Academic Appointments 

             -Professor (Department of Physics/Centre for Space Research, NWU), 2022 -

             -Associate Professor (Department of Physics/CSR, NWU), 2019-2021

             -Senior Lecturer (Department of Physics, NWU), Aug. 2015-Dec. 2018

             -Adjunct Staff Member (Entoto Observatory and Research Center), since                           Dec. 2014

             -Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Physics, NWU), Jan. 2014-Jul. 2015.

             - Ad hoc Senior Lecturer (Department of Physics, NWU), Feb. -Jul. 2015

             -Part-time Lecturer (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape                 Town (UCT)), Jan-Jun. 2014

             -Senior Tutor (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, UCT), July-December 2013

             -Tutor (Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, UCT), Jan. 2009- Jun. 2013

             -Tutor (Physics, UCT), 2011, 2013

 

Education

            - PhD in Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, UCT                  (2013)      

             -MSc in astrophysics and space sciences (cosmology specialization), National                      Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP), UCT (2009)

             -MSc coursework, Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University (AAU) (2006/                     2007)

              -BSc in physics (with distinction) with minor in mathematics, Department of                       Physics, AAU (2006)

              -Freshman Programme, Mekelle University (2003/4)