Belete Geremew Damtie(Ph.D)

1. Full Name: Belete Geremew Damtie(Ph.D)
2. Academic Rank: Assistant professor
3. Institutional email: Belete_Geremew@dmu.edu.et or belete.tigabu@gmail.com

Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS:  ORCID address: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2264-542X Scopus ID: 57207948138

Specialization: MSc. in Analytical Chemistry, BEd. in Chemistry

Courses taught: Real Sample Analysis  and  all Analytical Chemistry Courses

Research interest: Method development, synthesized low-cost materials for wastewater treatment, determination of organic and inorganic pollutants in the environment, and their impacts on human health.

List of Publications:

Removal of Congo red using Vernonia amygdalina leaf powder: optimization, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics studies DOI: 10.1080/26395940.2022.2051751

Conversion of flaxseed oil into biodiesel using KOH catalyst: Optimization and characterization dataset DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105225

Optimization of process variables for biodiesel production by transesterification of flaxseed oil and produced biodiesel characterizations DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.03.036

Hagenia abyssinica leaf powder as a novel low-cost adsorbent for removal of methyl violet from aqueous solution: Optimization, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies  DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2022.102577

Biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using Hagenia abyssinica leaf extracts; their photocatalytic and antibacterial activities DOI: 10.1080/26395940.2022.2081261

Research and project information (completed and ongoing):

Completed research work:

1. 1. Removal of Congo red using Vernonia amygdalina leaf powder: optimization, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics studies

1. 1. Hagenia abyssinica leaf powder as a novel low-cost adsorbent for removal of methyl violet from aqueous solution: Optimization, isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies

1. 1. Biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using Hagenia abyssinica leaf extracts; their photocatalytic and antibacterial activities