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Tadesse F. Teferra

College Station, TX, Email: tadessefikre@gmail.com

Mobile: +1 979-599-8774

700 University Dr.

East College Station 77840

Texas

SUMMARY I am currently a PhD student at Texas A&M University, in the field of Food Science and Technology. I have worked as an instructor and a researcher

at Hawassa University, Ethiopia in the Department of Food Science and Post-harvest Technology under the School of Nutrition, Food Science and technology between October, 2010 and August, 2015.

EDUCATION Currently

o PhD student at Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

October, 2010: Masters of Science: o Food Engineering, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

July 2006: Bachelor of Science: o Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Hawassa

University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

TRAINING (most recent) Scientific Paper Writing: Certificate

o December, 2013, organized by Hawassa University (Ethiopia) and University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages: Certificate o November, 2013, organized by Hawassa University (Ethiopia)

and Wageningen University (The Netherlands) Food Fortification: Certificate of Trainers of Trainees

o February, 2013, organized by Addis Ababa University

(Ethiopia) and the Federal Ministry of Health (Ethiopia)

EXPERIENCE October, 2010 to present - Teaching and Research staff at

Hawassa University, Hawassa Ethiopia.

o Teaching courses, Advising students, Supervising Classes, laboratories, visits

August 2006 to October 2010 - Teaching Assistant staff at

Hawassa University, Hawassa Ethiopia. o Assisting courses and Laboratories

o Supervising undergraduate students

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Faculty and Graduate Research as well as community

development Activities o Faculty researches (Funded by Canadian CIDA, Swedish

SIDA, FAO and UNICEF Ethiopia Country Offices) o Community Development programs (nutrition and

postharvest) o Training, Radio and Television Programs: to aware the public

about child feeding o Development of manuals (operational and training manuals)

on: Agriculture Nutrition Linkages Ginger production harvesting and processing Children and Mothers Nutrition Community based Complementary feeding

MEMBERSHIP o American association of Cereal Chemists (international )(AACCI)

o Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)

PUBLICATIONS 1. F. Teferra Tadesse, Solomon Abera, W.K. Solomon (2016). Rehydration capacity and

kinetics of Solar-Dried Carrots as Affected by Blanching and Osmotic Pretreatments.

International Journal of Food Engineering (Ahead of Print) Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 203-210.

DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2015-0210

2. Teferra F. Tadesse, Abadi Gebre, Abrehet F. Gebremeskel, and Carol J. Henry

(2015). Pasting characteristics of starches in flours of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and

faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as affected by sorting and dehulling practices. African Journal

of Food Science, Vol. 9, No. 12, pp. 555-559. Doi:10.5897/AJFS2015.1338

3. Kebebush Tesema, Henok Kuarabachew and Teferra F. Tadesse (2015). Effects of

different treatments for the control of Callosobruchus chinensis L. on proximate

composition of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), in Meskan district, Ethiopia. Journal of

Stored Products and Postharvest Research Vol. 6 No. 10, 2015, pp. 83-90. doi:

10.5897/JSPPR2015. 0188.

4. Beruk Berhanu Desalegn, Fikre T. Tadesse, Dereje Haile (2015). Physical and

Procimate Characterization of Anchote (Coccsinia abyssinica) Accessions Grown under

Hawassa and Wondo Genet Conditions, Southern Ethiopia. Food Science and Quality

Management Vol. 42, pp. 62-74.

5. Teferra F. Tadesse, Gezahegn Nigusse, and Henok Kurabachew (2015). Nutritional,

Microbial and Sensory Properties of Flat-Bread (kitta) Prepared from Blends of Maize

(Zea mays L.) and Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)

Flours, International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering, Vol. 5 No. 1,

2015, pp. 33-39. doi: 10.5923/j.food.20150501.05.

6. Kebebush Tesema, Henok Kuarabachew and Teferra F. Tadesse (2015). Evaluation of

the Efficacy of Plant Powders, Cow Dung Ash and Malathion Dust against

Callosobruchus Chinensis L. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) On Chickpea in Jole Andegna:

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Southern Ethiopia, Journal of Agricultural Studies Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 129-144. doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jas.v3i2.7775.

7. Teferra F. Tadesse, Solomon Abera, Solomon Worku (2015). Nutritional and Sensory

Properties of Solar-Dried Carrot Slices as Affected by Blanching and Osmotic Pre-

Treatments, International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition Engineering, Vol. 5 No.

1, 2015, pp. 24-32. doi: 10.5923/j.food.20150501.04.

8. Abadi Gebre Mezgebe, Tadesse Fikre Teferra, Robert Bob Tylor and Abrehet Fisseha

Gebremeskel (2015). Effect of Postharvest Practices (Sorting & De-hulling) on Total

Mineral (Ash), Zinc and Iron Contents of Chickpea and Faba Bean Flours: Conference

Paper European Journal of Nutrition and Food Safety. Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 508-509. doi:

10.9734/EJNFS/2015/20937.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

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