Mitiku haile biography

Ethiopian soil scientist and founding president of Mekelle University

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mitiku, and not as Haile.

Mitiku Haile (born 1951) is an Ethiopian researcher who was Professor of Soil Science at Mekelle University, undertaking research on sustainable land management, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.

Mitiku haile biography

Career

• 1985: MSc at Ghent University, Belgium
• 1987: PhD at Ghent University, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ir. C. Sys
• 1987: Assistant professor of Soil Science at Alamaya, now Haramaya University^[1]
• 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College (established at the University of Asmara, and later on Agarfa in southern Ethiopia)
• 1993: dean of the Arid Zone Agricultural College in Mekelle that started with 42 students in 3 degree programmes.

  Later on, with the establishment