Moges Beletew Shenkute

Full Name: Moges Beletew Shenkute

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

Institutional email: moges_beletew@dmu.edu.et

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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-8681

Specialization: Fishery and Aquatic Science ( Fish Ecologist and Parasitologist)

Courses taught: Aquatic Science and Wetland Management, Fishery and Aquaculture, Instruction design For Biology and  Active Teaching Method for Biology ( MSc.Students), Biology Method I and II, General Biology ,

Achievements and awards: Invertebrate Study in Royal Museum for Central Africa (RAMCA), Belgium , Parasite Practical work in institute of Parasitology, Check Republic, Study of Cestodology in the  Natural Museum Of Geneva, Switzerland, Bioinformatics Study in Malawi, PAFFA, ICT_BASED Education UNESCO, AAU,

Research interest: Fish ecology and parasites, Water quality and Wetland management, Aquaculture , Quality Education in Science,

List of Publications:

1. Moges Beletew et al., (2016). First report of monogenean flatworms from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: gill parasites of the commercially important Clarias gariepinus (Teleostei: Clariidae) and Oreochromis niloticus tana (Teleostei: Cichlidae), Parsite and Vectors. https://doi.org/10.1186/S13071-016-1691-2
   1. Alain de Chambrier, Toma´sˇ Scholz*, Moges Beletew†, and Jean Mariaux . A new Genus and Species of Proteocephalidean (Cestoda) from Cclarias Catfishes (siluriformes: clariidae) in Africa. J. Parasitol., 95(1), 2009, pp. 160–168.

• Toma´sˇ Scholz, Alain de Chambrier*, Moges Beletew†, and Zuheir N. Mahmoud‡. Redescription of Proteocephalus glanduligerus (cestoda: proteocephalidea), a parasite of clariid catfishes in africa with a unique glandular apical organ. J. Parasitol., 95(2), 2009, pp. 443–449.
  • Alain DE CHAMBRIER¹, Tomáš SCHOLZ², Moges BELETEW³ & Zuheir N. MAHMOUD⁴.  Redescription of Proteocephalus sulcatus (Klaptocz, 1906) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a poorly known parasite of Clarotes laticeps (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Sudan. REVUE SUISSE DE ZOOLOGIE 114 (4): 693-702; 2007

Research and project information (completed and ongoing):

      Completed Research

1. Fish parasite impacts in the wild and feral condition: in the case of Bahir Bar Fisher Research center, Ethiopia, 2012.
2. African Catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ) cestode parasites diversity in the three Lakes ( Lake Tana, Lake Hawassa and Lake Ziway) , Ethiopia, 2009.
3.  The Monogenean Parasites of Commercial fishes of Lake Tana : Oreochromis niloticus and Clairas gariepinus) , Ethiopia, 2016.

Ongoing research

• The Monogneans ( Dactylogyridae: Dactylogyrus) Fish parasites:   diversity, host-parasite relationship of  Laebobarbus in Lake Tana, Ethiopia.

MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and Graduated): 5

Graduated M.Sc students advised: four

M.Sc student advised ongoing: 1