He is awarded PhD in Systematic Botany from the Institute of Systematic Botany, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1985. He holds Masters in Botany from the Biology Department, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1980 and  B Sc. in General Biology, Biology Department, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1977. Prof Sebsebe Demissew published more than 150 articles in various national and international journals.  Prof Sebsebs is the Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in Tianjin, China, on 18 September 2012;  Fellow & Board Member of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, since its establishment in April 2010 and Member of the Royal Danish Academic of Sciences and Letters since 10 April 2008

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