Prior to coming to SSU he was a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster university ( Jan 2010-Aug 2011), he was a graduate assistant and adjunct instructor at SUNY at Buffalo (Aug. 2004 - Dec. 2009). He has been also a lecturer at Awassa College of Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Agegnehu is married to Alemzewed and blessed with two beautiful daughters Ruhama and Martha.