Dr. Temesgen Atnafu Yemata, PhD

Associate Professor 

Department of Chemical Engineering

• Email: atnafutemesgen16@gmail.com
• Office: old finance building, Room 01
• Profiles: [Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=aHD34gsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Temesgen-Yemata
• ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5041-9665
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/temesgen-atnafu-3821aa9a/

Biography/Profile Summary

Dr. Temesgen Atnafu Yemata received his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia, in 2008, and M. Tech. and M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. He obtained his PhD from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2020. He is currently an associate professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. His research interests focus on energy conversion and storage technology, focusing on organic thermoelectric materials, electrocatalysts, supercapacitors, batteries, nanomaterials, and biomass energy

Key Publications & Projects

• Project Lead (2023-Present): Valorization of Acokanthera Schimperi Plant Biopesticide and Biodegradable Food Packaging Materials and Chemicals, materials, and energy from biomass for Co-Production of Bioactive Products. (Funded by the Bahir Dar Institute of Technology).
•  Yemata, TA et al (2020). Modulation of the doping level of PEDOT: PSS film by treatment with hydrazine to improve the Seebeck coefficient. RSC advances 10 (3), 1786-1792
•  Yemata, TA et al (2025). Interface engineering in polymer thermoelectric composites: harnessing energy-filtering effects to overcome the Seebeck-conductivity trade-off. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13 (42), 35976-3599
• Yemata, TA et al (2026). Biodegradable magnesium alloys and magnesium metal matrix composites (Mg/MMCs) in biomedical applications: a comprehensive state-of-the-art review based on materials , processing techniques, design, and application perspective. Emergent Materials 9 (5), 114
• Yemata, TA et al (2025). Spectroscopic and Microscopic Characterization of Inorganic and Polymer Thermoelectric Materials: A Review. Spectroscopy Journal 3 (4), 24

Teaching & Academic Duties

• Undergraduate Courses: ChEg3214 Process industries I, ChEng3132 Process industries II, Research Methods & Experimental Design
• Postgraduate Courses: ChEng7161 Mineral Processing and Particulate Technology, ChEg6193 Basic Enzymology and Enzyme Technology, ChEg7225 Sugar and by-product Diversification, ChEg6244 Graduate Seminar, ChEg7164 Environmental Biotechnology, SEng8023 Materials for Energy
• Institutional Roles: chemical and biotechnology chair holder (from January 2021 to December 24, 2023