Liyew Birhanu Bayile

Full Name: Liyew Birhanu Bayile

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

College: Natural and Computational Sciences

Department : Biology

Qualification: PhD

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Specialization: Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management

Research interest: Plant Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Restoration Ecology, Forest Ecology, Biodiversity & sacred sites, Ecological Modelling,  Biodiversity and Climate change, Ethnobotany, Land use /land cover change.

Institutional email/ Contact:

           Email: liyew_birhanu@dmu.edu.et; liyewmtu@gmail.com

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JyZuuFwAAAAJ&hl=enhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/LiyBirhanu

Courses taught:

I taught two main modules for undergraduate students.

1. Botanical Science Courses: Phycology, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, Seed plants and Plant Physiology.

2. Ecological and Environmental Biology Courses: Principles of Ecology, Conservation and Management of Natural Resources, Introduction to Ethnobiology, and Soil Sciences.

 Post Graduate students:

I taught different courses in the M.Sc. program in Botanical Sciences, including Plant Community Ecology, Plant Biodiversity Management, Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility and, Research Methods and Scientific Writing.

Achievements and awards:

• Awarded a visiting fellowship by the Institute for Environmental Futures, University of Leicester, UK from April 16, 2024 to October 05, 2024.
• Actively participated in the Environmental Futures Café at the University of Leicester, engaging in discussions on Quantifying Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services (From May 2024 till June 2024.G.C.).
• Participated in the International Conference on Ecology and Environment, held at the University of Leicester from April 15 to 19, 2024.
• Participated in the UK National Earth Observation (EO) Conference 2024, held from 10th to 12th September at the National STEM Centre in York, United Kingdom.
• Participated on training on Introduction to R for Ecology and Conservation organized by Stockholm University, Sweden (From January 22-23, 2018 GC)
• Participated on training in the workshop of SAGAGIS/Geographic information systems & Science in organized by the Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management at Addis Ababa University, and ARBONETH PROJECT (Hamburg University, Germany) (From March 26 to 30, 2018 GC).

List of Publications:

1. Liyew Birhanu,GetanehMoges, NigussieAmsalu,HeikoBalzter(2025).Woody Species Diversity, Structure and Community Distribution along Environmental Gradients of  Seqela Dry Afromontane Forest in NorthwesternEthiopia.PLoS ONE 20(1):e0313020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313020
2. Liyew Birhanu*,YaredMekonen, AbinehTilahun,NigussieAmsalu^, HeikoBalzter (2024). Impact of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Soil Erosion in Dondor Watershed, Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopia. Sustainability, 16(23), 10421; https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310421.
3. Yitayih Dagne, LiyewBirhanu* (2023). Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia. BMC EcolEvo 23, 43. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
4. NigussieAmsalu, DemekeMihret, Liyew Birhanu (2024). Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants and Practices in Aneded District, East Gojjam Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia. Advanced Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies(AJIDS), 8(2), 1275-1298. http://www.ajids.com.et/uploads/AJIDS-G-V8I24.pdf
5. Yitayih Dagne and Liyew Birhanu(2024).Vegetation Structure and Regeneration status of Guard Dry Afromontane Forests in North WesternEthiopia. Daagu International Journal of Basic and Applied research (DIJBAR). 5, 1 (Feb. 2024), 209–225.https://dagujournal.org/index.php/dijbar/article/view/59)
6. BaymotWorkayehu, Daniel Fitamo, FirewKebede, Liyew Birhanu and AmareFassil (2022). Floristic Composition, Diversity, and Vegetation Structure of Woody Species in Kahitassa Forest, Northwestern Ethiopia. International Journal of Forestry Research, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7653465
7. Liyew Birhanu, TamratBekele, BinyamTesfaw ,SebsebeDemissew(2022). Soil seed bank composition and aboveground vegetation in dry Afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia. Trees. Forest and People 9( 2022) 100292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.10029
8. Liyew Birhanu ,TamratBekele, BinyamTesfaw , SebsebeDemissew(2021). Relationships between topographic factors, soil and plant communities in a dry Afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247966. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247966
9. Liyew Birhanu, BinyamTesfawHailu, TamratBekele, SebsebeDemissew (2019).  Land use/land cover change along elevation and slope gradient in highlands of Ethiopia. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (Elsiver), volume 16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2019.100260.
10. TamratBekele and SebsebeDemissew (2018) Woody species composition and structure of Amoro Forest in West Gojjam Zone, North Western Ethiopia. Journal of Ecology and The Natural Environment, Vol. 10 (4), pp. 53-64, DOI: 10.5897/JENE2018.0688.
11. Liyew Birhanu,DanielFitamo(2015)Socio-economic,cultural,food and Medicinal Significance of MoringaStenopetala (bak.f) cuf.:a Case of Konso Special Woreda,SNNPRS, Ethiopia, RJSSM,5, www.theinternationaljournal.org

MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and graduated):

I have advised 18 MSc students; 17 graduated, 1 ongoing.