CURRICULUM VITAE
- Health Biotechnology PhD candidate at Addis Ababa University and Aramuer Hansen Research Institute, Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia
- Assistant Professor at Haramaya University, College of veterinary medicine
- Mobile Phone: +251-913-03-76-14
- E-mail: madevet27@gmail.com
Personal data
- Name Daniel Abebe Mekonnen
- Date of birth...............1981 G.C
- Place of birth Addis Ababa
- Sex...............................Male
- Marital status Married
- Nationality Ethiopian
Language
- Excellent in English speaking, writing, reading and listening
- Fluent in Amharic speaking, writing, reading and listening
- Fair in listening and speaking to Oromic language
Education
2016 – to date |
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2009 – 2012 |
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2002/03 – 2008 |
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Work Experience
Nov, 2012 – 2019 |
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Apr, 2008-Nov, 2012 |
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Student supervision
DVM Seminar Paper supervision |
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DVM thesis Supervision |
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MSc thesis supervision |
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Grants and fellowships
- Title: Infectiousness of Plasmodium to mosquitoes as surrogate measure for efficacy of current first line antimalarial drugs. Purpose: Fellowship for PhD study at Aramuer Hansen Research Institute; Amount: 1,075,745.00 ETB; Year: 2018-2021.
Trainings and workshop
- I have taken short term Training courses on Pedagogical Courses that was prepared at Alage ATVET College by Hawassa College of Teacher education.
- I have completed Post graduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching from Haramaya University.
- I have also participated in the provision of training for the community in poultry disease management organized by HU-community Development works Directorate.
- I have also participated on the 3rd international Veterinary Education Conference on “enhancing livestock productivity, role of quality veterinary education, research and rationalization in promoting export market to ensure food security and sustainable economic growth “ that was prepared by College of Veterinary Medicine in Haramaya University from June 17-19, 2015.
- I have successfully completed “Training on Diary farm planning and design by De laval (Pty)" and Haramaya University Vice president for academic affairs from March 1-3, 2016.
- I have successfully completed and certified on “Training on International course in Laboratory animal science based on FELASA Category C “ which was prepared in collaboration with Addis Ababa University College of health science, department of Pharmacology, and Utrecht University, Department of Laboratory animal science the Netherlands from March 27-April 07, 2017.
- I have successfully completed “Training on Molecular biology Techniques from May 14-18, 2018 at Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI).
- I have successfully completed “Training on Laboratory techniques in Immunology” from June 11-14, 2018 at Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI).
- I have successfully completed “Training on Data management and Biostatistics using Epi Data and STATA” from June 4-8, 2018 at Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI).
Participation in conference
- Oral presentations:
i). Scientific paper presentation on World Veterinary Day held in Haramaya University, Ethiopia on 2012/13.
ii). Scientific paper presentation in title “Review on Phage therapy” on The 3rd annual research conference of Ethiopian society for Microbiology, held from 20-21 April, 2017 at Adama, Nazreth, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia
iii). Scientific paper presentation in title “Development of serological markers for detection of P.vivax liver stage hypnozoites” held on Aug, 2021 at Aramuer Hansen Research Institute; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
iv). Scientific paper presentation in title “Mucormycosis in COVID-19: A systematic review of cases reported worldwide and in India” held on Aug, 2021 at Aramuer Hansen Research Institute; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
v). Scientific paper presentation in title “Primaquine for Plasmodium vivax radical cure: What we don’t know and why it matters” held on Jan, 2022 at Aramuer Hansen Research Institute; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Research work
i) DVM thesis on Major causes of Carcass and Red Offal Condemnation at Luna Export slaughterhouse.
ii) Master’s thesis on “Isolation and identification of Corynebacterium Pseudotubrculosis from superficial lymph nodes of sheep and goat at Organic export Abattoir Modjo, Ethiopia”.
iii) PhD thesis on” Ethiopia In-vivo Efficacy Study 2020: Therapeutic efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine or Artesunate-Pyronaridine plus Single Dose Primaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum and Chloroquine or AP plus 14 days PQ for uncomplicated P. vivax

Publications
- Determination of Corynebacterium Pseudotubrculosis prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of isolates from lymph nodes of sheep and goat at Organic export Abattoir Modjo, Ethiopia. Lett Appl Microbiol.2015 Nov;61(5):469-76. doi: 10.1111/lam.12482. Epub 2015 Sep 29.
- Risk Factors for Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Cattle in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159083. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0159083.
- Prevalence and Contamination Level of Staphylococcus aureus in Raw Camel Milk and Associated Risk Factors in Jigjiga District, Eastern Ethiopia. J Vet Sci Technol 9: 501. doi:4172/2157-7579.1000501.
- Serological evidence for a decline in malaria transmission following major scale-up of control efforts in a setting selected for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination in Babile district, Oromia, Ethiopia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2019; 00: 1–7 doi:10.1093/trstmh/trz005.
- Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Pfcrt and Pfmdr1 alleles in settings with different levels of Plasmodium vivax co-endemicity in Ethiopia. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.09.002
- Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes as Vectors of Plasmodium vivax and falciparum, Horn of Africa, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 27 No. 2, February 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2702.200019
Professional membership:
- Member of Ethiopian Veterinary Association
- Ethiopian Society for microbiology
Special skills:
- Isolation, identification and characterization of bacterial isolates
- Perform conventional PCR experiments and interpretation
- Perform serological tests such as ELISA
- Extraction of DNA and RNA from biological samples.
- Skills on qPCR experiments and interpretation.
- Preparation of PCR components for experiments
- Data entry using Epidata software
- Data analysis Using SPSS and STATA software
References
- Tesfaye Sisay, Associate professor and Directorate of Institute of Biotechnology at Addis Ababa University. Tel. Mob. 0910-30-44-49. Email: tesfu74@yahoo.com
- Endalamaw Gadisa. Director of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Directorate, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia P.O.Box 1005. Tel. Mob. +251-911- 86-88-27. Email: endalamaw.gadisa@ahri.gov.et
- Fitsum Girma, Head of Malaria Team, Malaria and Negelected Tropical Diseases Directorate Aramuer Hansen Research Institute, Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. Tel. Mob. +251- 912-62-75-40. E-mail: fitsum.girma@ahri.gov.et