Full Name: Lamenew Fenta Tibebu (PhD)
Academic Rank; Assistant Professor
Institutional email: Lamenew_fenta@dmu.edu.et
Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS:
- ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9742-8870
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=k1Y-qjcAAAAJ
- Web of Science Researcher ID: MTD-9731-2025
- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/MTD-9731-2025
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57395822700
Specialization: Applied Microbiology
Courses taught: Under graduate courses (General Microbiology, Mycology, Applied Microbiology, Virology, Research Methods); Postgraduate courses (Plant pathology, Food Microbiology, Technology of traditional Fermented foods and beverages)
Achievements and awards:
- Grant proposal development and management (Feb, 2017)
- Grant project development and management (Nov, 2024)
- Higher Diploma program (Sept, 2017)
- Master class for teaching online (May, 2025)
Research interest: Agri-food Microbiology (focuses on the role of microorganisms in agriculture and food production):
- Soil and Plant Microbiology
- Plant, soil and microbe interactions
- Biocontrolof phytopathogens
- Microbial biofertilizers and microbial biopesticides
- Food Microbiology
- Microbial spoilage and foodborne pathogens
- Food quality and safety
- Fermentation (role of microbes in traditional and modern fermentation processes)
List of Publications:
- Lamenew Fenta, DagmeZewde, and TeklieLissanu (2025). Biological nanotechnology: A new ecofriendly front in the fight against plant pathogens. Nano Life.
- Fenta L, Tadesse K (2025). Evaluation of hygienic food handling practices and associated factors among food handlers in the Amhara region, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ital J Food Saf doi:10.4081/ijfs.2025.12836
- Lamenew Fenta and HabtamuMekonnen (2024). Microbial Biofungicides as a Substitute for Chemical Fungicides in the Control of Phytopathogens: Current Perspectives and Research Directions. Scientifica, 2024.
- Fenta L, Mekonnen H, Kabtimer N (2023). The Exploitation of Microbial Antagonists against Postharvest Plant Pathogens. Microorganisms. 11(4):1044.
- Mekonnen H, Fenta L, Kibret M, Geta K (2023). Management of Sustainable Vegetable Production Using Microbial Consortium. In Sustainable Agrobiology: Design and Development of Microbial Consortia (pp. 225-243). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
- Fenta L, Kibret M (2021). Fungicide tolerance of antagonists in the management of mango anthracnose caused by Colletotrichumgloeosporoides. Journal of Biological Control. 1: 35(4).
- L Fenta, M Kibret (2021). Biocontrol potential of Lactobacillus spp. against post-harvest mango (Mangiferaindica L.) anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichumgloeosporioides. Research on Crops, 22(4): 858-867.
- H Mekonnen, L Fenta (2020). Plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria for plant growth promotion and biocontrol agent against tomato and pepper disease: a review. World News of Natural Sciences, 28: 13-23
- T Lissanu, AAssefa, L Fenta, A Ayalew, S Gemeda (2021). Effects of Anaerobic Co-digestion of Cow Dung using Biodegradable Municipal Wastes for Biogas Production. Abyssinia Journal of Engineering and Computing, 1(2):22-30.
- Research and project information (completed and ongoing): Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Some Microbial Antagonists and Botanicals against Mycotoxin Producing Fungi (Mycotoxigenic) in Stored Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) grains, Dejen district, East Gojjam, Ethiopia.
- MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and graduated): 3 MSc graduated.