Erana Kebede is a Doctoral Researcher in Biosystems and Food Engineering, specializing in Digital Agriculture, at University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland. He has over a decade of experience in teaching, research, and leadership. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor of Agronomy and Crop Physiology and as the Head of the School of Plant Sciences at Haramaya University in Ethiopia. During his career, he has led multidisciplinary teams and research programs, such as the Lowland Pulse Research Program and the Plant Production and Health Research Group. He has also contributed to international collaborations, including the Development and Delivery of Biofortified Crops at Scale (DDBIO) Project with the International Potato Center (CIP) and the World Bank-funded Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project. His research focuses on advancing the sustainability and resilience of agri-food and environmental systems by integrating agronomic, physiological, and molecular approaches, as well as agricultural life cycle assessment, geospatial technologies, and data sciences, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, for predictive modeling and decision support in agro-environmental systems. He is dedicated to data-driven, climate-smart, and interdisciplinary research aimed at enhancing resource efficiency, agroecosystem resilience, and environmental sustainability, while translating scientific knowledge into practical solutions.