Tadesse Getahun
Jimma University, Ethiopia
Biography
Tadesse Getahun is Assistant prof. of hazardous and solid waste management in the Department of Environmental Health Science and Technology in Jimma University, Ethiopia. He also serves as an adviser for student research projects (MSc and PhD program). He is environmental science professional. He did his PhD study in Catholieke University of Leuven, Belgium, on Sustainable management of solid waste in medium-sized urban centers in east Africa: a case study in Jimma, Ethiopia. He also did his Msc on Land Ecology in International Training Centre, The Netherlands. He conducted several researches on municipal solid waste and published them on internationally recognized journals. He is also winner of the African Interpreunership award 2015 in the category of Environment.