Yonas Meheretu
Researcher, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies
My research bridges small mammal ecology, their public health relevance within the One Health framework, and sustainable rodent pest management (EBRM). I study how biodiversity and land use shape the dynamics of small mammal populations and zoonotic pathogens using ecological and genetic tools.
Research projects
- Identification of best practices for biodiversity recovery and public health interventions to prevent future epidemics and pandemics (BEPREP)
- Restoring Ecosystems to Stop the Threat Of (Re-)Emerging Infectious Diseases (RESTOREID)
- Land use change and zoonotic disease spillover risks in East Africa mountain ecosystem: A One Health Study
- Drivers of cutaneous leishmaniasis re/emergence and spread in mountain ecosystems: an interdisciplinary one-health study
- A nature-based opportunity for rodent management in urban informal settlements: the role and local perceptions of owls as predators and sentinels for diseases in Ethiopia and Brazil
Research groups
Teaching
Conservation Genetics
Ecological Zoology and Entomology