KEDIR DERBIE MEKONNEN

Employment

• Kombolcha Institute of Technology Research , Community Survice, and PG Coordinator
  2026 - Present
• Wollo University Associate Editor
  2025 - Present
• Wollo University Research Focal Person: Coordinating and facilitating research activities
  2024 - Present
• Wollo University Lecturer and Researcher
  2018 - Present
• Kombolcha Tannery PLC Production Chemist
  2016 - 2017
• United Arab Emirates University Research Associate

Education

• Bahir Dar University M.Sc.
  2018 - 2020
• Wollo University B.Sc.
  2011 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Particulate solid catalyst leaching in CaO-catalyzed sunflower oil transesterification: Time-rpm dependent centrifugal separation study
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen, Yassin Adem Endris, Haftay Gebremedihn Gebremikial

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  • Anwar Yimer Yesuf
  • Kedir Yesuf Abdu
  • Nurit Adem Tsega
  Next Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.nxener.2026.100569
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• Unlocking Synergistic Biogas Potential: Pig Manure and Khat Waste Cosubstrates
  Sewagegn Menberu Tegegne, Anand Babu Desamala, Talbachew Tadesse Nadew

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  • Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  • Firomsa Teshale Tolera
  ACS Omega 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c08963
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• A preliminary evaluation of how classical separation techniques affect the solid catalyst surface features during transesterification
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2024.2399129
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• Corrosion fundamentals: Thermodynamics, rate, passivity, types, and control mechanism
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  Results in Surfaces and Interfaces 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.rsurfi.2026.100720
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• Integrated analysis of Zehneria scabra leaf extract: phytochemical screening, GC–MS, FT-IR spectroscopy, and antibacterial activity evaluation
  Solomon Getachew Abate, Yassin Adem Endris, Kedir Yesuf Abdu

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  • Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  Natural Product Research 2025 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2025.2491117
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• Phytochemical property and antimicrobial activity of Ficifolius A. Rich root extract: Advancing Ethiopian indigenous wart curing medicinal plant
  Yassin Adem Endris, Kedir Yesuf Abdu, Solomon Getachew

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  • Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  Heliyon 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31921
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• Alternative Methods for Biodiesel Cetane Number Valuation: A Technical Note
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen, Yassin Adem Endris, Kedir Yesuf Abdu
  ACS Omega 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09216
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• OH-Impregnated Household Bleach-Making Sediments for the Catalysis of Waste Cooking Oil Transesterification: Parameter Optimization
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen, Anwar Yimer Yesuf
  ACS Omega 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07810
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• Valorization of calcium hypochlorite precipitate as a new source of heterogeneous catalyst development for biodiesel production: A preliminary experiment
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen, Kefyalew Hailemariam
  Heliyon 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21959
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• Formulation of Neem Leaf and Croton Seed Essential Oils as a Natural Insecticide Tested on Mosquitoes and Cockroaches
  Yassin Adem Endris, Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  ACS Omega 2023 DOI: 10.1021/ACSOMEGA.2C08026
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• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy as a tool for identifying the unique characteristic bands of lipid in oilseed components: Confirmed via Ethiopian indigenous desert date fruit
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen
  Heliyon 2023 DOI: 10.1016/J.HELIYON.2023.E14699
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• Valorization of Calcium Hypochlorite Precipitate as a New Source of Heterogeneous Catalyst Development: A Preliminary Experiment
  SSRN 2023 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4539083
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• NaOH-Catalyzed Methanolysis Optimization of Biodiesel Synthesis from Desert Date Seed Kernel Oil
  Kedir Derbie Mekonnen, Zenamarkos Bantie Sendekie
  ACS Omega 2021 DOI: 10.1021/ACSOMEGA.1C03546
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