Worku L. Mulat

Applied Ecologist with more than 15 years of experience in research, teaching and administration duties. I have extensive management and communication experience in bringing the public and private sectors together; playing a pivotal role in making Jimma University a center of excellence in service, research in Ethiopia; founded and served as the first Director of Jimma University Community Self Help Association; developed Market Assessment Protocol and established continuing education in key program areas helping Jimma University generate substantial income; served as Deputy Director of a non-profit organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, effectively communicating in English and Amharic in both academic and administrative setting; well versed with computer skills, digital media applications; remarkable track in acquiring extramural funding and successfully led the research project on social, ecological and health impact of the Gilgel Gibe Dam; and coordinated researchers who were drawn from regions that cross both geographical and cultural borders.