 
Biography
        I am Melkamu Temesgen Mekonen. I was born on May 5, 1992, in Dembecha, Ethiopia. I am an instructor at Haramaya University with six years of experience. I specialized in Veterinary Immunology. My role involves giving course lectures and other forms of instruction including demonstrations, Laboratory supervisions, tutorials, practical classes, and field classes, and conducting scholarly research to advance the knowledge and progressive strengthening and development of the institute. I am passionate about developing vaccines and diagnostic kits for animal diseases, and I am always looking to be a scientist in the discipline of Immunology.  Research interests
        Serological and molecular investigation of animal diseases
Vaccine development
Vaccine efficacy and effectiveness assessment
Diagnostic Kit development for diagnosis of Animal diseases
  Discipline
        Bioinformatics      Cellular biology      Challenge model development      Challenge study design      Clinical trials – efficacy      Clinical trials – safety      Immunology – B-cells      Immunology – T-cells      Immunology – innate      Molecular biology  Host species
        Cattle      Poultry      Small ruminants      Zoonoses  Pathogen
        Bacteria      Parasites      Viruses