February 2026
Promoted to Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at Addis Ababa University.
About
Biography and academic journey
Professor Chernet Amente Geffe is a Full Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at Addis Ababa University. His research spans diluted magnetic semiconductors, spintronics, carbon nanotubes, superconductivity, perovskite and solar energy materials, battery materials, and computational materials science. His academic career includes more than three decades of teaching and research service, graduate supervision, university administration, conference organization, and leadership in Ethiopia's physics community.
Profile
A career in physics, education, and leadership
His work reflects a long commitment to scientific rigor, graduate mentorship, university service, and the development of research communities capable of producing internationally relevant scholarship.
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Timeline
Academic journey
Since December 2022
Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University.
June 2020 - January 2026
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University.
March 2016 - June 2020
Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa University.
2013
C.V. Raman International Fellowship for African Researchers, Department of Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India; postdoctoral work on preparation and characterization of carbon nanotubes.
September 2011 - March 2016
Assistant Professor, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University; served as Registrar Director and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs.
October 2010 - September 2011
Assistant Professor, Ambo University; chaired Research, Knowledge and Technology Transfer at the College of Natural and Computational Sciences.
2005 - 2010
PhD in Solid State Physics, Addis Ababa University. Dissertation: Study of Photoinduced Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As.
2002 - 2005
MSc in Solid State Physics, Addis Ababa University. Thesis: Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As.
1984 - 1988
BSc in Physics with Mathematics minor, Addis Ababa University.