South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2019 – 2022)National Research Foundation (South Africa) Innovation Doctoral Scholarship (2014 – 2015)University of Pretoria Postgraduate Bursary (2013)European Union Education and Culture Director General (Erasmus Mundus) Scholarship (2010 – 2012)Ghent University dean’s list, Highest Distinction, MSc. Nematology (2012)Addis Ababa University dean’s list, Highest Distinction, MSc. Insect Sciences (2007)Alemaya University dean’s list, Distinction, BSc. Plant Sciences (2002)

Agil Katumanyame (2018-2022) -PhDEntomology, University of Pretoria (co-supervision)Lesego Malekana (2019) -BSc (CTHB Mentorship Program), University of PretoriaThendo Budeli (2015) - BSc (CTHB Mentorship Program),University of PretoriaSupervised 19 BSc students (2008-2012)- Senior Seminar, Haramaya University Supervised BSc students (2008-2012) - Practical Attachment, Haramaya University

Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2017Department of Ecogenomics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2011E-nema Biocontrol Company, Kiel, Germany, 2011Department of Biotechnology and Biological Control, Christain-Alberchts-Universitat zu Kiel, Germany, 2011 Julius Kuhn Institute, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Munster, Germany, 2011Institute of Crop Science and Resource Protection, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany, 2011Nematology Laboratory, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2011Applied Plant Research, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, The Netherlands, 2011Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2011Koppert Biological System, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands, 2011

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2017 – 2024),FABI, University of Pretoria, South AfricaLecturer (2008 – 2018), School of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, EthiopiaLecturer (2007), Department of Plant Sciences, Arba Minch University, EthiopiaAssistant Researcher (2005 – 2007), Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, EthiopiaJunior Researcher (2003 -2005), Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, EthiopiaIntern (2001), National Wheat Research Project, Kulumsa, Ethiopia

Wattle, Eucalyptusand Moringa pests and diseases survey in Ethiopia, November 2022Wattle pests and diseases survey II in Ethiopia, July 2022Wattle pests and diseases survey I in Ethiopia, March 2022Plant health surveys in ten botanic gardens across South Africa, 2019, 2020, 2021Eucalyptus insect pest survey in Ethiopia, 2018Eucalyptus insect pest survey in Ghana, 2018Eucalyptus insect pest survey in Sierra Leone, 2018Eucalyptus insect pest survey in Zimbabwe, 2017

Journal of Economic EntomologyInternational Journal of Pest ManagementFrontiers in Plant ScienceRoyal Society Open Science

Laboratory Manager, FABI, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2017)Deputy Coordinator, Summer In-service Program, Haramaya University, Ethiopia (2009 -2010)Academic Coordinator, School of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, Ethiopia (2008 -2009)Head, Entomology Research Division, Werer Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia (2004 – 2005)