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Education
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, 2007
Post Graduate Diploma in Mathematics, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2001 - 2002
M.Sc. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2000
B.Sc. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1997
Professional Experience
Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville --August 2022-present
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville --August 2018-July 2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- August 2014-July 2018
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mathematics, Penn State University--August 2011-July 2014
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University-- January 2009-July 2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Costal Carolina University, August 2007-December 2008
Funded Research Projects
NSF DMS: Analytical Aspects of Nonlocal Models in Applications, August 2022-July 2025
NSF DMS: A qualitative study of nonlocal models in mechanics, July 2019- July 2022. Role: PI.
NSF DMS: Mathematical analysis on peridynamic models , August 2016-July 2019, Role: PI.
NSF DMS:Mathematical theory of peridynamic and nonlocal models, August 2013-August 2016, Role: PI.