). Evaluation of growth and biomass production of Arthrospira (Spirulina) fusiformis in laboratory cultures using waters from the Ethiopian soda lakes Chitu and Shala. Journal of Applied Phycology 26(6): 2273-2282.
  5. Fetahi, T., Schagerl, M., Mengistou, S. and Libralato, S. (2011). Food web structure and trophic interactions of a tropical highland lake, Ethiopia. Ecological Modelling 222: 804-813.
  6. Fetahi, T., Mengistou, S. and Schagerl, M (2011). Zooplankton Community Structure and Ecology of the Tropical-highland Lake, Lake Hayq, Ethiopia. Limnologica41: 389– 397.
  7. Fetahi, T., Mengistou, S. and Schagerl, M. Decadal changes in phyto- and zooplankton communities of Lake Awasa, Ethiopia
  8. Fetahi, T. and Mengistou, S. (2007) Trophic analysis of Lake Awassa, Ethiopia, using mass-balanceEcopath model. Ecological Modeling 2 0 1: 398–408.
  9. Wondie, A., Mengistou, S., Fetahi, T., 2012.Trophic Interactions in Lake Tana, a Large Turbid Highland Lake in Ethiopia. In: Jordán, F., Jørgensen, S.E. (Eds), Models of the Ecological Hierarchy: From Molecules to the Ecosphere. Elsevier.
  10. Fetahi, T. (2016). Aquatic Sciences and Wetland Management. AAU Business Enterprise Printing House, Addis Ababa.
  11. Fetahi, T. (2012). Killer Lake Koka, Ethiopia: take your blame. In: Seyoum Mengistu and Tadesse Fetahi (Eds), National Workshop on Wetlands for Sustainble Development and Climate Change Mitigation, Bahir Dar, 162-190. BNWI.
Selected Conference Proceedings
  1. Pelagic and littoral carbon sources support energetic demands of Nile Tilapia in three tropical lakes (Ethiopia) at SIL Congress in Turin, Italy, 31st July to 5thAugust 2016.
  2. I gave plenary lecture on Food web structure and trophic interactions of the tropical highland Lake Hayq, Ethiopia atECEM 2014 conference held in Marrakesh, Morocco.
  3. Save Abijata and Promote Green Economy at Addis Ababa Universityheld in May 14, 2013
  4. Long-term changes in phyto- and zooplankton communities of Lake Hawasa, Ethiopia on the 5thEFASA Annual conference on January 2013, Awasa
  5. Ecosystem-based lake management: food-web modeling approach on National Workshop on “Challenges and opportunities of water resources management in Tana Basin, Ethiopia”, 26-27 March 2012, Bahir Dar
  6. Partial atelomixis as a driving force of phytoplankton functional-groups in tropical-African Lake Hayq, Ethiopia on the 3rd EFASA Annual Conference on February 2011, Alemaya.
Participation in Research Projects And Community Engagement Participation in Research Projects
  1. Food web analysis of rift valley lakes employing Ecopath with Ecosim software suite. Diet analysis using Stable Isotope and ecosystem modeling of Lakes Hawasa, Ziway and Koka, Ethiopia
  2. Integration of aquaculture technologies into the farming systems as a food security program and income generation: a pilot project in some regions of the country.
  3. Diet analysis using stable isotopes of three Ethiopian lakes, and ecosystem modeling of Lake Hawasa, Ethiopia and Lake Constance, Germany
Community Engagement
  1. I wrote an Open letter to ex-President GirmaWolde-Giorgis regarding the status of Lake Abijata (published in the Reporter) and gave an interview to English and Amharic version of The Reporter Newspaper
  2. (http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/interview/item/493-the-story-of-the-drying-rift-valley-lake).
  3. I organized a National workshop on Save Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park and Promote Green Economy at AAU, College of Natural Sciences on May 14, 2013.
  4. I published an article entitled Lake Abijata and ecocide: the 5th crime against peace on The Reporter English version (http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/opinion/viewpoint/item/912-lake-abijata-and-ecocide-the-5th-crime-against-peace)
  5. I involved in a radio documentary on how to use Ethiopian aquatic resources sustainably, which was prepared and broadcasted by Sheger Radio in collaboration with EFASA (The Ethiopian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Association).
Training and Professional Development
  1. XXXIII SIL Congress in Turin, Italy; from 31st July to 5th August 2016
  2. FallingWalls Berlin 2015
  3. ECEM 2014 the 8th European Conference on Ecological Modelling “Beyond boundaries: next generation modeling” - October 27-30, 2014, Marrakech, MOROCCO
  4. Organizer of a workshop: Save Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park and Promote Green Economy, held in AAU on May 14, 2013.
  5. Organizer for Curriculum Development Workshop held in AAU from February 20-22, 2013 for a Grand New Joint MSc program between AAU and Bahir Dar University.
  6. Organizer on joint workshop between Addis Ababa University and Bahir Dar University held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on January 25-27, 2012:
  7. National Awareness Creation and Hands-on Training Workshop on “Wetlands for Sustainable Development and Climate Change Mitigation”.
  8. National workshop on Challenges and opportunities of water resources management in TanaBasin, Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia, conducted on 26-27 March 2012
  9. International conference on Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Development in Abmo University, Ethiopia
  10. Advanced School: Complexity, adaptation and emergence in Marine ecosystems. Trieste, Italy
  11. Aquatic ecosystem: processes and applications in IHE-UNISCO, the Netherlands
  12. Introduction to Geographical Information System (GIS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  13. The 6th European Conference on Ecological Modelling Trieste, Italy
  14. Training on Ecopath software model
  15. Diploma on Microsoft Application
  16. Certificate on Design and Analysis of experiments
  17. Certificate on biometrical methods and SPSS software package
  18. Certificate on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
  19. Scientific writing
Main Research Activities/Interts
  • My major research interest is to understand and model aquatic food web structure, linkages and functioning, and identification of sources of carbon along the food webs using Ecopath with Ecosim software model and stable isotope geochemistry. I also investigate water quality, physico-chemical, plankton species compositions and biomasses to understand the underlying factors that determine the distribution of plankton species composition and production and their significance in the food web. The ultimate goal of my research is to contribute for efficient and sustainable aquatic resource utilization for food security and development, biodiversity conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.

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