Getnet Midekessa received his BSc in Applied Chemistry from Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Following graduation, he worked in the food complex and pharmaceutical industries located in Ethiopia. Later he completed his master's studies in Protein Science and Biotechnology from the University of Oulu, Finland. During his master studies and post-graduation, he worked on projects involving protein characterization and Extracellular Vesicles research at the Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the University of Oulu. Getnet started his doctoral study in March 2018 at the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu under the supervision of Prof. Fazeli. He is also working as a specialist at the Estonian University of Life sciences in the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences. His research interests are focusing on the detection of surface extracellular vesicles using different biosensing technologies, as well as developing a novel diagnostic biomarker for different diseases.