Yezbie Kassa Brihanu
About
Grants and Awards
1. PI, 2018-2021 UoG Megaproject, Restoration and maintenance of native macrophytes (Cyperus papyrus) for water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) long-term management in Lake Tana, Ethiopia 2. Scholarship award from OWSD Post-graduate Training Fellowship for Women Scientists from developing world (OWSD) in Research center for Eco-Environmental sciences, department of water pollution 3. Co-PI, 2022: External Project (NABU): Water hyacinth for soil enhancement and improved agricultural productivity as well as carbon sequestration and production of sustainable energy 4. Co-PI, 2021-22: External Project (EEFRI): Impacts of external & Internal Agrochemical Loads and Its Mitigation for Sustainable Management on Lake Tana Ecosystem, Ethiopia 5. Co-PI, 2020-2021: UoG Mega Project, Detection and Characterization of selected potential Hormone Disrupting Chemicals in Water and Fish Samples in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) Lakes, Ethiopia 6. Co-PI, 2019-2020: UoG Megaproject, Treatment and Characterization of Tannery and Textile Industrial effluents in Amhara regional States by Electrocoagulation Process Using Aluminium electrode, Ethiopia 7. CO-PI, 2018-2020 Uog Megaproject, Effects of Waste effluent from Gondar Town on the Downstream Community and its impact on Ecological and Limnological properties of Waste Receiver Rivers (Shinita, Dimaza, Qeha, Megech Rivers), Central Gondar Zone, Amara, Ethiopia 8. Co-PI, 2017-2018, UoG Megaproject, Internal, and External Agrochemical loads and Impacts on Lake Tana for Sustainable Management, Ethiopia 9. Investigation on the quality, post-harvest processing, and production site of coffee in West, Central, and North Gondar Zones, Ethiopia” from College of Natural and computational sciences, UoG, in the year, 10. CO-PI, 2018/19, External Project (NABU):, Grant Identification of the population size and potential monitoring hotspots of Nile crocodile (Crocodylia niloticus) in lake Tana Biosphere reserve” Fund by NABU Project in 2017/2018
Supervision
Co-supervisor (Ph.D.) 1 PhD Primary Supervisor (Masters) 14+ MSc Co-supervisor (Masters) 5 + MSc
Publication
1. Yezbie Kassa, Seyoum Mengistu, Ayalew Wondie and Dessie Tibebe (2022). The potential of wetlands as treatment systems for organic matter and some selected metals (As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Pb and Zn): Case Study of Yitamot Wetland, Ethiopia. BioMed Research International. 2022: 1-16, Article ID 3824883, https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3824883 2. Dessie Tibebe, Feleke Zewge, Brook Lemma, Yezbie Kassa (2022).Assessment of Spatio-temporal variations of selected water quality parameters of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia using multivariate techniques. BMC chemistry. 16:11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-022-00806-0 3. Yezbie Kassa, Seyoum Mengistu, Ayalew wondie, Dessie Tibebe (2021). Distribution of macrophytes in relation to Physico-chemical characters in the south-western littoral zone of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. Aquatic Botany 170 (103351) 4. Dessie Tibebe, Yezbie Kassa, Brook Lemma, Feleke Zewge (2020). Investigation of the Spatial and Temporal Variations in the External Nutrient Loads of Lake Ziway in Relation to the Effects of Climatic and Hydrological Factors. International Journal of Chemistry and Materials Research.8(2):54-68. http://www.conscientiabeam.com/journal/64/archive.html 5. Dessie Tibebe, Feleke Zewge, Brook Lemma, Yezbie Kassa (2020). Analysis of Internal Nutrient Load Dynamics from the Sediment in Lake Ziway. International Journal of Chemistry and Materials Research.8(1):1-14. 10.18488/journal.64.2020.81.1.14 6. Yezbie Kassa (2019). Recent advances in the application of constructed wetland technologies for enhanced wastewater treatment. J. Acad. Indus. Res. 8(7): 121-129. 7. Yezbie Kassa and Dessie Tibebe (2019). Analyses of potential heavy metals and Physico-chemical water quality parameters on Lake Tana, Ethiopia. J. Acad. Indus. Res. 8(7): 130-138. 8. Dessie Tibebe, Yezbie Kassa, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, (2019). Treatment and characterization of phosphorus from synthetic wastewater using aluminum plate electrodes in the electrocoagulation process. BMC chemistry. 13: 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-019-0628-1 9. Dessie Tibebe, Yezbie kassa, Adane Melaku, Shewaye Lakew (2019). Investigation of Spatio-temporal Variations of Selected Water Quality Parameters and Trophic Status of Lake Tana for Sustainable Management, Ethiopia. Microchemical Journal. 148:374-384 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.04.085 10. Tibebe, D., Beshah, F., Lemma, B., Yezbie Kassa & Bhaskarwar, A. (2018). External Nutrient Load and Determination of the Trophic Status of Lake Ziway. CSVTU International Journal of Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical. 3(2): 01-16.http://www.csvtujournal.in/index.php/ijbbb/issue/view/8 11. Yezbie Kassa and Seyoum Mengistu (2014): Nutrient uptake efficiency and growth of two aquatic macrophyte species under constructed wetlands, Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 37(2):95–104. 12. Yezbie Kassa (2017). Abundance, diversity, and distribution of macrophytes in relation to water quality variables in the littoral zone of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. In: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Research Conference Research for Regional Development Volume 1, Editors Tebaber Chanie (Ph.D.), Yoseph Mezgebu (Ph.D.), Nururazik Maru (Ph.D.), University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia, 111-123. 13. Yezbie Kassa (2010): Ecological Assessment of Dibanko Bahir Wetland Ecosystem in the North West Amhara Region Ethiopia, In Management of Shallow Water bodies for Improved Productivity for people`s livelihoods in Ethiopia. Editors Siyoume Mengistu, Brook Lemma, EFASA, Name of the printing press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 181-197. Website: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj-oKDWlsb4AhXKVfEDHejpCs8QFnoECAMQAQ&url=httpefasa.orgwp-contentuploads202001EFASA-Bahirdar-Proceeding.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2i0q34DDMlCcySMACCph9l