Mr. Adissu Getahun Adugna

     Chief Technical Assistant I, Chemical Engineering/Chemical and Food Engineering Faculty

• Office Location: Kehas Building, Room #42
• Official Email: adissu.getahun@bdu.edu.et 
• Professional Links
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adissu-getahun-406b80343/
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BDurR-gAAAAJ&hl=en
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adissu-Adugna   
• ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0315-2330

Short Biography

Mr. Adissu Getahun Adugna is a career-wise academic and research laboratory practitioner whose research focuses on advancing rechargeable battery technologies, a field critical for the widespread adoption of renewable energy storage. He holds an M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering and a B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry. His professional experience roles as a research assistant at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University. Currently, he is serving as a senior technical assistant at the Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, where he provides essential research and academic laboratory services for undergraduate and postgraduate students, staff researchers, and technical testing for external clients on demand. Mr. Adissu’s specific research is dedicated to developing efficient electrocatalyst materials, optimizing battery cell design and device architecture, and employing effective bandgap engineering specifically through doping and twinning opposite-ended conductive materials to develop high-density energy storage electrodes with significantly enhanced charge transfer kinetics.

Academic Qualifications

• MSc in Material Science and Engineering | Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology
• BSc in Industrial Chemistry | Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

Key Areas of Expertise/Research Interests

• Developing efficient electrocatalyst materials
• Optimizing battery cell design and device architecture
• Bandgap engineering through doping and twinning opposite-ended conductive materials
• Develop high-density energy storage electrodes with controlled charge transfer kinetics

Recent Key Publications or Major Projects

• A. Getahun A.,  A. Alemayehu A., and M. Asmare A., Systematic optimization of high-throughput microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of reduced graphene oxide for electrochemical energy storage applications. Carbon Trends., 100581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cartre.2025.100581.
• A. Nigatu, A. Abebaw, and A. Getahun, Results in Chemistry Nanocatalytic reductive removal of Congo-red dye using boron-loaded cobalt oxide nanocomposites from aqueous solutions. Results Chem., vol. 15, no. December 2024, p. 102222, 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102222.

Courses Taught / Current Responsibilities

• Undergraduate courses
• Organic Chemistry Lab (ChEg 3065)
• Analytical Chemistry Lab (ChEg 3064)
• General and Inorganic Chemistry Lab (ChEg 2066)