College of Natural & Computational Sciences

1. Environmental Pollution Control and Management: Focusing on the assessment, mitigation, and remediation of various environmental pollutants, including industrial waste and their impact on soil and water quality.
2. Environmental Remediation: Developing and implementing innovative strategies for the clean-up and restoration of contaminated sites.
3. Industrial Pollution: Investigating the sources, impacts, and control measures for industrial pollution, with a focus on minimizing environmental damage.
4. Soil Health and Fertility: Analyzing soil quality, assessing its impact on agricultural productivity, and developing sustainable soil management practices.

Professional Experience

• 2017 - present-Assistant Professor, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
•  2010 - 2017 - Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, AMU, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Industrial Materials; Sugar Processing Technology; Food Processing and Preservation; Data analytics; Textile & Leather Technology; Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials development and Characterization; Exploration of underutilized food crops and its products; Bio-fuels; Water and Wastewater Treatment; Corrosion; Natural products; Corrosion and its Prevention

malaria, vector biology, vector control, leishmaniasis

Numerical Analysis, Numerical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling, Ordinary Differential Equations, dynamical systems, and Partial Differential Equations

convection-diffusion problem, time or space fractional PDEs, Mathematical physics

• Groundwater Hydrology, Contaminant Transport, Water Resources Management Hydrogeochemical Analysis, Groundwater Flow Modeling, Geostatistical Modeling Isotope Hydrogeology, Machine Learning Integration
• Field Techniques: Well Logging, Pumping Tests,Tracer Studies, ;Geophysical Surveys;
• Laboratory Skills: Ion Chromatography (IC).,X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES);
• Software Proficiency: Python Programming, ARC GIS Pro, MODFLOW Simulation Software.

Operations Research and Multi-criteria optimization

Dr. Teklu Wegayehu is an Associate Professor of infectious Diseases in the Department of Biology at Arba Minch University, Ethiopia. He started his job in the Department of Biology at Arba Minch University in 2005 as a Graduate Assistant. He passed all academic ranks in the same Department and has promoted to the Associate Professor rank in 2020.

Dr. Teklu has been teaching Major subjects in undergraduate and graduate programs. To mention, Principles of Parasitology, Introduction to Immunology in the UG; and Biology of Arthropod-Borne Pathogens, Advanced immunology, Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Biology of Pathogenic Microorganisms, Diagnostic Techniques in Vector Borne Pathogens, Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Host Pathogen Interactions, Molecular Epidemiology and Disease Pathology, Biology of Emerging Microbial Diseases, Research Methods and Scientific Communications, and Scientific Writing, in the PG programs.

Other Engagement

Addition to teaching and research, he has also engaged in several professional activities. To mention, he has been served as Co-editor-in chief of OMO International journal of Science from 2019 to 2024, he reviewed MSc and PhD curriculum in different Universities, examined 70 MSC and two PhD candidates in Addis Ababa Universities, advised and co-advised 40 MSc and 8 PhD Candidates. Dr. Teklu is Member of several Committees, Professional Societies and experience in Journal edition. He has previously served as Director for Community Engagement Directorate (2017-2024) and currently serving as Director for School of Graduate Studies (since July 2024) of Arba Minch University, among other admin experience.

Botany, Ecology, Conservation, Restoration, Wildlife survey, small mammals survey