2023.03 Onwards, Postdoctoral fellow at Yunnan University, China

2022.09-2023.02, PostDoctoral Fellow at the International Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy

2020.02-2022.08, Researcher at Bio and Emerging Technology Institute, Ethiopia

2018.08-2020.01, Assistant Professor at Adigrat University

2011.10-2013.11, Lecturer at Adigrat University

2006.09-2009.09, Teacher at Don Bosco Catholic Highschool

Getachew Melaku, TeklehaymanotHaileselassie, TileyeFeyissa and Samuel Kiboy. (2013). Genetic diversity of wild rice Oryzalongistaminata Chev. Et. Roher in Ethiopia as revealed by microsatellite markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 60: 1047-1056. https://doi.org/10.1007/s 10722-012-9900-0.

Liyu Huang, Guangfu Huang, Yanxia Li, Getachew Melaku, Shilai Zhang, Haitao Chen, Yanjuan Zhao, Jing Zhang, Yesheng Zhang, Fengyi Hu. (2018). Developing superior alleles genes in rice by artificial mutagenesis using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The crop Journal 6: 475-481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2018.05.005.

Getachew Melaku, Shilai Zhang and Teklehaymanot Haileselassie (2018). Comparative evaluation of rice SSR markers on different Oryza species. Journal of Rice Research and Developments 1: 38-48. https://doi.org/10.36959/973/418.

Getachew Melaku, Liyu Huang, Shilai Zhang, Guangfu Huang, Jing Zhang, KassahunTesfaye, TeklehaymanotHaileselassie, Fengyi Hu. (2020). Genetic relatedness among Ethiopian O. longistaminata populations and other AA genome Oryza species. Plant Growth Regulation 91: 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1007/s 10725-020-00597-1.

Getachew Melaku, MarleeLabroo, Liyu Huang, Shilai Zhang, Guangfu Huang, Jing Zhang, Kassahun Tesfaye, Teklehaymanot Haileselassie, Fengyi Hu (2019).Genetic diversity and differentiation of the African wild rice (Oryzalongistaminata Chev. et Roehr) in Ethiopia. Scientific African 6: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf. 2019.e00138.

Huang Liyu, Liu Hui, Wu Junjie, Zhao Ruoping, Li Yanxia, Getachew Melaku, Zhang Shilai, Huang Guangfu, Bao Yachong, Ning Min, Chen Benjia, Gong Yurui, Hu Qingyi, Zhang Jing and Zhang Yesheng (2020) Evolution of Plant Architecture in Oryza Driven by the PROG1 Locus. Front. Plant Sci. 11: 876-886. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00876.

Getachew Melaku, Huang Guangfu, Zhang Shilai, MarleeLabroo, Brian Rhodes, Edward Harold, Fengyi Hu (2022). Single marker analysis for leaf gas exchange traits from RILS of RD23 (O. sativa L.) and O. longistaminata. Biotechnology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2022.e00743.

Winner of the Arturo Falaschi fellowship program.

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