Melkamu Alemayehu Workie is Professor of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of BDU. He did his M.Sc. and PhD in Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. Melkamu Alemayehu got several trainings in the country as well as in abroad in his field of specialization. He started to work as technical assistant in former Jimma Junior College of Agriculture, currently Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Before joining BDU he worked in private companies at various capacities and responsibilities. He joined Bahir Dar University in 2010. Since 2010, he served as Department Head of Plant Science, V/dean for Research and Community Service and Laboratory manager in the CAES and. Besides, he participated in the development and revision of different curricula including B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD curricula of Horticulture. Together with his colleagues, he won internal and external research and community service projects. He also participated and led the Amhara region Horticulture Development Strategy (2015-2019) team. Melkamu also examined various PhD and M.Sc. students as external and internal examiner in different universities. He is advised/advising more than 15 PhD students and 70 M.Sc. students and published more than 140 scientific papers.