High School Engineering
Resume:
Shiferaw D. Tadesse
Bellevue WA, 98005
*************@*****.***
Highlights of Qualifications
• Over four years of teaching and research experience as a Microbiology and Biotechnology instructor at the University of Hawassa
• Developed curriculum, syllabus, lecture notes, laboratory manual, modules and lesson plans
• Involved in preparing and editing of text books and teacher guides for basic science courses
• Advised graduating students in research proposals and scientific writing
• Seven years of teaching experience as high school biology and science teacher
• Prepared technical reports and made recommendations based on research
• Optical microscopy, bacterial and fungal staining and enumeration and identification, counting techniques, media and buffer preparation
• Extensive experience in microbial enzyme and the production of useful products using various enzymes
• Applied aseptic techniques to isolate, culture, examine and identify pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in food, water and other natural environments
• Equipment used: Fluorescent microscope, Spectrophotometers, Bioreactors, Autoclave, micropipettes, incubator, inoculation loop, agar plates, vacuum pumps, Durham’s tubes and colony counter
Employment History
Microbiology and Biotechnology Instructor 10/2007-02/2011
Hawassa University Supervisor: Dr. Kebede Abegaz
Institute of Nutrition, Food Science and Technology
Hawassa, Ethiopia
High School Biology Instructor 09/1998-08/2004
SOS Hermann Gmeiner School Principle: Aster Alemu
Hawassa, Ethiopia
High School Biology Instructor 09/1996-08/1997
Grawa Senior Secondary High School Principle: Belay Belete
East Hargere, Ethiopia
Courses Taught
General Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Food biotechnology, Industrial Microbiology, Food Hygiene, Industrial Sanitation, Mycology and Research Methods in Food Science and Technology
Education
Masters of Science in Applied Microbiology 09/2004-08/2006
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Bachelors of Science in Biology 09/1992-08/1996
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conferences and Trainings
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Trainers Workshop 09/2010
Save the Children USA
Hawassa, Ethiopia
International Engineering Educator 02/2010
International Society for Engineering Education
Vienna, Austria
Seminar Presentation on “The Role of Proteases in the 01/2007
Removal Rate of Nitrogenous Waste from Tannery
Wastewater”
Ethiopian Science and Technology Agency,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Basic Science Text book writing, Revision and Editing for the 02/2003
Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Region Education Bureau
Hawassa, Ethiopia
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