Courses taught: General Microbiology, Cell Biology, Environmental Biotechnology, Microbial Biodiversity and Ecology, Wastewater treatment, Bioremediation and Biodegradation, OMICs, Biotechnology Techniques, Molecular Biology, Microbial Biochemistry, Aquatic Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Management.
Achievements and awards:
Recognition of outstanding performance in teaching in the Department of Biotechnology in the 2014/2015 fiscal year
Recognition certificates from journals such as Scientific African, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, BMC Research Notes, All Life, Advance in Agriculture, and International Journal of Microbiology
Research interest: I am very enthusiastic about working to create a sustainable environment using eco-friendly bioproducts such as biopesticides, biofertilizers, plant-microbe interactions, and waste bioremediation, as well as developing policy and regulation for potential toxicity management. The main biological resources utilized will be microbes, entomopathogenic fungi, mycorrhiza, rhizosphere, and endophytic bacteria, with molecular data utilization.
List of Publications:
Birhan Aynalem, Himani Negi, Yigrem Alemu, Nirmala Sehrawat and Amit Kumar (2023). Citric acid: fermentative production using organic wastes as feedstocks. Physical Sciences Reviews7:1-13.
https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2022-0158
Birhan Aynalem (2022). Empirical Review of Tuta absoluta Meyrick Effect on the Tomato Production and Their Protection Attempts. Advances in Agriculture, 2022: 1 – 9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2595470.
Birhan Aynalem, Diriba Muleta, Mulissa Jida, Fekadu Shemekite, Fassil Aseffa (2022). Biocontrol competence of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Bacillus thuringiensis against tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta Meyrick 1917 under greenhouse and field conditions. Heliyon, 8: e09694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09694
Birhan Aynalem, Diriba Muleta, Juan Venegas, Fassil Assefa (2021). Isolation, molecular characterization and pathogenicity of native Bacillus thuringiensis, from Ethiopia, against the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta: Detection of a new high lethal phylogenetic group. Microbiological Research, 250: 126802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2021.126802.
Birhan Aynalem and Diriba Muleta (2021). Microbial biosensors as pesticide detector: An Overview. Journal of Sensors, 1- 9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5538857.
Birhan Aynalem, Diriba Muleta, Juan Venegas and Fassil Assefa, (2020). Morphological, molecular, and pathogenicity characteristics of the native isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae against the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Ethiopia. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control,30:1- 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-020-00261-w
Birhan Aynalem (2018).Tomato leafminer [(Tuta absoluta Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)] and its current eco-friendly management strategies: A review. J. Agric. Biotech. Sustain. Dev.10(2):11-24. https://doi.org/10.5897/JABSD2018.0306
Birhan Aynalem and Fassil Assefa (2017). Effect of glyphosate and mancozeb on the Rhizobia isolated from nodules of Vicia faba L. and on their N2– fixation, North Showa, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. Adv. Biol. 1017: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5864598
Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
Phenotypic characterization and symbiotic effectiveness test of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) rhizobia isolated from Dejen and Aneded Districts. Research funded by DMU (completed)
Promotion of organic fertilizers adoption/application in the smallholder farming in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia. Project funded by DMU (ongoing)
Understanding the link between root microbial networks and grasslands for resilient agriculture and sustainable food production under flood and drought perturbation (ongoing post-doctoral research)
MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and Graduated):
