Shimels Tesfaye Megersa

Shimels Tesfaye Megersa
  • Postdoc, Hefty Lab

Contact Info

8051 Haworth

Biography —

Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Education —

Ph.D. in Bioscience Engineering , KU Leuven, 2025, Leuven, Belgium
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
M.S. in Veterinary Microbiology, Addis Ababa University, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Research —

My research was focused on in the areas of epidemiology and vaccinology, with a particular emphasis on vaccine design for a public health significant bacterial and viral diseases. At KU Leuven @Professor Jan Paeshuyse HPI lab.(Leuven, Belgium), I conducted a study on the epidemiological modeling and epitope-based chimeric vaccines design for poxvirus diseases. Currently, at Dr. Hefty's laboratory, I am engaged in a study on an Octavalent vaccine design for Lyme disease (Borrelia species) and the investigation of the pathogenesis of Chlamydia species (C. trachomatis) which are bacterial diseases of public health significant. 

Teaching —

Over five years of experience teaching microbiology and immunology as a lecturer at the University of Gondar and Addis Ababa University, CVMA.

Selected Publications —

  • T. Shimels, Regassa, F., Beyene, G., Leta, S., Paeshuyse, J (2024). Spatiotemporal analysis and forecasting of lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Ethiopia based on retrospective outbreak reports. Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 11, Art.No. ARTN 1277007. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.127700.  T. Shimels and Paeshuyse, J. (corresp. authors).
  • Shimels Tsfaye, Misaw Kasye, Mersha Chane, Baseazinew Bogale and Zewdie Abebeagre(2018). Preliminary Survey of Gram Negative Bacterial Pathogens fromCommonly Catched Fish Species (Oreochromis niloticus, Cyprinus carpioand Clarias gariepinus) in Lake Hayiq, Ethiopia.Fish Aqua J., 9:1DOI: 10.4172/2150-3508.1000238.
  • Misrak Birhanu, Samson Leta , Gezahegne Mamo and Shimelis Tesfaye (2017). Prevalence of bovine subclinical mastitis and isolation of its major causes in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes: 10:767https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3100-0
  • Workisa Chala, Kasaye Adamu, Hawa Mohammed , Getaw Deresse , Shimelis Tesfaye ,and Esayas Gelaye (2024). Outbreak Investigation, Isolation, and Molecular Characterization of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus in Cattle from North West Oromia Region, Ethiopia. WileyVeterinary Medicine InternationalVolume 2024, Article ID 6038724, 8 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2024/6038724.