Community service
Project
28.05.2025 – ongoing: Community Empowerment through Local Manufacturing of De-oiling Machines for Healthier Fried Street Foods (Supported by AASTU and BETin, 499,400 ETB, PI)
Certificates
Certificate for delivering community service training on Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority Employees at Bishoftu, Organized by Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority
Certificate of community service from Mida Weremo District for supporting students in their studies.
Certificate for Exemplary Community service on Post-harvest loss reduction of tomatoes at Woreta, Ethiopia, supported by BiT
Peer-reviewer
Poly Journal of Engineering and Technology (PJET)
Food Bioscience-Elsevier
Journal of Food Processing and Preservation-Wiley
Food Control-Elsevier
Other curricular and extracurricular activities
Reviewer for Food Engineering Curriculum at Debre Birhan University
Designed Curriculum for MSc Degree program in Dairy Processing Technology for Technical and Vocational Training Institute. Reviewed curricula at various Universities.
Evaluator in the 4th Round Accreditation of National Research Journals, MoE
Judge in National Annual Research Review of the Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Institute (EIAR)
Reviewed ‘Food safety situation in Ethiopia: a review’ document for International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
Professional services
Professor Extraordinarious, University of South Africa
Research and Technology Transfer Coordinator, College of Engineering, AASTU
General manager, ETH food consultancy PLC
Head, Food Research Laboratory, AASTU
Leader, Food Quality and Safety Research group, under the Food and Feed theme of the Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Bioprocess, AASTU
Head, Research Grant Management Office, AASTU
Associate dean, Research and technology transfer, College of Biological & Chemical Engineering, AASTU
Chair, Food and beverage process, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia
Research and Publication Officer, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia
Academic Program Coordinator, Food Technology and Food Process Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Ethiopia
Distance Program Coordinator, Applied Human Nutrition, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Chair, Applied Human Nutrition, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Professional membership
Member in the Expert committee for Joint FAO/WHO on Food Additives (2023-2027), representing Ethiopia
Member of Ethiopian Society of Postharvest Management (ESPHM)
Member of AgriProFocus Ethiopia
Member of Ethiopian Knowledge and Technology Transfer Society
Member of Food and Nutrition Society of Ethiopia (FoNSE)
Member of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia (CSE)