Dr. Tassew Mekuria

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)

My Profile

About

Tassew Mekuria is State environmental Science Policy Fellow at Maryland Sea Grant College for the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. He is also a faculty at Baltimore City Community College, teaching environmental Biology. Mekuria earned both master's and Ph.D. degrees from Morgan State University in 2009 and 2020, respectively. His master’s degree is in Biology with an emphasis on Environmental Biology, and his Ph.D. is in Bioenvironmental Science. His research mainly focuses on the biodegradation of toxic and persistent chemicals from the soil and the application of nanotechnology, specifically cobalt ferrite nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes, to develop a nano-magnetic sensor for the detection of heavy metals in water sources. Mekuria is the organizer of Ethiopian climate change working group, and strong supporter of the IAHR African division. Currently, he is a member of IAHR.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

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Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Education and Professional Development
IAHR-Hohai Co-Committee on Higher Education and E-learning
Committee on Global Water Security
Committee on Industrial Flows and Energy Exchange
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management
Committee on Water Resources Management
Working Group on Water System Operations
Working Group on Nature Based Solutions

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Ethiopia Chapter	External Affairs	2024-05-08	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Nature-Based Solutions to the Sustainable Management of Climate Change Impacts, Flooding, and Drought - Literature Review	2022

My Videos

Title	Year
[Oct.2] Opening of Africa Online Summer School	2022

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date