Abi Taddesse Mengesha (PhD)

Address: Haramaya University,

P.O.Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Cell Phone: +251 912 018750 / +251 913 038390
Office: +251 2555300394, +251 255530335
Email: abi92003@yahoo.com; abi.taddesse@haramaya.edu.et

Citations (Google Scholar)

All All Since 2016
Citations 441 387
h-index 11 10
i10-index 11 10

Research Interest

Currently working on Room Temperature Synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Hetrojunction nanocomposites; Immobilization of Nanomaterials to various supports focusing on Catalytic (Photocatalysis), Solar cell, Sensor, Sorption/Desorption, Ion exchange applications. We employ state-of-the-art characterization techniques for the above applications.

Research projects won since 2013 and their status (10)

International Project (Four) (92,000 Euro)
-Sustainable development of Non-Nobel Metal@porous solids for Environmental application at CSIC, Spain (24,000 Euro) Grant No. COOPA20376 (2020-2021) (Completed) Co-PI -Room Temperature Synthesis of selected MOFs and their composites for Photocatalytic Applications (24,000 Euro) (2019-2020) at UNED, Spain (Completed) Co-PI
-Sustainable Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Applications (24,000 Euro) Grant No. COOPA20271 (2019-2020) at CSIC, Spain (Completed) Co-PI
-Fabrication and Characterization of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic and Sorption Applications at CSIC, Spain (20,000 Euro)
Grant No. COOPB20082 (2015-2016) (Completed) Co-PI

Local Projects (Five) (5.9 Million ETB)

-Potential Drug Design and Development against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Experimental and Molecular Modelling Studies (3 Million Birr) (HUGG_2021_06_02_48) (New 2021 2024)(Co-PI)
-Development of multifunctional metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for application of microfluidic paper based sensors and energy production (1.5 Million Birr) Grant No. TR/014/2021, Addis Ababa University (Co-PI) (New 2021-2023) (Co-PI)
-Sustainable Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Spent Zeolites for Energy, Catalysis and Soil Amendment Applications (400,000 Birr) Grant No. HURG_2020_03_02_75 2020-2023 (On-going) PI
-Fabrication of Novel Advanced Materials for Agricultural and Environmental Applications (480,000 ETB) Grant No. HURG-2016-03-02 (2016-2019) (Completed) PI
- Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic, Solar cell, Sorption and Desorption applications (428,000 ETB) Grant No. HURG-2014- 03-03 (2014-2015) (Completed) PI
- Synthesis, Characterization and Analytical Application of Novel Nanocomposite Sorbent
for Removal of Inorganic Contaminants from Water 100,000 ETB (2013) (Completed) PI

Publications (2020-2021)

1. Jemal M.Yassin, Abi M. Taddesse*, Manuel-Sanchez-Sanchez, 2021. Sustainable synthesis of a new Semiamorphous Ti-BDC MOF material and the photocatalytic performance of its ternary composites with Ag3PO4 and g-C3N4 Applied Surface Science 578 (2022) 151996
(Elsevier IF= 6.707)
2. Jemal M.Yassin, Abi M. Taddesse, Manuel-Sanchez-Sanchez, 2021. Room temperature synthesis of semicrystalline Zr-BDC MOF and heterostructural Ag3PO4/Zr-BDC/g-C3N4 composite for photocatalytic dye degradation (Accepted: Catalysis Today Elsevier IF= 6.766
3. Nejat Redwan Habib, Raquel Sainz, Abi M. Taddesse, Isabel Diaz. 2021. The effect of nonionic surfactant on the sustainable synthesis of selected MOFs (Accepted: Catalysis Today Elsevier IF= 6.766) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2021.09.028
4. Jemal M. Yassin, Abi M. Taddesse*, Manuel Sanchez-Sanchez. 2021. Room temperature synthesis of high-quality Ce(IV)-based MOFs in water. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 324: 111303 (IF=5.455)
5. N. R. Habib, E. Asedegbega-Nieto, Abi M. Mengesha and I. Diaz, 2021 Non-noble MNP@MOF: Synthesis and Applications to Heterogenous Catalysis. Dalton Trans. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01531A. (IF= 4.174).