Gelgelo Askale Kula
Biotechnology graduate · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
gelgeloaskale7@gmail.com · LinkedIn
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My work brings together biotechnology, collaborative leadership, and service. Alongside science, my education in theology and Christian counselling shapes the perspective I bring to people, learning, and responsibility.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Graduated 25 June 2026 · CGPA 3.62
Bachelor of Theology
Peace for World Theology College
2015 E.C. · The certificate is dated April 21/2015 E.C.; the Ethiopian calendar date is retained as printed.
Master’s in Christian Counselling
Holistic Bible College
August 2025 · The award names a Master of Arts in Christian Counseling.
Experience
Quality Control Officer · Glocare Pharma Manufacturing PLC
My portfolio includes my quality-control role in pharmaceutical manufacturing. It is part of my developing professional experience in applying a careful scientific mindset to work.
Clinical Laboratory Intern · International Clinical Laboratories
The internship connected university learning with a clinical laboratory environment. Working with specialists and mentors introduced me to practical workflows and the importance of collaboration and care with samples and data.
Class Representative · Department of Biotechnology, AASTU
I represented classmates' concerns and helped maintain communication between students and academic staff. It was a practical responsibility built on organization, fairness, and reliability.
Selected work
Exploring a natural glucose gel
An interdisciplinary team project exploring formulation choices, accessible ingredients, and the questions that a food product must answer before wider use.
Learning from a water-quality experiment
A laboratory exercise comparing oxygen measurements across water dilutions, with an unexpected pattern that made careful interpretation central to the report.
Mushroom: Organic, Mysteries and Golden Food
A shared food-systems initiative selected to represent Wollo University in the 2025 Food Systems Innovation Challenge, Nature-based Solutions edition.
Helping a college bring learning online
A service-led initiative that brought software collaborators and a college together to launch an e-learning website and mobile application.
Recognition
- President's Award · First semester, 2023/24 · 3.97 semester GPA
- President's Award · First semester, 2024/25 · 3.9 semester GPA
- Food Systems Innovation Challenge · Nature-based Solutions edition · Team selection
- Tech for Everyone · Continuing learning · Completed
- Hult Prize Ethiopia National Competition · National competition · Participant
Continuing learning
Seven e-SHE course certificates dated 27 October 2024, covering online learning and study skills, resource evaluation, time management, academic integrity, and online safety.
Research interests
Biological resources and food systems; fungal biotechnology; experimental design and interpretation.
Leadership & service
Class representation, collaboration and delegation across team work, and coordinating digital-learning initiatives with software collaborators and college staff.