Mr. MELKAMU MEKONEN | climate change | Best Researcher Award
I’m Melkamu Kassaye Mekonen; I graduated with my BSc in Forest and Nature Conservation at Mekelle University in Ethiopia, and the University of Gondar in Ethiopia awarded me a MSc degree in Forest Management and Utilization. Currently, I serve as a researcher and instructor in the department of forestry and climate science at Injibara University, Ethiopia. I bring with me four years of research and five years of education, research, and community-based project experiences in the forestry, environment, and agricultural fields. My aspiration is to pursue a PhD in Forestry, focusing on natural forest optimization and ecological interaction and management of bamboo forest resources, either in China or Ethiopia, in collaboration with supervisors.
Profile
đźWork Experience
Forestry Researcher
Employer: Sekota Dryland Agricultural Research Center, Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, City: Sekota | Country: Ethiopia, Role: Forestry research project and team coordinator, Responsibilities: Proposal development, conducting experiments and research in forestry, final paper writing, presenting, and publishing.
Forestry Lecturer and Researcher
Employer: Injibara University, City: Injibara | Country: Ethiopia, Department: Forestry and Climate Science, Role: Head of department, Responsibilities: Conducting research and community service in agriculture and forestry, overseeing departmental activities.
đEducation and Training
BSc. in Forest and Nature Conservation University: Mekelle University, Ethiopia, Field of Study: Forest and Nature Conservation, Thesis: Floristic diversity in area exclosures in Northern Ethiopia. MSc in Forest Management and Utilization University: University of Gondar, Ethiopia, Field of Study: Forestry, Thesis: Role of area exclosures for forest restoration in Northeastern Ethiopia
 Management and Leadership Skills
Forestry Research Directorate Coordinator: Coordinated over 38 forestry research programs at Sekota Dryland Agricultural Research Center. Head of Department of Forestry and Climate Science: Served as department head at Injibara University for two and a half years.
đżÂ Project
A potential cause for extensive dieback of Acacia mearnsii plantation in highlands districts of Awi zone, Northwestern Ethiopia Status: To be published in Journal of Cogent Agriculture. Biomass, Carbon, and CO2 Sequestration in Natural Forests: Variations Across Environmental Factors, Forest Ecosystems, Degradation Levels, and Conservation Measures Status: To be published in Journal of Ecology and Evolution. Floristic Diversity of Natural Forest Patches Across forest ecosystems in Northwestern Ethiopian Status: To be published in Journal of F1000Research. Composition, Medicinal Values, and Threats of Plants Used in Indigenous Medicine in Jawi District, Ethiopia: Implications for Conservation and Sustainable Use. Status: Submitted to Journal of Ethnobotany
Publications Top Notes đ
- A Uniformly Convergent Collocation Method for Singularly Perturbed Delay Parabolic ReactionâDiffusion Problem
- Year: 2021
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa
- Source: Abstract and Applied Analysis, 2021 (1), 8835595
- Sixth-order compact finite difference method for singularly perturbed 1D reaction diffusion problems
- Year: 2017
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa, TA Bullo
- Source: Journal of Taibah University for Science, 11 (2), 302-308
- Parameter-uniform numerical scheme for singularly perturbed parabolic convectionâdiffusion Robin type problems with a boundary turning point
- Year: 2022
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa
- Source: Results in Applied Mathematics, 15, 100324
- A parameter-uniform numerical method for singularly perturbed Robin type parabolic convection-diffusion turning point problems
- Year: 2023
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa
- Source: Applied Numerical Mathematics, 190, 50-64
- A novel numerical approach for singularly perturbed parabolic convection-diffusion problems on layer-adapted meshes
- Year: 2022
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa
- Source: Research in Mathematics, 9 (1), 2020400
- Computational method for singularly perturbed parabolic reaction-diffusion equations with Robin boundary conditions
- Year: 2022
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa
- Source: Journal of Applied Mathematics & Informatics, 40 (1-2), 25-45
- Tenth Order Compact Finite Difference Method for Solving Singularly Perturbed 1D Reaction-Diffusion Equations
- Year: 2016
- Authors: FW Gelu, GF Duressa, TA Bullo
- Source: International Journal of Engineering & Applied Sciences (IJEAS), 8 (3), 15-24