He received his PhD in space physics from Bahir Dar University in conjunction with the International center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy in 2014. He is also regular associate at ICTP and teaches space physics in different universities of Ethiopia. He supervises space physics Msc and PhD students and directs WaGRL. His current research interests are modeling physical processes and understanding the driving mechanisms of the ionospheric irregularities.