Gebremedhin Gebremariam Gebremical

 Current Status: A research fellow at

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL)

University of Bologna

Piazza Goidanich 60

Cesena (FC) 47521

Italy

Work experience

Lecturer in Ambo University, Ethiopia 03/03/2011-30/12/2021

My tasks and activities in Ambo University

-Teaching various courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students

-Conducting research work Participating in community service

-Head of the Department of Food Process Engineering and Postharvest Technology

Qualification

• Part time Service Engineer in Yoseph & Elizabeth In. Tr. PLC from September, 2019
• Installation and training session on a newly acquired amino acid analyzer in the college of veterinary medicine, animal resources and biosecurity – Makerere University –Uganda

  Certification 4th February- 14 February 2019

• On Amino Acid Analyser (model LA8080), UV-VIS (Ultra Violet and Visible Spectrophotometer- model HITA852-0056) instrument at the premises VWR International GmbH – Hilpertstrasse 20a, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany

  Certification 20th June- 24nd June 2016

• ‘’Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week Training’’

  Certification 19th march- 2^nd April 2014

• “Integrated food management from farm to fork” from National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneur and Management India, Haryana

Education

PhD in Food Engineering; 16/07/2020

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia

MSc in Postharvest Technology; 07/07/2012

Haramaya University, Ethiopia

BSc in Food Science and Postharvest Technology; 2/07/2008

Haramaya University, Ethiopia

Languages

• I speak, listen, write and read well in English, Tigrigna and Amharic

  Published research and conference papers

• do Amaral Sobral, PJ., Gebremariam G, Drudi F., De Aguiar Saldanha Pinheiro A C, Romani S, Rocculi P, & Dalla Rosa,M (2022) Rheological and Viscoelastic Properties of Chitosan Solutions Prepared with Different Chitosan or Acetic Acid Concentrations. Foods, 11(17), 2692.
• Gebremical, G. G., Tappi, S., Laurita, R., Capelli, F., Drudi, F., Rocculi, P., ... & Romani, S. (2023). Effects of plasma activated water (PAW) on rheological, thermal, hydration and pasting properties of normal maize, waxy maize and potato starches. Food Hydrocolloids, 144, 109006.
• Gebremical, G. G., Tappi, S., Laurita, R., Capelli, F., Drudi, F., Romani, S., & Rocculi, P. (2024). Effects of incubation time of plasma activated water (PAW) combined with annealing for the modification of functional properties of potato starch. Food Bioscience, 59, 104247.
• Gebremical, G. G., Tappi, S., Laurita, R., Capelli, F., Drudi, F., Romani, S., & Rocculi, P. (2024). Plasma-activated water (PAW) and annealing for the modification of potato starch: Effects on sorption isotherms, thermodynamic and gelatinization kinetics of potato starch. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 97, 103780.
• GebremicalG, Admassu S, Berhanu T, Tučeková Z, Krumpolec R, Černák M. 2019. Optimization and influence of multi-hollow surface dielectric barrier discharge plasma operating conditions on the physical quality of peanut. The European Physical Journal D 73:99.
• Gebremical GG, Emire SA, Berhanu T. 2019. Effects of Multi-hollow Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma on Chemical and Antioxidant Properties of Peanut. Journal of food quality 2019. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Gebremical. G, Shimelis A, Tarekegn B and Cernak M. Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Ethiopian (Roba Variety) Peanut (Arachishypogaea L.) for Industrial Use. Austin J Nutri Food Sci. 2018; 6(3): 1107
• Junior Bernardo Molina Hernandez, Gebremedhin Gebremariam Gebremical, Maria Alessia Schouten , Federico Drudi , Santina Romani, Silvia Tappi, Urszula Tylewicz, Marco Dalla Rosa, Pietro Rocculi , Characterisation of Water Interactions and Microstructure of Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese , in: Abstract of 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST 2024), 2024, pp. 1 - 723 (proceedings of: 22nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Rimini, Italy, 8/9/2024-12/9/2024) [Contribution in Conference Proceedings]

  Oral presentation

  • Effects of cold atmospheric plasma on the functionalization of mechanically fluidized teff flour (oral presentation), in 22^nd World Congress of Food Science and Technology, IUFOST, 8-12, September, Rimini, Italy
  • Applications of Cold Atmospheric Plasma as Green Technology for Food Shelf-life Extension and Functionalization. In the 28^th Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science Technology and Biotechnology. September 18-20, 2024, Catania, Italy
  • Plasma-Activated Water (PAW) and annealing effects on sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties of potato starch, 2024 International Symposium on the Properties of Water (ISOPOW), June 11 - 13, 2024, Wst Lafayet, Indiana, Purdue University, USA
  • Inactivation effects on Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus on Peanut seeds by Cold Plasma. In Cold Plasmas to fight microorganisms, viruses & toxins for medical and agricultural applications” (COST CA20114 COST CA19110):72. February 13-16, 2023, Bari (Italy)
  • Effects of Plasma Activated water on Rheological, Thermal, Hydration and Pasting Properties of Normal Maize, Waxy Maize and Potato starches. In the 8^th International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology, October 12-14., 2022, Rome, Italy
  • Effect of Plasma-Activated (PAW) Water on the Rheological, Pasting, and Thermal Properties of Potato Starch, 9^th International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology, November 27-29, 2023, Paris, France.
  • Combination of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) and Annealing for the Modification of Functional Properties of Potato Starch, 9^th School on Pulsed Electric Field Applications in Food and Biotechnology, September 4-8 2023, Vienna, Austria.
  • Effects of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) on Rheological, Hydration and Pasting Properties of Normal Maize, Waxy Maize and Potato starches, IV^th Meeting of PRIN PLASMAFOOD (Study and optimization of cold atmospheric plasma treatment for food safety and quality improvement, February 1-3, 2023. Potsdam, Germany.
  • Application Ff Plasma Activated Water as Green Strategy for the Modification of Starches, Conference of Engineering Future Food (EFF), September, 20-22, 2023, Florence, Italy.

Poster presentation

• Effects of atmospheric plasma on viral inactivation and shelf-life extension of strawberries, in the 4th and final Workshop of the Plagri COST Action CA19110 on Plasma Applications for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture from May 20th to 22nd 2024), Belgrade, Serbia
• Effects of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) on Rheological, Thermal, Hydration, and Pasting Properties of Normal Maize, Waxy Maize, and Potato starches in the 27^th Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology, 13-15, September, 2023 Portici, Italy.
• Effect of Plasma-Activated Water (PAW) and Annealing (ANN) on Moisture Sorption Isotherms and Thermodynamic Properties of Potato Starch, 9^th International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology, November 27-29, 2023Paris, France.

  Training

• Theoretical and practical training in the application of pulsed electric fields for food and biotechnology, April 13, 2023, Parma, Italy
• The 13th Moisture Sorption Analysis Seminar – MSAS 2024, 04 – 05 September 2024, Ulm, Germany
• Production and Consumption of Processed Vegetable Foods Summer School from June 25 to 30, 2023, Bertinoro, Italy.
• Training on Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) in March6-7, 2023.
• Training on Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) Training in March 13, 2023.
• Training on Dynamic Vapour Sorption Analysis (DVS or SA) in May 12, 2023.
• Training on Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) Training in April 17 and 18, 2023.
• Getting started with Design of Experiments in May 23-25, 2023. (Received certification from the Royal Society of Chemistry).
• Pulsed Electric Field Applications in Food and Biotechnology from September 4th - 8^th, 2023, in Boku University, Vienna, Austria.
• Applications of Cold Atmospheric Plasma as green Technology on Detoxification of Aflatoxins from Food to Prevent Cancer. The 1st Training School “Fundamental aspects on Plasma Medicine” (COST Action CA20114), February 14-16, 2022, Portugal.
• 2nd Training School “Cold plasmas to fight microorganisms, viruses & toxins for medical and agricultural applications”, organized by PlasTHER CA20114 and PlAGri CA19110 COST Actions, held in Bari) Italy from 13th – 16th February, 2023

Fellowship/award

• Received a scholarship (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic) for a three-month research stay in the field of cold plasma at the Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic in 2017
• Won the Best PLAGRI Reel Award in the competition and have been invited to participate in the 4th Workshop of the PLAGRI COST Action CA19110, 'Plasma Applications for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture,' which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, from May 20th to 22nd, 2024."