Adey Feleke Desta
| Full Name | Adey Feleke Desta |
| Academic Rank/Status | Assistant Professor |
| Working for AAU since | 2004 |
| Administrative positions held if any/ past and present | – |
| Education attended | PhD in Applied MicrobiologyM.Sc in Biomedical Sciences |
| Awards & recognitions | Jan 2015 – Dec 2017, African Women in Agriculture and Development (AWARD) FellowAugust 2015 – February 2016, University of Michigan- African Presidential Scholarship (UMAPS) FellowSept 2009 – August 2012, DAAD In-Country/ In-Region Fellow |
| Memberships of International bodies | Member, Ethiopian Biological Society since 1999 -Member, International Water Association (IWA) since 2006 –Member, The Royal Society of Biology (RSB) since 2015 – |
| Publicity: Journals, editorial roles,initiatives etc. | Journal Article Reviewer:PLOS-one,Water Science and TechnologyAfrican Journal of Biotechnology,Journal of Microbiology
Co-organizer of a Workshop in collaboration with Universtat Autonoma de Barcelona and University of Buea, Cameroon in Molecular Biological Techniques in Clinical Microbiology and Research tools and Academic Writing, Nov. 2014
School- based Model project in composting – Mini-project conducted in Nazareth school, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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| Research Grants | Oct 2017 – Lead Principal Investigator of the Thematic Project on “Reclamation of nutrients from source- separated urine in central and southern parts of Ethiopia: a way towards Food security.” 4th AAU Thematic Research GrantMay 2015 – Small grant for Community Role Modelling activity granted by African Women in Agriculture and Development (AWARD)October – May 2009 – Principal Investigator of a project on “Characterization of bacteria degrading phenolic compounds from industrial effluents” – funded by the Office of the Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research (OVPGSR), AAU |
| Publications on reputable journals | Desta AF., Nzioki J, Maina S. and Stomeo F (2017). Molecular biomonitoring of microbial communities in tannery wastewater treatment plant for the removal of retanning agents. In: Biological Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. Farook R. and Ahmed Z. InTech Publiishers, Croatia, ISBN: 978-953-51-3046-8.Desta AF, Assefa F, Leta S, Stomeo F, Wamalwa M, Njahira M and Djikeng A (2014). Microbial community structure and diversity in an integrated system of anaerobic-aerobic reactors and constructed wetland for the treatment of tannery wastewater in Modjo, Ethiopia. PLOS-ONE 9(12):e115576. DOI: 10.1371.Christin Koch, Susanne Günther, Adey F. Desta, Thomas Hübschmann & Susann Müller (2013). Cytometric fingerprinting for analysing microbial intra-community structure variation and identifying sub-community function. Nature Protocols 8: 190- 212.Adey F. Desta, Gunnel Dalhammer and Gunatrana R. Kittuva (2010). A modified culture-based study of bacterial community composition in a tannery wastewater treatment plant. Water Sci. Technol. 62: 2543-2549.
Adey Feleke, Beyene Petros, Woudyalew Mulatu, Hailemariam Lemecha, Abebe Wossene and Rege J.E.O. (2008). Study on monthly dynamics of ticks and seroprevalence of Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bigemina and Theileria mutans in four indigenous breeds of cattle in Ghibe valley of Ethiopia. SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 31:11-20.Adey Feleke, Beyene Petros, Woudyalew Mulatu, Hailemariam Lemecha, Abebe Wossene and Rege J. E. O. (2007). Resistance of Abigar, Guraghe, Horro and Sheko Breeds of Cattle to Tick Infestation in Ghibe – Tolley Valley.Bull. Anim. Hlth. Prod. Afr. 55: 163 – 174.Ema, P.J.N, Manjeli, Y., Meutchieyie, F., Keambou, C., Wanjala, B., Desta, A. F., Ommeh, S., Skilton, R. and Djikeng, A. (2014).Genetic diversity of four Cameroonian indigenous cattle using microsatellite markers. J. Livestock Sci. 5: 9-17.Eguale T, Getachew Tilahun, Asfaw Debella, Adey Feleke and Eyasu Mekonen (2007) Haemonchuscontortus: In vitro and in vivo anthelmintic activity of aqueous and hydro- alcoholic extracts of Hederahelix. ErimentalParasitology 116, 340-345. |
| Community Services such as boardmembership etc. | Member of the management committee of IWA-Microbial Ecology and Wastewater Engineering (MEWE) specialist group September 2016 –Founding fellow, Ethiopian Young Academy of Sciences (EtYAS). Since 2015, JanuarySecretary of the Institutional Research Ethics Committee in the College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, since 2014
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| Address | College of Natural Sciences, email: adey.feleke@aau.edu.et |
