Dr. Dessie Tibebe has been involved in several significant projects focused on environmental management and sustainability in Ethiopia. From 2017 to 2018, as the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Tibebe led the UoG Mega project on Internal and External Agrochemical loads and their impacts on Lake Tana, emphasizing sustainable management practices. This project was successfully completed under their supervision. Similarly, in 2019-2020, Dr. Tibebe served as the PI for the UoG Mega project on the Treatment and Characterization of Tannery and Textile Industrial effluents in Amhara regional States, employing the Electrocoagulation Process with Aluminium electrodes. Another completed project, from 2020 to 2021, involved the Detection and Characterization of potential Hormone Disrupting Chemicals in Water and Fish Samples in the Amhara National Regional State Lakes, where Dr. Tibebe again acted as the PI. Currently, Dr. Tibebe is leading an ongoing external project (NABU) focused on the Utilization of Water Hyacinth biomass for organic fertilizer production in the North Eastern Lake Tana area, Ethiopia. Additionally, another ongoing external project (EEFRI) led by Dr. Tibebe investigates the Impacts of external and internal agrochemical loads on Lake Tana Ecosystem for sustainable management. Furthermore, another ongoing external project (NABU) focuses on the utilization of Water Hyacinth for soil enhancement, improved agricultural productivity, carbon sequestration, and sustainable energy production. As a Co-PI from 2018 to 2021, Dr. Tibebe contributed to the Investigation on the quality, post-harvest processing, and production site of coffee in West, Central, and North Gondar Zones, Ethiopia. Dr. Tibebe also served as a Co-PI from 2018 to 2020 for the UoG Mega project, focusing on the Effects of Waste effluent from Gondar Town on the Downstream Community and its impact on Ecological and Limnological properties of Waste Receiver Rivers in the Central Gondar Zone, Amara, Ethiopia.
Achievements and Projects:
Dr. Dessie Tibebe’s titles include: Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry, Master of Physical Chemistry, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, and Higher Diploma for Teaching Methodology. He is also recognized for his role as Principal Investigator (PI) in various research projects, such as the UoG Mega project on internal and external agrochemical loads and impacts on Lake Tana for sustainable management, and the UoG Mega project on treatment and characterization of tannery and textile industrial effluents in Amhara regional states by electrocoagulation process using aluminum electrodes. Additionally, he serves as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on projects investigating the quality, post-harvest processing, and production site of coffee in different zones of Gondar, Ethiopia, as well as the effects of waste effluent from Gondar Town on downstream communities and its impact on ecological and limnological properties of waste receiver rivers in Central Gondar Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia. Dr. Tibebe has also been involved in external projects related to water hyacinth biomass utilization for organic fertilizer production, the impacts of agrochemical loads on Lake Tana ecosystem, and the utilization of water hyacinth for soil enhancement, improved agricultural productivity, carbon sequestration, and sustainable energy production.
Publicatons:
- “The impact of sewage effluents on water quality of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Tesfaye, Y.; Kassa, Y.
- Year: 2023
- Citations: 0
- “A study of basic and reactive dyes removal from synthetic and industrial wastewater by electrocoagulation process”
- Authors: Negash, A.; Tibebe, D.; Mulugeta, M.; Kassa, Y.
- Year: 2023
- Citations: 3
- “Assessment of selected heavy metals in honey samples using flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS), Ethiopia”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Hussen, M.; Mulugeta, M.; Gedefaw, M.; Kassa, Y.
- Year: 2022
- Citations: 2
- “Investigation of selected physico-chemical quality parameters in industrial wastewater by electrocoagulation process, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Negash, A.; Mulugeta, M.; Moges, Z.; Yenealem, D.
- Year: 2022
- Citations: 2
- “Compost preparation, chemical analyses and users’ perception in the utilization of water hyacinth, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Jembere, K.; Kidie, A.; Alem, T.; Teshome, G.
- Year: 2022
- Citations: 2
- “Assessment of spatio-temporal variations of selected water quality parameters of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia using multivariate techniques”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Zewge, F.; Lemma, B.; Kassa, Y.
- Year: 2022
- Citations: 7
- “The Potential of Wetlands as Treatment Systems for Organic Matter and Some Selected Metals (As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Pb, and Zn): Case Study of Yitamot Wetland, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Kassa, Y.; Mengistu, S.; Wondie, A.; Tibebe, D.
- Year: 2022
- Citations: 1
- “Distribution of macrophytes in relation to physico-chemical characters in the south western littoral zone of Lake Tana, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Kassa, Y.; Mengistu, S.; Wondie, A.; Tibebe, D.
- Year: 2021
- Citations: 5
- “Investigation of spatio-temporal variations of selected water quality parameters and trophic status of Lake Tana for sustainable management, Ethiopia”
- Authors: Tibebe, D.; Kassa, Y.; Melaku, A.; Lakew, S.
- Year: 2019
- Citations: 51