Research Tech I Resume Example

A self-motivated individual who has excellent organizational skills and a good eye for detail. Has extensive experience of mathematical and computational modeling, writing scientific reports and articles at the interface between physics and biology. Able to analyze a wide range of data and come up with creative models and solutions.A quick learner who can absorb new ideas and communicate clearly and effectively at any organizational level.

Outstanding undergraduate physics student, 2005.

• The first highest ranking among 41 graduating class in physics.

Scholarship, Basic Physics Programme, ICTP, Italy, 2009.

• Tuition-free; 12-month for talented young science students from the developing countries.

Scholarship, Condenaed Matter Physics Programme, ICTP, Italy, 2010.

• Tuition-free, 12-month pre-doctoral education programme for talented young science students from the developing world.

• Member, American Physical Society.
• Secretary candidate, Ethiopian Physics Society-North America.
• Member, Ethiopian Physical Society.
• Member, Ethiopian Space Science Society.
• Member, Ethiopian Mathematical Society.

• Mathematical and computational modeling at the interface between physics and biology. Gene regulatory networks and its evolution.
• Developing computational tools to analyze data.
• Experience in laboratory bench work.
• Writing scientific articles and reports.

•  Merzu Kebede Belete, Gabor Balazsi and Daniel Charlobis,Backward evolution from gene network dynamics to PLOS Computational Biology (under review).
• Merzu Kebede Belete and Gabor Balazsi, Optimality and adaptation of phenotypically switching cells in fluctuating environments, Physical Review E 2015(92), 062716.
• Merzu Kebede Belete and Gabor Balazsi, Memory and fitness optimization in fluctuating environments (in preparation).

Presentations and poster sessions:

• Oral, Departmental lab presentation see schedules athttp://openwetware.org/wiki/CHIP:Talks.
• Invited talk, Weill Cornell Medical College, Dec 2016,New York, NY, USA.
• Oral, American Physical Society, 2016 Annual March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Poster, Laufer Center 2015 Spring retreat, East Setauket,NY, USA.
• Oral, ICTP alumni gathering, April 2014, Houston, TX,USA.
• Oral, American Physical Society, 2015 Annual MarchMeeting, San Antonio, TX, USA.
• Oral, American Physical Society, 2014 Annual MarchMeeting, Denver, CO, USA.
• Poster, 2014 q-bio Conference in Santa Fe, NM, USA.
• Poster, American Physical Society, 2013 Annual MarchMeeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Poster, 2012 International Conference on Stochastic Processes in System Biology, Genetics and Evolution, Rice University,Houston, TX, USA.