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Meseret Simachew Bezabih

Bowling Green,OH

Summary

Graduate teaching and research assistant with a passion for education and a commitment to student success. Proficient in assisting professors with teaching courses and labs, grading, and classroom management. .

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Research/Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
08.2021 - Current
  • Conduct research within a group and in collaboration abroad: Write manuscript or report and submit manuscripts using quantum-mechanics molecular mechanics (QM/MM) method. Study the photophysical and photoisomerization mechanisms of light-absorbing organic molecules.
  • Teaching general chemistry (labs) at BGSU: Help students in the lab, grade their reports, and give constructive feedback. Help students with their assignments and reports during office hours.

Education

Master of Science - Chemistry (Physical)

Debre Markos University
Ethiopia
07-2019

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Mettu University
Ethiopia
06-2017

Ph.D. - Chemistry (Photochemical Sciences)

Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH

Skills

Scripting and programming:

  • Proficient in Shell & Python

Tools:

  • [Open]Molcas, Quantum Espresso, and VASP - tools for QM calculations
    GROMACS & Tinker - tools for MM & MD
  • ChemCraft, MacMolPlt, VESTA, ChemDraw, Gaussian, Avogadro, VMD, UCSF Chimera, PyMOL, ChemDoodle, and Molden - tools for molecular modeling and structure visualization
  • ChemSpider, PDB and Uniprot - online databases
  • Adobe Illustrator & GIMP - tools for figure manipulation
  • InkScape, blender, gnuplot, Origin, and Igor - tools for graphics
  • Microsot Office Suite - tools for report documentation and preparation
  • Mendeley, EndNote, and RefWork - tools for citation
  • TextMate & UltraEdit - tools for text editor
  • LaTeX - tools for document formatting
  • Wix, Wordpress, and Blogspot - tools for web content management

Languages

English
Full Professional

Accomplishments

PUBLICATION(s)

  • Simachew Bezabih, M., S. Kaliakin, D., Blanco-González, A., Barneschi, L., N. Tarnovsky, A., &
    Olivucci, M. (2023). “Comparative Study of Uracil Excited-State Photophysics in Water and
    Acetonitrile via RMS-CASPT2-Driven Quantum-Classical Trajectories”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 10871−10879
  • Simachew Bezabih, M. (2023). “Nanocomposite Counter-Electrode Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Review”. Energy Technology, 2300709.

ONGOING PROJUCT(s)

  • Simachew Bezabih, M., N. Tarnovsky, A., & Olivucci, M. (2024). "Computational photophysics of substituted benzene monomer and dimer." Manuscript under preparation
  • Boeije, Y., Simachew Bezabih, M., & Olivucci, M. (2024). "Photochemistry of substituted mono- and di-substituted anthracene dimer." Manuscript under preparation
  • Simachew Bezabih, B., N. Tarnovsky, A., & Olivucci, M. (2024). "Photophysical mechanism of the substituent Uracil Derivative." Manuscript under preparation
  • Simachew Bezabih, B., N. Tarnovsky, A., & Olivucci, M. (2024). "Photoisomerization mechansims of cyanine dye." Manuscript under preparation.

CONFERENCE(s)

  • 54th Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference (MWTCC). May 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, WI, USA. "Nonadiabatic Dynamics of Isolated and Solvated Uracil Driven by Muti-state Multi-configurational Second Order Perturbation Theory."

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Graduate Research/Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bowling Green State University
08.2021 - Current

Master of Science - Chemistry (Physical)

Debre Markos University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Mettu University

Ph.D. - Chemistry (Photochemical Sciences)

Bowling Green State University
Meseret Simachew Bezabih