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<th>Phone<\/th>\n                <\/tr>\n            <\/thead>\n            <tbody>\n                <!-- data as provided, phone numbers corrected with leading 0 (already added 0 before the existing numbers) \n                     Note: some original numbers like 912277945 -> 0912277945, etc. -->\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Sinke Mengesha Negash<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-lecturer\">Lecturer<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">HoD<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">underutilized foods, nutritional profiling, food ecosystem and climate resilient, product development, food quality and safety, functional food and bioactive compound<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:sinke.mengesha@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">sinke.mengesha@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0912277945<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Kaleab Hailu Weldeyohannes<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Lecturer<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Micronutrient nutrition, Food Fortification, agronomic fortification<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:Kaleab.hailu@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">Kaleab.hailu@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\">\u2014<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Tesfaye Deme Hunde<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Lecturer & Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Foodomics, Sustainable food System, Edible Oils authentication<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:tesfaye.deme@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">tesfaye.deme@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0911542689<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Tilahun Abera Teka<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-associate\">Associate Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor & Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Improving food quality, nutritional value, value addition, food fortification, innovative food processing techniques<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:tilahun.abera@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">tilahun.abera@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\">\u2014<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Demelash Hailu Yimer<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-lecturer\">Lecturer<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor @ CNAS Registrar Head<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Bioaccessible and Bioavailable of Micronutrient, Bioactive Material, Food Systems and Data Science, Chemistry of food.<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:demelash.hailu@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">demelash.hailu@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0912273338<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Zemenu Yaregal<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor & Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Clinical Nutrition, Food Matrix, and Epidemiology<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:zemenu.yaregal@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">zemenu.yaregal@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0911395011<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Frehun Abebe Ketema<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-ara\">ARA<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Community Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Chief ARA I<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Nutritional Profiling, Bioavailability of Nutrients, Underutilized Climate-Resilient Marine Species, product development, Food Fortification, Nutrition Deficiency Prevention Strategies.<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:frehun.abebe@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">frehun.abebe@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0912024252<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Solomon Abebaw Tadesse<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Assistant Professor and V\/HoD<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Valorization of underutilized resources and industrial by-products, bioactive peptides, novel processing technologies and food biotechnology and fermentation<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:solomon.abebaw@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">solomon.abebaw@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0910958970<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Abera Belay Shume<\/td>\n                    <td>Ph.D.<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-associate\">Associate Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor and Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">underutilized foods, product development, sensory evaluation, biofunctional properties, valorization, postbiotics<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:abera.belay@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">abera.belay@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0911082847<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Eskedar Getachew Assefa<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Nutrition and Food Hygiene<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor and Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Nutrition and Disease Prevention, Food safety and public Health, Food quality and processing, Polyphenoles compounds and peptides<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:eskedar.getacchew@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">eskedar.getacchew@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0911475157<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Tariku Erena Gemeda<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor and Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Sustainable food systems & alternative proteins, Functional foods & bioactive compounds and Food safety, Traceability & microbiology<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:tariku.erena@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">tariku.erena@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0913069856<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Alehegn Sewnet Melaku<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-ara\">ARA<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Applied Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Chief ARA I<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Traditional food medicinal values and nutraceutical properties, Food safety and adulteration<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:alehegn.sewnet@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">alehegn.sewnet@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\">\u2014<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Kidist Taksene Tameye<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-cta\">CTA<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Chief Technical Assistant I<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Product development, Nutritional improvement of underutilized foods<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:kidist.taksene@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">kidist.taksene@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0983260886<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Eneyew Tadesse<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-assistant\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor & Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">\u2014<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:eneyew.tadesse@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">eneyew.tadesse@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\">\u2014<\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Sintayehu Bedaso<\/td>\n                    <td>MSc<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-lecturer\">Lecturer<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Lecturer<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Biochemical constituents of plants, herbs and spices and underutilised foods<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:sintayehu.bedaso@aastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">sintayehu.bedaso@aastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span class=\"phone-number\">0921838888<\/span><\/td>\n                <\/tr>\n                <tr>\n                    <td>Habtamu Fekadu Gemede<\/td>\n                    <td>PhD<\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"rank-associate\">Associate Professor<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td><span class=\"specialization-badge\">Food Science and Nutrition<\/span><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"current-position\">Instructor and Researcher<\/td>\n                    <td class=\"research-interest\">Indigenous food, New product development and food fortification, Food Safety and Quality, Food Composition, Nutritional assessment, Value addition<\/td>\n                    <td><a href=\"mailto:habtamu.fekadu@yaastu.edu.et\" class=\"email-link\">habtamu.fekadu@yaastu.edu.et<\/a><\/td>\n                    <td class=\"contact-cell\"><span 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