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Dr Abayneh Ambushe

Senior Lecturer
Name: Abayneh Ambushe
Location: C2 Lab 321+27 (0) 11 559 2329 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 2329

Email: aambushe@uj.ac.za

About Dr Abayneh Ambushe

Highest qualificationPhD
Field(s) of researchTrace and ultra-trace analysis, elemental speciation, fingerprinting the sources of pollution using stable isotope ratio measurements, food authentication, food safety and related health risk assessment, monitoring organics such as pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other emerging pollutants in environmental matrices (water, soil, sediment,  etc.) and phytoremediation study
Lecturing: Modules with short descriptionGeneral Chemistry, Instrumental Chemical Analysis, Atomic Spectroscopy
List of publications (20 most recent)
  1. Mokgehle R. Letsoalo, Taddese W. Godeto, Takalani Magadzu and Abayneh A. Ambushe, Quantitative speciation of arsenic in water and sediment samples from Mokolo River in Limpopo Province, South Africa, Analytical Letters, 2018, 1-15,  DOI:10.1080/00032719.2018.1450879
  2. Ntumba C. Nsaka, Robert I. McCrindle and Abayneh A. Ambushe, Levels of potentially toxic metals in water, sediment and peat from Wonderfonteinspruit, North West Province, South Africa, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 2018, 1-8, DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2018.1462894
  3. Abayneh Ataro Ambushe, Anton du Plessis and Robert Ian McCrindle, Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for determination of Cr in soils from Brits district, South Africa, Bulletin of chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2015, 29(3), 357-366.
  4. Kebede N. Mekonnen, Bhagwan S. Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro, Abayneh A. Ambushe, Robert I. McCrindle & Stanley Moyo, Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments of Akaki River, Lake Awassa and Lake Ziway, Ethiopia, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2015, 187:474.
  5. Haile A. Tekie, Robert I. McCrindle, Pieter J.J.G. Marais and Abayneh A. Ambushe, Evaluation of six sample preparation methods for determination of trace metals in lubricating oils using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, South African Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 68, 76-84.
  6. Kebede N. Mekonnen, Abayneh A. Ambushe, Bhagwan S. Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro & Robert I. McCrindle, Occurrence, distribution, and ecological risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in surface sediments of Lake Awassa and Lake Ziway, Ethiopia,Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 2015, 50, 90-99.
  7. Kebede N. Mekonnen, Abayneh A. Ambushe, Bhagwan S. Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro & Robert I. McCrindle, Assessment of potentially toxic elements in Swiss chard and sediments of Akaki River, Ethiopia, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2014,96(10), 1501-1515.
  8. Kebede Nigussie Mekonnen, Abayneh Ataro Ambushe, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi Abshiro, Anton du Plessis and Robert Ian McCrindle, Assessment of the concentration of Cr, Mn and Fe in sediment using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Bulletin of chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2013, 27(1), 1-13.
  9. Kebede Nigussie Mekonnen, Abayneh Ataro Ambushe, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi Abshiro and Robert Ian McCrindle, Potentially toxic elements in some fresh water bodies in Ethiopia, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2012, 94(10), 1980-1994.
  10. Kebede Nigussie Mekonnen, Abayneh Ataro Ambushe, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Mesfin Redi Abshiro, Robert Ian McCrindle and Nikolay Panichev, Distribution of mercury in the sediments of some freshwater bodies in Ethiopia, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 2012, 94(9), 1678-1687.
  11. Abayneh A. Ambushe, Mokgadi M. Hlongwane, Robert I. McCrindle and Cheryl M.E. McCrindle, Assessment of levels of V, Cr, Mn, Sr, Cd, Pb and U in bovine meat, South African Journal of Chemistry, 2012, 65, 159-164.
  12. Abayneh A. Ambushe, Robert I. McCrindle and Cheryl M.E. McCrindle, Speciation of chromium in cow’s milk by solid-phase extraction/dynamic reaction cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (DRC-ICP-MS), Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2009, 24, 502-507.
  13. Ataro, R.I. McCrindle, B.M. Botha, C.M.E. McCrindle and P.P. Ndibewu, Quantification of trace elements in raw cow’s milk by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), Food Chemistry, 2008, 111, 243-248.
  14. Abayneh Ataro, Taddese Wondimu and B.S. Chandravanshi, Trace metals in selected fish species from Lakes Awassa and Ziway, Ethiopia, SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science, 2003, 26(2), 103-114.