Afework Bekele

Background

Bekele, Afework was born on August 24, 1949 in Merhabete, Shoa, Ethiopia. Son of Simegn and Yeshimebet (Mekonen) S.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Haile Selassie University, 1972. Master of Science, Manchester University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Manchester University, 1994.

Career

Assistant lecturer, Addis Ababa U., Ethiopia, 1975-1977; lecturer, Addis Ababa U., Ethiopia, 1977-1983; assistant professor, Addis Ababa U., Ethiopia, 1984-1989; associate professor, Addis Ababa U., Ethiopia, 1989-1994; professor, Addis Ababa U., Ethiopia, since 1994. Director Zoological Natural History Museum, Addis Ababa U., 1982-1993.

Achievements

• Afework Bekele has been listed as a noteworthy animal ecologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Biological Society of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, African Rodent Specialist Group.

Interests

• Avocation: reading.

Connections

Married Zaf Gebretsadik, August 20, 1981. Children: Blen A., soliana A.

Father:

Simegn S.

Mother:

Yeshimebet (Mekonen) S.

Spouse:

Zaf Gebretsadik

child:

Blen A. Bekele

child:

soliana A. Bekele