{"id":1024,"date":"2025-12-02T07:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1024"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:14:48","slug":"yilkal-gebeyehu-mekonnen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/?page_id=1024","title":{"rendered":"Yilkal Gebeyehu Mekonnen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" style=\"width:102px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Yilkal-Gebeyehu-Mekonnen.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full Name:-<\/strong> Yilkal Gebeyehu Mekonnen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specialization:<\/strong> Hydrology and Water Resources Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Academic Rank: <\/strong>&nbsp;Assistant Professor(PHD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department: <\/strong>Natural Resource Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone number:<\/strong> +251-920-770-073<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Institutional email and alternative email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:yilkal_gebeyehu@dmu.edu.et\">yilkal_gebeyehu@dmu.edu.et<\/a>&nbsp; Or <a href=\"mailto:Yilkalg3@gmail.com\">Yilkalg3@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hydrological Modelling, Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Resource Management, Ecosystem Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of Publications: &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abate, S.G., Mekonnen, Y.G., Ambaye, B.A., Belay, A.M., Habtie, D.G., Tadesse, K.B., Ayalew, M.G., Alamirew, T., 2025. Ecological insights of dryland wetlands for climate resilience and its challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa. Discov Environ 3, 175. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s44274-025-00379-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s44274-025-00379-4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kidane, T. A., Melaku, A., Mekonnen, Y. G., &amp; Alemayehu, B. (2025). Spatial soil nutrient enrichment under Croton macrostachyus-based parkland agroforestry: Implications for sustainable soil fertility management. Agroforestry Systems, 99(5), 134. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10457-025-01229-1\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10457-025-01229-1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Molla, A., Ren, Y., Mekonnen, Y.G., Zuo, S., Zhu, P., 2025. Spatial-temporal trends and driving mechanisms of land degradation sensitivity in the southern region of China. Ecological Indicators 175, 113532. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2025.113532\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ecolind.2025.113532<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Chukalla, A. D., Hunegnaw, A. T., &amp; Malede, D. A. (2024). Comparison of Google Earth Engine Machine Learning Algorithms for Mapping Smallholder Irrigated Areas in a Mountainous Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 52(3). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12524-024-01846-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12524-024-01846-w<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Tadesse, K. B., &amp; Chukalla, A. D. (2024). Monitoring small-scale irrigation performance using remote sensing in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Agricultural Water Management, 300(1 July 2024), 108928. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agwat.2024.108928\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agwat.2024.108928<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Malede, D. A., Pareeth, S., Bantider, A., &amp; Chukalla, A. D. (2024). Tailoring the surface energy balance algorithm for land-improved (SEBALI) model using high-resolution land\/use land cover for monitoring actual evapotranspiration. Agricultural Water Management, 303, 109058. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agwat.2024.109058\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.agwat.2024.109058<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mekonnen, Y. G., Alamirew, T., Chukalla, A. D., Malede, D. A., Yalew, S. G., &amp; Mengistu, A. F. (2024). Remote sensing in hydrology: A systematic review of its applications in the upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. HydroResearch, 8(2025), 1\u201312. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hydres.2024.09.002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hydres.2024.09.002<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malede, D. A., Andualem, T. G., Yibeltal, M., Alamirew, T., Demeke, G. G., &amp; Mekonnen, Y. G. (2024). Climate change impacts on hydroclimatic variables over Awash basin, Ethiopia: A systematic review. Discover Applied Sciences, 6(1), 1\u201311. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s42452-024-05640-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s42452-024-05640-8<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Malede, D.A., Elumalai, V., Andualem, T.G., Mekonnen, Y.G., Yibeltal, M., Demeke, G.G., Alamirew, T., Kassaye, S.M., Hagos, Y.G., Kassie, A.E., Kassa, M., Berihun, G.S., Ray, R.L., 2025. Understanding Flood and Drought Extremes Under a Changing Climate in the Blue Nile Basin: A review. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 100638. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.indic.2025.100638\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.indic.2025.100638<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wakejo, W. K., Meshesha, B. T., Habtu, N. G., &amp; Mekonnen, Y. G. (2022). Anthropogenic nitrate contamination of water resources in Ethiopia: An overview. Water Supply, 22(11), 8157\u20138172. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2166\/ws.2022.377\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2166\/ws.2022.377<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Projects Development:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professional networking platforms:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Orcid ID: &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9450-1081\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9450-1081\">0000-0001-9450-1081<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yilkal-gebeyehu-mekonnen-26a314aa\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yilkal-gebeyehu-mekonnen-26a314aa\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full Name:- Yilkal Gebeyehu Mekonnen Specialization: Hydrology and Water Resources Management Academic Rank: &nbsp;Assistant Professor(PHD) Department: Natural Resource Management Phone number: +251-920-770-073 Institutional email and alternative email: yilkal_gebeyehu@dmu.edu.et&nbsp; Or Yilkalg3@gmail.com Research interests: List of Publications: &#8211; Projects Development: Professional networking platforms:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agri.dmu.edu.et\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}