- Full Name: DESTAW ENGIDAW TAKELE
- Academic Rank: Assistant professor
- Institutional email: destaw_engidaw@dmu.edu.et
- Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2177-3454
- Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry
- Courses taught: All inorganic chemistry courses, industrial chemistry I, research method
- Research interest:
Synthesis and characterization of Nobel materials, Nanomaterials for biomedical applications, Catalysis using inorganic catalysts, organometallic chemistry
- List of Publications:
- Chemical constituents, physicochemical properties and antibacterial activity of leaves essential oil of Ocimum urticifolium
- Study on Lungworm and Associated Risk Factors of Small Ruminants in Hitosa Woreda, Ethiopia
- Detection of the Concentration of Some Metals in the Honey Product in Dawuro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
- Phytochemical Analysis, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity of the Leave Extracts of Ruta Chalepensis
- Effect of season on the major physico-chemical parameters of honey product
- Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
- Determination of contents of cholesterol and heavy metals in non-branded edible oils commercially available in east and west Gojjam, Ethiopia (completed)
- Determination of content of selected heavy metals in edible vegetables and roots cultivated around urban areas in east and west Gojjam (completed)
- Profiling the Geographic Origin of Potatoes (Solanum Tuberosum) of East Gojjam, West Gojjam and Awi Zones, Using Multi Elemental Analysis. (completed)
- Agrochemicals Management and Residue Analysis in Fruits and Vegetables and their Impacts on Human Health and Environment in East Gojjam (ongoing)
- MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and Graduated): Five MSc students were advised and graduated