University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
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.
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