Ajebush Wuletaw

1. Full Name:  Ajebush Wuletaw
2. Academic Rank: Lecturer
3. Institutional email: ajebush_wuletaw@dmu.edu.et
4. Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS:
5. ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6604-6273
6. GoogleScholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JD2e7kMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
7. Specialization: Economic Geology
8. Courses taught:
9. Economic Geology
10. Coal & Petroleum Geology
11. Mining Geology
12. Exploration and Resource Evaluation
13. Crystallography & Mineral Optics
14. Mineralogy
15. Industrial Minerals & Gems
16. Achievements and awards:
17. The Certificate Award on Nanodegree Program Completion for Udacity courses organized by Debre Markos University, with collaboration of Ethio-Coders Initiative, Ministry of Labor and Skills, and Ministry of Innovation and Technology on February 27, 2025.
18. The Certificate Award on Master Class for Teaching Online and E-learning courses organized by Debre Markos University, E-learning Coordinator Office and Arizona State University Online Teaching Workshop on Augest 7, 2024.
19. The Certificate Award on “How to Build in Open edX Studio” organized by Debre Markose University, E-learning Coordinator Office and Arizona State University Online Teaching Workshop on Augest 7, 2024.
20. The Certificate of Award from Debre Markose University on successful completion of training in Induction on Teaching Methodlogies  and Learning Management System (LMS) Debre Markos University Academic Programs Director and Deliverology on November 14, 2024.
21. The Certificate of Awards from Debre Markos University on successful completion of Grant Project Proposal writing organized by Debre Markos University Research and Community service Directorate on November, 2024.
22. Research interest:
23. Economic Geology
24. Petrology
25. Resource Geology
26. Mineralogy
27. Hydrogeology
28. List of Publications:
29. Mihret, B. and Wuletaw, A.: The Impact of Geological Structures on Groundwater Potential Assessment in Volcanic Rocks of the Borena Saynit district, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau: A Review, EGUsphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4201, 2025 (Accepted)
30. Mihret B and Wuletaw A (2025) The petrography, metamorphism and deformation history of Neoproterozoic rock from Gida Ayana, Western Ethiopia: implication of tectonometamorphic evolution. Front. Earth Sci. 13:1519116. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2025.1519116
31. Mihret, B. & Wuletaw, A.(2014). Deformation and Metamorphic history of Precambrian Rocks of Key Afer Area, Southwestern, Ethiopia. ISSN 0869-5911, Petrology, 2024, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 891–909. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0869591124700255
32. Wuletaw, A., & Mihret, B. (2024). Physicochemical and mineralogical characterization of silica sand from the Lemi region, Blue Nile Basin, central Ethiopia: Evaluating industrial applications and resource potential. Heliyon, 10(14), e34426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34426
33. Wuletaw, A., & Mihret, B. (2024b). Lithostratigraphy and petrography of mesozoic sedimentary rocks of Lemi area, North Shewa, Central Ethiopia. Earth Sciences, 13(4), 116–126. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.earth.20241304.11

1. Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
2. Potential assessment of Coal deposit in Debre Eliyas Woreda, East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia. (Ongoing Research)
3. Investigation of Iron Mineralization in Enebse Sarmidr Woreda, East Gojjam, Northwestern Ethiopia. (Ongoing Research)
4. MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and graduated): MSc Graduated