Postdoctoral Associate
I have received my B.S. in Biology from Jimma University. I then received his M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Addis Ababa University with a research focus on the association between nutritional status and HAART outcome in HIV-infected Ethiopians. After working as a Lecturer in Wollo University-Ethiopia, I joined the ZIBI graduate school and obtained my Ph.D. in Virology from Humboldt University of Berlin. During my Ph.D. thesis work in the laboratory of Prof. Norbert Bannert at the Robert Koch Institute, I analyzed HIV/HCV coinfections among newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany. Specifically, I investigated the years 2015-2017 regarding prevalence of these coinfections, the rate of resolved HCV infections, HCV-genotypes and resistance associated mutations. I have the joined the Ho Lab at Yale University in 2021, working on single-cell understanding of HIV persistence. Outside of the lab, I enjoy reading newsletters, watching sports, and hiking.