School of Packaging Almenar's Research Group

Bio:

Haile is a Ph.D. student at the School of Packaging, Michigan State University, in the US. He graduated with a B.Sc. in June 2013 and an M.Sc. in July 2016 in Post-Harvest Management from Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ethiopia.

Before enrolling at Michigan State University for his Ph.D., Haile worked as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology at Jimma University. His teaching experience includes courses like Fruit and Vegetable Processing, Fat and Oil Processing Technology, and Food Packaging Technology. Haile has also authored and co-authored over 10 papers and contributed to a book chapter.

Research focus:

Haile's research interests include sustainable food packaging, food quality, safety, and value addition of agro-waste. His current dissertation focuses on developing sustainable food packaging materials by incorporating agro-waste as a filler for plastic packaging materials, aiming to mitigate the environmental impact of plastic food packaging waste and agro-waste. Haile is interested in assessing the factors that affect the performance of agro-waste-incorporated packaging materials for food packaging applications. His plan involves developing packaging material containing agricultural waste and characterizing its properties. Furthermore, he will validate the developed packaging material with selected food products. His research also explores potential applications of this packaging material, particularly its use in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and active packaging.

Google Scholar information:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RhsDB3AAAAAJ&hl=en