PROFILE
CONTACT
PHONE: +251-+251 0907139343
WEBSITE:
EMAIL: yohannespetsim@gmail.com
ORCiD
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HOBBIES
Reading fiction books
Telling stories to small kids
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YOHANNES PETROS SIMON
Date of Birth: May 24, 1955
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
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EDUCATION
Elementary and high schools – Asebe Teferi.
Undergraduate education – AAU
M.Sc – AAU
PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Sweden
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WORK EXPERIENCE
43 years of teaching (9 years in high schools and 34 years in two universities (Asmara university and Haramaya university)
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SKILLS
TABLE TENNIS AND BASKET BALL PLAYING
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Research Interest
- Genetic diversity of crop plants
- Oil quality of seed plants
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Research projects
Training and Professional Development
Trained as a Biologist and a Geneticist
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Publications
1. Petros, Y., Merker, A. and Zeleke, H. 2007. Analysis of genetic diversity of Guizotia abyssinica from Ethiopia using Inter Simple Sequence Repeat Markers. Hereditas 144, 18-24
2. Petros, Y., Merker, A. and Zeleke, H. 2007. Analysis of genetic diversity and relationships of wild Guizotia species from Ethiopia using ISSR markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 55, 451-458
3. Petros, Y., Carlson, A.S., Symne, S., Zeleke, H., Falt, A.S. and Merker, A., Developing high Oleic acid Guizotia abyssinica (L.f) Cass. By plant breeding
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