Education

• 2015 – 2019 | Dr.-Ing. in Water resource Engineering and Hydrology | Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Civil and Geo-environmental engineering, Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management, Munich, Germany | Thesis: Impacts of the in climate, land cover and water management on the water availability of Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia
• 2007 – 2009 | M.Sc. in Integrated watershed modeling and management-Surface hydrology | International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Water Resources and Environmental Management, Enschede, Netherlands | Thesis: Satellite remote sensing for soil moisture estimation: Gumara catchment, Ethiopia
• 2000 – 2005 | B.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering | Ariba-Minch University, Ariba-Minch, Ethiopia

Professional Experience

• 2025 – Present | Bureau head at Water & Energy Bureau of Amhara National Regional State
• 2021 – 2025 | ANRS Irrigation & Lowland Area Development Bureau, Bureau Head     
• 2019 – 2021 | Amhara Design & Supervision Works Enterprise, CEO
• 2014 – 2015 | ANRS Water Resource Development Bureau, Deputy Bureau Head
• 2009 – 2014 | ANRS Water resources Development Bureau, Water Supply Department Head
• 2005 – 2007 | ANRS Water Resource Development Bureau, Irrigation Design Engineer
• 1997-2000 | North Gondar Zone water, Mines & Energy Resource Development Department Assistant Engineer

Selected Publications

• Mekonnen, D.F., Disse, M.: Analyzing the future climate change of Upper Blue Nile River basin using statistical downscaling techniques. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(4), 2391, 2018. DOI:10.5194/hess-22-2391-2018
• Mekonnen, D.F., Duan, Z., Rientjes, T., Disse, M.: Analysis of combined and isolated effects of land-use and land-cover changes and climate change on the upper Blue Nile River basin's streamflow. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(12), 6187-6207, 2018. DOI:10.5194/hess-22-6187-2018
• Duan, Z., Tuo, Y., Liu, J., Gao, H., Song, X., Zhang, Z., Yang, L. and Mekonnen, D.F., 2019. Hydrological evaluation of open-access precipitation and air temperature datasets using SWAT in a poorly gauged basin in Ethiopia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.026 SWAT in a poorly gauged basin in Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrology, 569, pp.612-626, 2019. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.026