He completed his first and second degrees in biological Sciences from the same University. He then trained as a medical entomologist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine of the University of London, London, UK, where he worked on sand flies and leishmaniasis of southern Ethiopia for his PhD. After completion of his PhD, he continued his research on sand flies and leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. His research experience also includes black flies and onchocerciasis, mosquitoes and malaria as well as repellents and insecticides of plant origin. T. Gebre-Michael, is currently involved on the transmission aspects of visceral leishmaniasis (ecology, vector incrimination and taxonomy) in northwest Ethiopia.