HR Excellence in Science

MSc. Million Tesfaye Godana

Job Position: Postdoc - Department of Fish and Zooplankton Ecology (FZE)

Contact details

Phone: +420 38 777 5848
E-mail: million.godana@hbu.cas.cz
Room: 327

Description

Fish Biologist, Ecologist & Quantitative Modeler

Specializing in fisheries population dynamics and the biological mechanisms driving species’ responses to a continuously changing environment. My research integrates ecological theory with advanced quantitative modeling to assess the impacts of hydroclimatic shifts on freshwater systems. I am dedicated to delivering data-driven solutions—from research conception to publication—to inform sustainable fisheries management and conservation strategies.

Curriculum vitae

Postdoctoral Researcher | Biology Center CAS, Czechia | 11/2025 – Present

  • Leading quantitative analysis of fish population dynamics and long-term ecological monitoring.

Lecturer & Researcher | Hawassa University, Ethiopia | 08/2019 – 10/2021

  • Instructed courses in Fish Biology and Aquaculture; conducted independent freshwater ecology research.

Conservation Officer | BirdLife International Africa, Ethiopia/Kenya | 06/2018 – 01/2020

  • Managed community engagement and strategic conservation policies for avian species.

Assistant Lecturer | Hawassa University, Ethiopia | 09/2014 – 01/2016

  • Delivered lectures and supervised undergraduate research projects in fisheries management.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  1. PhD, Fishery Science | University of South Bohemia, Czechia | 2025
  2. MSc, Aquatic Ecosystem and Management | AAU,BDU (Ethiopia) & BOKU (Austria) | 2019
  3. BSc, Wildlife & Fishery Management | Hawassa University, Ethiopia | 2014
  4. Research Internships: IGB Berlin (2024); Univ. of Helsinki/LUKE (2024); Tropical Biology Assoc. Kenya (2018).

Selected presentations

  • XVII European Congress of Ichthyology (Prague, Czechia | 2023)
    • The impact of food availability and environmental conditions on bimodal size structure and year-class strength of pikeperch.
    • First record of non-native Japanese gengorobuna (Carassius cuvieri) in Ethiopia.
  • 5th Percid Fish International Symposium (České Budějovice, Czechia | 2022)
    • Do environmental factors affect the success of pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) YOY in temperate reservoirs?
  • EIFAAC International Symposium (Killarney, Ireland | 2022)
    • Somatic growth of pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) in relation to climate change in Central Europe.
  • ICAR-AQUA International Conference (Hawassa, Ethiopia | 2019)
    • Comparison among fish stock assessment models with an emphasis on the use of empirical models for potential yield prediction

Publications
Total found: 8 records
Symonová R., Jůza T., Tesfaye M., Brabec M., Bartoň D., Blabolil P., Draštík V., Kočvara L., Muška M., Prchalová M., Říha M., Šmejkal M., Souza A., Sajdlová Z., Tušer M., Vašek M., Skubic C., Kubečka J., Brabec J. (2025) Transition to piscivory seen through brain transcriptomics in a juvenile percid fish: Complex interplay of differential gene transcription, alternative splicing, and ncRNA activity. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 343 : 257–277.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.2886
Symonová R., Jůza T., Tesfaye M., Brabec M., Sajdlová Z., Brabec J., Kubečka J. (2025) Differential activity of transcription factors and neuronal effectors during the development of pikeperch brain. Biology Open 14 : bio062280.
DOI: 10.1242/bio.062280
Tesfaye M., Kumkar P., Hailu M., Verma C.R., Tesfaye G., Petrtýl M., Getahun A., Šmejkal M., Kalous L. (2025) Discovery of Japanese gengorobuna Carassius cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 in Ethiopia: implications for fisheries governance BioInvasions Records 14 : 155–167.
DOI: 10.3391/bir.2025.14.1.13
Tesfaye M., Souza A.T., Šmejkal M., Jůza T., Sajdlová Z., Draštík V., Kočvara L., Symonová R., Meador Travis B., Vašek M., Kubečka J. (2025) Distinct intra-cohort resource utilization in young-of-the-year pikeperch (Sander lucioperca): Evidence from diet and isotopic analysis. Ecology and Evolution 15 : e71973.
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71973
Tesfaye M., Jůza T., Šmejkal M., Hejzlar J., Čech M., Prchalová M., Muška M., Tušer M., Kočvara L., Sajdlová Z., Draštík V., Říha M., Vašek M., Blabolil P., Symonová R., Brabec M., Kubečka J., Souza A.T. (2024) The impact of climatic conditions and food availability on bimodality size structure and density of YOY pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Hydrobiologia 851 : 3665–3681.
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05527-0
Šmejkal M., Bartoň D., Duras J., Horký P., Muška M., Kubečka J., Pfauserová N., Tesfaye M., Slavík O. (2023) Living on the edge: Reservoirs facilitate enhanced interactions among generalist and rheophilic fish species in tributaries. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11 : 1099030.
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1099030
Tesfaye M., Souza, A.T., Soukalová K., Šmejkal M., Hejzlar J., Prchalová M., Říha M., Muška M., Vašek M., Frouzová J., Blabolil P., Boukal D., Kubečka J. (2023) Somatic growth of pikeperch (Stizostedion lucioperca) in relation to variation in temperature and eutrophication in a Central Europe Lake. Fisheries Research 267 : 106824.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106824
Tesfaye M., Tesfaye G., Getahun A. (2021) Growth and status of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) stock in Lake Chamo, Ethiopia. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 26 : e12375.
DOI: 10.1111/lre.12375

CONTACT

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E-mail: hbu@hbu.cas.cz

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