{"id":1193,"date":"2022-02-21T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haramaya.edu.et\/cncs\/?page_id=1193"},"modified":"2023-02-19T15:59:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T15:59:49","slug":"d-r-abi-taddesse-mengesha-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cncs\/d-r-abi-taddesse-mengesha-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"D\/r. Abi Taddesse Mengesha Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h3>Abi Taddesse Mengesha (PhD)<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong> Haramaya University,<\/p>\r\n<p>P.O.Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<br \/>Cell Phone: +251 912 018750 \/ +251 913 038390<br \/>Office: +251 2555300394, +251 255530335<br \/>Email: abi92003@yahoo.com; abi.taddesse@haramaya.edu.et<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Citations<\/strong> (Google Scholar)<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"208\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>All <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>All Since 2016<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>Citations <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>441 <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>387<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>h-index <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>11 <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>i10-index<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td width=\"208\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>Research Interest<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>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.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Research projects won since 2013 and their status (10)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>International Project (Four) (92,000 Euro)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>-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<br \/>-Sustainable Metal-Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Applications (24,000 Euro) Grant No. COOPA20271 (2019-2020) at CSIC, Spain (Completed) Co-PI<br \/>-Fabrication and Characterization of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Heterojunction Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic and Sorption Applications at CSIC, Spain (20,000 Euro)<br \/>Grant No. COOPB20082 (2015-2016) (Completed) Co-PI<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Local Projects (Five) (5.9 Million ETB)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>-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)<br \/>-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)<br \/>-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<br \/>-Fabrication of Novel Advanced Materials for Agricultural and Environmental Applications (480,000 ETB) Grant No. HURG-2016-03-02 (2016-2019) (Completed) PI<br \/>&#8211; 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<br \/>&#8211; Synthesis, Characterization and Analytical Application of Novel Nanocomposite Sorbent<br \/>for Removal of Inorganic Contaminants from Water 100,000 ETB (2013) (Completed) PI<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Publications (2020-2021)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>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<br \/>(Elsevier IF= 6.707)<br \/>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<br \/>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<br \/>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)<br \/>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. 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