Director of Forest and rangeland plant biodiversity directorate:
Identification of hotspot ecosystems, assessment and in-situ establishment .
Conducting research on the spatial pattern of agroforestry systems and vegetation ecology following ecosystem approach.

Coordinating projects entitled ‘Biodiversity conservation and community development on wetland ecosystem’ and ‘National Ecosystem Assessment’ .

Biosphere reserves management.

Advising PhD and masters students at Jimma, Addis Ababa and Hawassa universities.

External examiner for masters and PhD students at Addis Ababa, Jimma and Hawasa Universities.

Numerical Ecology (Biostatistics using R program).

Research Method.

Ecosystem services and disservices (pollination, natural pest control and pests) in agroecosystems.

Pollination and Community Ecology.

Trophic cascade and trophic interactions across spatial and temporal scales.

Biosphere reserve managment and biodiversity conservation.

Spatial Landscape ecology.

Social and Ecological systems (sustainability science).

Apiculture.

Research methods.

Biological statistics for Ecology.

Agroforestry.