{"id":906,"date":"2026-01-01T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=906"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:06:07","slug":"lamenew-fenta-tibebu-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=906","title":{"rendered":"Lamenew Fenta Tibebu (PhD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"403\" src=\"http:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/Lamenew-Fenta-Tibebu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905\" style=\"width:176px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/Lamenew-Fenta-Tibebu.jpg 325w, https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/Lamenew-Fenta-Tibebu-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Name: Lamenew Fenta Tibebu (PhD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic Rank; Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Institutional email: Lamenew_fenta@dmu.edu.et<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google scholar\/ORCID address\/Scopus\/WoS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ORCID ID: http:\/\/orcid.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-9742-8870\">0009-0003-9742-8870<\/a>\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=k1Y-qjcAAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=k1Y-qjcAAAAJ<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web of Science Researcher ID: \u00a0MTD-9731-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/author\/record\/MTD-9731-2025\">https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/author\/record\/MTD-9731-2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=57395822700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Specialization: Applied Microbiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Achievements and awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grant proposal development and management (Feb, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant project development and management (Nov, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Higher Diploma program (Sept, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master class for teaching online (May, 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Research interest: <strong>Agri-food Microbiology<\/strong> (focuses on the role of microorganisms in agriculture and food production):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Soil and Plant Microbiology<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant, soil and microbe interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biocontrolof phytopathogens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microbial biofertilizers and microbial biopesticides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Food Microbiology<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microbial spoilage and foodborne pathogens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food quality and safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fermentation (role of microbes in traditional and modern fermentation processes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>List of Publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lamenew Fenta, DagmeZewde, and TeklieLissanu (2025). Biological nanotechnology: A new ecofriendly front in the fight against plant pathogens. Nano Life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fenta L, Mekonnen H, Kabtimer N (2023). The Exploitation of Microbial Antagonists against Postharvest Plant Pathogens. Microorganisms. 11(4):1044.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fenta L, Kibret M (2021). Fungicide tolerance of antagonists in the management of mango anthracnose caused by <em>Colletotrichumgloeosporoides<\/em>. Journal of Biological Control. 1: 35(4).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>L Fenta, M Kibret (2021). Biocontrol potential of Lactobacillus spp. against post-harvest mango (<em>Mangiferaindica<\/em> L.) anthracnose disease caused by <em>Colletotrichumgloeosporioides<\/em>. Research on Crops, 22(4): 858-867.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research and project information (completed and <strong>ongoing<\/strong>): <strong>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.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSc and\/or PhD students advised (ongoing and graduated): 3 MSc graduated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Name: Lamenew Fenta Tibebu (PhD) Academic Rank; Assistant Professor Institutional email: Lamenew_fenta@dmu.edu.et Google scholar\/ORCID address\/Scopus\/WoS: 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: Research interest: Agri-food Microbiology (focuses on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-906","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/906\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncs.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}