Dr. Said Mohammed Hassen

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsOrganismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems,Plant Physiology,Plant Cultivation, Plant Nutrition, Agricultural Technology
KeywordsClimate Change, Invasive weeds, Food security, Weed control, Eragrostis tef
Honours and awards

2015: The Best Researcher Award in Debre Berhan University

2009: Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Addis Ababa University

2008: Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Addis Ababa University

Current contact address

CountryEthiopia
CityDebre Berhan
InstitutionDebre Berhan University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Katja TielbörgerInstitut für Evolution und Ökologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2023

Programme(s)

2023Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Said Mohammed, Ketemaw Tiku and Frehiwot Daniel A Promising Genotype of Lepidium sativum for Enhanced Yield and Agronomic Performances Under Optimal Growth Conditions. In: Horticulturae, 11, 2025, 153
2025Said Mohammed, Tina Steinbrecher, Gerhard Leubner-Metzger, and Klaus Mummenhoff Differential Primary Seed and Fruit Dispersal Mechanisms and Dispersal Biomechanics in Invasive Dehiscent and Indehiscent-Fruited Lepidium Species. In: Plants, 14, 2025, 446
2025 Said Mohammed and Klaus Mummenhoff: Germination Under Temperature Stress Facilitates Invasion in Indehiscent Lepidium Species. In: Agriculture 15, 2025, 1078
2025Said Mohammed and Klaus Mummenhoff More than Just a Shell: Indehiscent Fruits Drive Drought-Tolerant Germination in Invasive Lepidium Species. In: Plants 14, 2025, 1517
2024Said Mohammed and Klaus Mummenhoff: Functional divergence exists in mucilage-mediated seed dispersal, but not in germination of myxospermic Lepidium campestre and Lepidium draba (Brassicaceae). In: ACTA Oecologica, 125, 2024, 104042