Full Name: Asmamaw Habtamu Ayilet (Ph.D)
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Institutional email: asmamaw_habtamu@dmu.edu.et
Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1221-9563
Specialization:
MSc. in Biology (Biomedical Sciences) and PhD in Biomedical Science
Courses taught:
Principle of Parasitology, Introduction to Immunology, Research methods and report writing in Sciences for BSc. Students and Parasitic protozoa, Parasitic helminths, Advanced immunology, Biological Data analysis, Biology of pathogenic microorganisms and Bioactivities of natural products for MSc students.
Achievements and awards:
HDP, E-learning, Molecular laboratory techniques, TOT on Indigenous Knowledge Documentation
Research interest:
Epidemiology of infectious and infectious diseases, Antimicrobial, Antiprotozoal, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory potentials of medicinal plants, immunological and parasitism concepts, parasitic host interactions.
List of Publications:
1. AsmamawHabtamuand YalemtsehayMekonnen (2017). Evaluation of the antibacterial activities of leaf extracts of Achyranthesaspera. African Journal of Bacteriology Research, 9(2), 9–14. https://doi.org/10.5897/JBR2017.
2. AsmamawHabtamuand YalemtsehayMekonnen(2017). Antimalarial potential of the leaves of Rumexnepalensis in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. Asian Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2(1) 1–83.
3. AsmamawHabtamuand Yalemtsehay (2017). Antibacterial potential of the 80% methanol and chloroform extracts of Clematis hirsuta. African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 11(16), 204–208. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJPP2016.45404. Qualitative
4. DemekeMuche and AsmamawHabtamu, (2021). Prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among outpatients visiting Shegaw Motta Rural Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study. Choke Journal of Science and Technology, 1(2), 1–8
5. AgumasLemlemu, AsmamawHabtamu and GetinetAtinafu, G. (2024). Antibacterial activity and phytochemical screening of Rumexabyssinicus Jacq and VerbascumsinaiticumBenth collected from Debre Markos, northwest Ethiopia. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4806308/v1
Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
Project on ongoing:
1. Indigenous knowledge documentation, medicinal plantconservation, validation and standardization in four, zones of northwestern Ethiopia
Mega Research on going:
1. Spatial Patterns of Malaria Prevalence and Vector Distribution: Traditional Control Practices, Perceptions, and Contributing Factors in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia
2. Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of 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):
1. 11 regular MSc. and 4 students were graduated
2. 20 summer MSc. students in Biology were graduted.
3. 1 summer MSc.student in in Biomedical Science is under my advice
Total of 35 MSc. students were graduated under my supervisions.