Dawit Abate
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Biography
Dawit Abate is Associate Professor of Applied Mycology at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He received his PhD in Fungal Biotechnology from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has a long-term teaching and research experience in mycology and has served the university as Head of Department of Biology and Dean of Faculty of Life Science. He has been active in applied mycology research with emphasis on fungal fermentation and secondary metabolism, bioactive fungal products, ethnomycology, ethnopharmacology and cultivation of edible and medicinal mushrooms. He has won several research grants and has published extensively in peer reviewed journals. One of his current research activities is on the ergot fungus, ergot alkaloids and ergotism on the Ethiopian highlands.
Abstract
Abstract : Ergotism in Ethiopia: Need for an ecological perspective