Full Name: Ayalew Sisay Beyene
Academic rank :Associate Professor in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Institutional email: ayalew_sisay@dmu.edu.et
Google Scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS:
- http://orcid.org/0009-0001-1811-3180
- www.linkedin.com/in/ayalew-sisay-64118479
Specialization: Zoological Sciences (PhD in Fisheries and Aquatic Science Stream)
Courses taught:
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Vertebrate Zoology
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Aquatic Science and Wetland Management
- Parasitology
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Wildlife Ecology and Management
- Natural Resource Conservation and Management
- Principles of Ecology
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Biostatistics
- Comparative Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Experimental Design and Biological Data Analysis
Achievements and awards:
- Best Teacher Award at DMU in 2013
- HDP Completion at DMU in 2013
- Research Paper Presentation at DMU in 2014
- Partnership and Business Entrepreneurship Transformation (PiBELT) Leadership Training, From Indiana University, USA (2021)
- Learning Management System in DMU (2022)
- Reviewer for SINET-Ethiopian Journal of Science (2025)
Research interest:
- Infectious Diseases and Parasites
- Wetland-based diseases
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
List of Publications:
- Ayalew Sisay& Endalkachew Nibret (2013). Prevalence and risk factors of bovine and ovine fasciolosis, and evaluation of the direct sedimentation sensitivity method at Bahir-Dar municipal abattoir, Northern Ethiopia.
- Sisay, A.,*& Lemma, B. (2019). Assessment on the prevalence and risk factors of gastrointestinal parasites on schoolchildren at Bochesa Elementary School, around Lake Zwai, Ethiopia. BMC research notes, 12, 1-6.
- Solomon Wagaw*, Ayalew Sisay, AsnakuBazezew, Yirga Enawgaw, Assefa Wosnie (2024). Biological aspects of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Geray Reservoir (Ethiopia) for effective sustainable fisheries.
- Yirga Enawgaw*, Ayalew Sisay, AsnakuBazezew, Solomon Wagaw, Assefa Wosnie (2024). Fisheries in Geray Reservoir could be managed using biometric and reproductive characteristics of the Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L. 1758).
- Solomon Wagaw, Yirga Enawgaw, Ahmed Aba Bulgu, Assefa Wosnie, Ayalew Sisay, Ashenafi Teklemariam & Demeke Tegod(2024). Biometric assessment and reproductive biology of common carp (Cyprinus carpio var. communis) in Lake Arekit, Ethiopia: Fish management implications.
- Ayalew Sisay Beyene* (2025). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Schistosomiasis on Students at Bochesa Elementary School Around the Wetlands of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
- Ayalew Sisay Beyene*, Felegush Abebe, Adem Nega Yimer (2025). Assessment on the Prevalence of Malaria and its Associated Risk Factors among Individuals Visiting the Health Centers in the Wetlands of Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwestern Ethiopia.
- Beyene, A. S., Abebe, F., & Yimer, A. N. (2025). Assessment on the Prevalence of Malaria and its Associated Risk Factors among Individuals Visiting the Health Centers in the Wetlands of Bahir Dar Zuria District, Northwestern Ethiopia. IJID Regions, 100651.
Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
- Three research titles are ongoing as a co-author with my staff members, and two of them have been completed and are ready for submission.
MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and Graduated):
- I have advised nine (2 extension and 7 summer) MSc students, all of whom have graduated. Of these students, 3 papers have been published. Two other papers are under manuscript preparation for publication.
- I am currently advising four MSc students (1 extension and 3 summer).