Research
Theoretical, analytical, and computational study of structural, electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of materials.
Collaborators: Addis Ababa University researchers, graduate students, and international condensed matter physics collaborators
Impact: Connects Ethiopian physics research with frontier problems in magnetism, spin systems, and functional materials.
Research on photoinduced ferromagnetism, magnon dispersion, spin-wave scattering, hole doping, and transition temperature enhancement in DMS systems such as (Ga,Mn)As, Fe/GaSb, Sc/GaAs, and doped AlP.
Collaborators: Theoretical physics groups and graduate researchers working on magnetic semiconductors
Impact: Supports the search for room-temperature magnetic semiconductor behavior relevant to spintronic device concepts.
Study of structure-property relationships in advanced materials including magnetic, electronic, photonic, nanostructured, and energy materials.
Collaborators: Materials scientists, chemists, and computational researchers in Ethiopia and abroad
Impact: Strengthens materials research capacity for electronics, energy, and sustainable technology applications.
Use of Green function formalism, density functional theory, Quantum ESPRESSO, SCAPS simulation, and numerical modeling to study material behavior and device performance.
Collaborators: Computational science and engineering researchers, graduate students, and international co-authors
Impact: Enables predictive materials research and graduate training in modern computational methods.
Computational and simulation studies of lead-free perovskites, polymer solar cells, photovoltaic absorber materials, and solar electrification systems.
Collaborators: Renewable energy researchers and materials modeling groups
Impact: Contributes to sustainable energy materials research and solar technology development.
Preparation, purification, characterization, and application of carbon nanotubes, including iron and nickel incorporation for magnetic semiconductor and spintronic applications.
Collaborators: Punjab University postdoctoral collaborators and nanomaterials researchers
Impact: Builds experimental and computational capacity in nanoscale materials.
Theoretical and computational study of multiband superconductivity, superconducting hydrides, and coexistence of superconductivity and magnetic order.
Collaborators: Superconductivity researchers and graduate students
Impact: Links Ethiopian condensed matter research to high-pressure and high-temperature superconductivity questions.
Collaborative research on sodium-ion batteries, lithium-ion surfaces, redox-active molecules, wind forecasting, biodiesel, geothermal resources, and emerging energy infrastructure.
Collaborators: Energy storage, renewable energy, and machine-learning materials research groups
Impact: Supports clean energy research priorities for Ethiopia and regional sustainable development.