Gudeta W. Sileshi holds a BSc degree in biology from Addis Ababa University (1987), a master’s degree in agriculture from Haramaya University (1994) in Ethiopia and a PhD degree in ecology from Kenyatta University in Kenya (2001). He is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of biology and biodiversity conservation at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. From 2002-2014 he worked as a scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) based in Zambia and Malawi, where he was also the regional representative of ICRAF’s southern Africa program between 2011 and 2014. Before that, he worked as a Research Associate at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Kenya from 2000 and 2001, and as a Lecturer at Haramaya University of Agriculture in Ethiopia (1987-1997). His main research interests is in production ecology linking patterns and processes, and translating the knowledge into policy and practice through research synthesis.