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Applied Materials Scientist | R&D Engineer | Computational Materials Design | COMSOL Multiphysics

Profile Summary

Applied Materials Scientist with 3+ years of combined R&D and industry experience in PCB surface finishing, advanced nanomaterials, and computational modeling. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize ENIG/ENEPIG plating processes, scale nanomaterial synthesis, and integrate DFT simulations, effectively enhancing customer-focused product performance. Proven record of delivering 20% process efficiency gains and authoring 27 peer-reviewed publications bridging experimental and computational materials design. Developed scalable materials solutions for clean energy, water treatment, and semiconductor applications, contributing to 4-6 successful projects. Integrated advanced computational design methodologies to develop and implement scalable manufacturing solutions, enabling streamlined production workflows.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Catalysis
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Computational Chemistry
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Remediation
• ☆ Environmental Chemistry
• ☆ Fluid Dynamics
• ☆ Quantum Mechanics
• ☆ Computational Physics
• ☆ Renewable Energy
• ☆ Solar Energy
• ☆ Optics
• ☆ Optoelectronics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research User Research, Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Prototyping, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow

National Taiwan University

May 2024 - Present

Senior Application Engineer

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions

August 2022 - April 2024

Research Assistant

Chung Yuan Christian University Department of Chemical Engineering

December 2021 - July 2022

Senior Lecturer

Bule Hora University

October 2016 - February 2018

Education

PhD (Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology)

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

February 2018 - January 2021

Physics (Quantum Optics)

Addis Ababa University

June 2013 - February 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Tesfaye Abebe Geleta, Yun-Cheng Mei, Ashkan Miri, Prashanth Venkatesan, Yu-Chiang Chao, Yutong Chen, Pei-Hsin Chou, Ren Qian Tee, Yang-hsin Shih (2026). One-step synthesis of porous chlorine-modified graphitic carbon nitrides for efficient photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A: DFT insights and mechanistic pathways under visible light . Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

Tesfaye Abebe Geleta (2025). Engineering ZIF-8/Cs₂AgBiBr₆ Heterostructures for Rapid Bisphenol a Degradation and Improved Water Stability Under Visible Light: Unraveling Charge Transfer Dynamics in Lead-Free Photocatalysts . ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Tesfaye Abebe Geleta, Jau-Min Ji, Yang-hsin Shih, Ren Qian Tee (2025). Chlorine-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Reactive Black 5: Mechanistic and DFT Insights into Water Remediation . ACS Omega.

Tesfaye Abebe Geleta, Ren Qian Tee, Yang-hsin Shih, Wen-Ling Chen (2025). Exploring charge transfer and degradation mechanism of one-step synthesized modified g-C3N4 for efficient photocatalytic bisphenol A removal under visible light . Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

A. Elomari, N. Bouri, Y. Salhi, A. Bouich, S. Dassalem, Tesfaye A. Geleta, H. Erramli, M. Makha, N. Fazouan, K. Nouneh (2025). Electrodeposition of AgCuO2 thin films as hole transporter for inverted perovskite solar cell in ammonia-citrate medium . Optical Materials.

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Bouri, Nabil, Diyagh, Hafsa, Lemnawar, Amina, Rabhi, Selma, Talbi, Abdelali, Rmili, Ahmed, Amraoui, Smail, Makha, Mohammed, Nouneh, Khalid(2025). Comparative study of solar cells based on triple and graded absorber layers with the compound CsSn1-xGexI3: Numerical study and optimization. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 199. p. 112561. Pergamon

Elomari, Achraf, Bouri, Nabil, Salhi, Yassine, Bouich, Amal, Dassalem, Safia, Geleta, Tesfaye A, Erramli, Hamid, Makha, Mohammed, Fazouan, Nejma, Nouneh, Khalid(2025). Electrodeposition of AgCuO2 thin films as hole transporter for inverted perovskite solar cell in ammonia-citrate medium. Optical Materials. 159. p. 116536. North-Holland

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Hammad, Abdellah, Ali, Manan, Bouri, Nabil(2025). Exploring Zr-based perovskite hydrides XZrH3 (X: Na/Cs) for hydrogen storage applications: Insights from first-principles DFT calculations. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 126. p. 22--35. Pergamon

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Huang, Sheng-Eng, Tan, Kok-Hou, Sahu, Rama Shanker, Miri, Ashkan, Lin, Chen-yu, Shih, Yang-hsin, Chen, Wen-Ling(2025). Facile synthesis and optimization of graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles to effectively photodegrade tetracycline under visible light in water. ACS agricultural science & technology. 5. (2). p. 235--245. American Chemical Society

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Chang, Ming, Chen, Hong-Jhang, Shih, Yang-hsin(2025). Rapid Tris (1, 3-dichloropropyl) Phosphate Degradation and Detoxification via TiO2 Nanoparticles under UV Light: Kinetics and Mechanism, Environmental Implications, and Insights into DFT. ACS Agricultural Science & Technology. 5. (7). p. 1400--1412. American Chemical Society

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Bouri, Nabil, Guji, Kefyalew Wagari, Hammad, Abdellah, Rabhi, Selma, Nouneh, Khalid(2025). Resistance dynamics in a solar cell with novel lead-free perovskite absorbers (LiMgI3 and NaMgI3): Performance optimization using SCAPS-1D simulation and impedance spectroscopy. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. p. 112972. Pergamon

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Al Yeamin, Maruf, Hosen, Asif, Hossain, Md Adil, Abdulhussein, Heider A, Pingak, Redi Kristian, Joifullah, Sheikh, Hassan, Waqed H, Abu-Jafar, Mohammed S(2025). Study on pressure-induced band gap modulation and physical properties of direct band gap Ca3NX3 (X= Cl, Br) for optoelectronic and thermoelectric applications. Surfaces and Interfaces. 56. p. 105559. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Bouri, Nabil, Talbi, Abdelali, Makha, Mohammed, Bouich, Amal, Nouneh, Khalid(2025). CH3NH3Pb1- xCuxI3-based solar cell: Numerical study and optimization with different inorganic hole transport layers. Chemical Physics Impact. 10. p. 100873. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe(2024). Comparative analysis of polyol-synthesized ZnO nanoparticles through first- principles calculations and experimental characterization. Materials Today Communications. 38. p. 108095. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Guji, Kefyalew Wagari, Wang, Fu-Ming, Chien, Wen-Chen(2024). Effects of cation substitution effects of dicarboxylic acid for energy storage applications. Electrochimica Acta. 497. p. 144604. Pergamon

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Behera, D, Sharma, Ramesh, mana Al-Anazy, Murefah, Yousef, El Sayed, Srivastava, Vipul, Moayad, AJA(2024). Exploring the mechanical, vibrational optoelectronic, and thermoelectric properties of novel half-Heusler FeTaX (X= P, As): a first-principles study. RSC advances. 14. (6). p. 4165--4178. Royal Society of Chemistry

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Behera, Debidatta, Bouri, Nabil, Rivera, Victor José Ramirez, Gonzalo, Fredy Mamani(2024). First principles insight into the study of the structural, stability, and optoelectronic properties of alkali-based single halide perovskite ZSnCl3 (Z= Na/K) materials for photovoltaic applications. Journal of Computational Chemistry. John Wiley \& Sons, Inc.

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Guji, Kefyalew Wagari, Bouri, Nabil, Rivera, Victor José Ramirez(2024). First principles study on the structural stability, mechanical stability and optoelectronic properties of alkali-based single halide perovskite compounds XMgI 3 (X= Li/Na): DFT insight. Nanoscale Advances. 6. (17). p. 4479--4491. Royal Society of Chemistry

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Behera, Debidatta, Allaoui, I, Khuili, Mohamed, Mukherjee, Sanat Kumar, Akila, Boumaza, Al-Qaisi, Samah(2024). First-principle analysis of optical and thermoelectric properties in alkaline-based perovskite compounds AInCl3 (A= K, Rb). The European Physical Journal Plus. 139. (2). p. 127. Springer Berlin Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Bouri, Nabil, Guji, Kefyalew Wagari, Behera, D, Nouneh, Khalid(2024). Numerical analysis of photovoltaic performance in NaSnCl3 and KSnCl3 perovskite absorber layers for solar energy harvesting: SCAPS-1D study. Materials Today Communications. 40. p. 110014. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Maggay, Irish Valerie, Lin, Hsin-Pei, Chang, Yung, Huang, Yu-Tzu, Venault, Antoine(2023). 3 stage filtration system utilizing 3 distinct membranes derived from one single dope solution and finely-tuned phase inversion processes. Separation and Purification Technology. 311. p. 123275. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Venault, Antoine, Chiu, Tai-Yi, Lin, Hao-Tung, Maggay, Irish Valerie, Chang, Yung(2023). A copolymer derivative of poly (4-vinylpyridine propylsulfobetaine) for the design of thermostable bioinert poly (vinylidene difluoride) microporous membranes by vapor-induced phase separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 325. p. 124686. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Maggay, Irish Valerie, Chang, Yung, Venault, Antoine(2023). Recent advances on the fabrication of antifouling phase-inversion membranes by physical blending modification method. Membranes. 13. (1). p. 58. MDPI

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Behera, Debidatta, Akila, Boumaza, Mukherjee, Sanat Kumar, Shaker, Ahmed, Salah, Mostafa M(2023). Studies on optoelectronic and transport properties of XSnBr3 (X= Rb/Cs): a DFT insight. Crystals. 13. (10). p. 1437. MDPI

Venault, Antoine, Zhou, Rui-Jie, Galeta, Tesfaye Abebe, Chang, Yung(2022). Engineering sterilization-resistant and fouling-resistant porous membranes by the vapor-induced phase separation process using a sulfobetaine methacrylamide amphiphilic derivative. Journal of Membrane Science. 658. p. 120760. Elsevier

Venault, Antoine, Aini, Hana Nur, Galeta, Tesfaye Abebe, Chang, Yung(2022). Using the dimethyl sulfoxide green solvent for the making of antifouling PEGylated membranes by the vapor-induced phase separation process. Journal of Membrane Science Letters. 2. (2). p. 100025. Elsevier

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Chang, Chia Chi, Imae, Toyoko(2021). Effect of carbon dots on supercapacitor performance of carbon nanohorn/conducting polymer composites. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 94. (2). p. 454--462. Oxford University Press

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Imae, Toyoko(2021). Nanocomposite photoanodes consisting of p-NiO/n-ZnO heterojunction and carbon quantum dot additive for dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4. (1). p. 236--249. ACS Publications

Geleta, Tesfaye Abebe, Imae, Toyoko(2020). Influence of additives on zinc oxide-based dye sensitized solar cells. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 93. (4). p. 611--620. Oxford University Press