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
Ethiopia07-2019
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Mettu University
Ethiopia06-2017
Ph.D. - Chemistry (Photochemical Sciences)
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OHSkills
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