Dr. Wubalem Tadesse is a Research Project Coordinator - Seed Source for CIFOR-ICRAF, Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia (PATSPO) project, financed by the Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ethiopia (RNE). He is a national from Ethiopia with 35 years of work experience, mainly in forestry research.

He holds a Ph.D. degree in Tree improvement and Forest Genetics from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and a M.Sc. in General Forestry from the University of Pinar del Río, Cuba.

Before joining CIFOR-ICRAF/PATSPO project, Dr. Wubalem Tadesse was Lead Researcher of the Ethiopian Forestry Development (EFD) formerly Ethiopian Environment and Forest Research Institute (EEFRI). He was the founding Director General of EEFRI and also served as Director of Forestry Research in the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR). He has coordinated different research programs and projects in EIAR.

He is the IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organization) President’s nominee for Africa and a Vice Chair of the Governing Council of the African Forestry Forum (AFF).