Yonas Meheretu
Presentation
PhD in Biology from the University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Belgium. Thesis title: "Ecology of rodents in agroecosystems in northern Ethiopia: pest and public health, 2008-2012."
MSc and BSc in Biology (Ecological and Systematic Zoology) from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Postdoc and research associate at the Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, in 2012/2013 and 2020/2021.
Associate Professor at the Department of Biology, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
Former Director of the Institute of Mountain Research & Development at Mekelle University, Ethiopia (2017-2021).
Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Zoological Sciences, Addis Ababa University.
Forskning
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 changes shape the dynamics of zoonotic pathogens using ecological and genetic tools.
Forskningsprojekt
- 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
Forskargrupper
Undervisning
Conservation Genetics
Ecological Zoology and Entomology
Pedagogiska meriter
Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education