Mitiku Haile
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Mitiku Haile | |
|---|---|
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| Founding president of Mekelle University | |
| In office 2000–2010 | |
| Succeeded by | Joachim Herzig |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Residence(s) | Mekelle, Ethiopia |
| Alma mater | Ghent University |
| Profession | Professor of Soil Science |
Mitiku Haile (born 1951) is Professor of Soil Science at Mekelle University (Ethiopia), undertaking research on sustainable land management, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.
Career
- 1985: MSc at Ghent University, Belgium
- 1987: PhD at Ghent University, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ir. C. Sys
- 1987: Assistant professor of Soil Science at Alamaya, now Haramaya University[1]
- 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College (established at the University of Asmara, and later on Agarfa in southern Ethiopia)
- 1993: dean of the Arid Zone Agricultural College in Mekelle that started with 42 students in 3 degree programmes. Later on, with the establishment of Mekelle University College, he became its dean also.
- 2000: president of Mekelle University that was established by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution[2][3]
- 2011: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ethiopian Embassy in Paris[4][1]
- 2015: Reinstated as Full Professor at the Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University
Trivia
The Mitiku Hall at Mekelle University is named after him.
External links
- Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia[5]
- Publication list on ResearchGate[6]
- History of Professor Mitiku's academic cooperation with Belgium[7]
References
- ^ a b Pedon 23 - Physical Land Resources - Universiteit Gent https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32289892/pedon-23-physical-land-resources-universiteit-gent
- ^ "General Information As of January 1, 2018". Mekelle University. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/about-mu1/president-s-office/history-of-the-office
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ https://boris.unibe.ch/19217/1/e308_slm_teachingbook_complete.pdf Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitiku_Haile Publication list on ResearchGate
- ^ https://alum.kuleuven.be/eng/alumni-chapter-ethiopia/history-mu-ku-leuven-research History of Professor Mitiku’s academic cooperation with Belgium