Research Interests: Mulatu did his PhD in Global Arid Land Science at Tottori University, Japan. He is an Assistant Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management at Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia). He is interested in the research themes of Hydrology and Watershed Management, mainly focused on modeling the impacts of land use/cover, climate change, and land management practices on ecosystem services such as streamflow/runoff, sediment load/soil erosion, water quality, nutrient and phosphorus loads, and crop productivities. Further, he is interested in examining how climate change or extremes impacts irrigation water management under different land management scenarios. His current duties as a Postdoctoral Researcher include but are not limited to conducting field and greenhouse experiments in hot and humid climate conditions, collecting soil, plant, and water samples, processing samples in the field and laboratory, data analysis and interpretation using appropriate statistical methods, literature review, writing manuscripts for journal publication, contribute to proposal development and project report write up on research related to soil-water-plant relationships and developing efficient nutrient and water resource management practices.