Tessema Astatkie is a professor of statistics at the Faculty of Agriculture of Dalhousie University, Canada. He is also a Professional Statistician accredited by the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC). Tessema received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Queen's University, Canada. He conducts independent and collaborative research in several areas of statistics. Tessema collaborated with several researchers in 29 countries who specialize in agriculture, food processing, human nutrition, and post-harvest management. Over 225 papers from these collaborations were published in over 95 different reputable journals.