AMANUEL ZELELLOW

1301 S Thomas St Apt. A

Arlington, VA 22204
Cell: 202-374-8323 az9d18a6@westpost.net
SUMMARY
A highly motivated and hard working individual with extensive
experience in small molecule crystal growth, powder X-ray
diffraction, atomic force microscopy, and a broad array of
spectroscopic and thermal analysis methods.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2003 - 2010 Graduate Research Assistant, Georgetown University
- Determined the effects of small organic dyes on crystal growth
modification of uric acid crystals which are major organic components
of kidney stones
- Solid working knowledge of solid state dehydration reactions: studied
the dehydration of pure and doped uric acid dihydrate (UAD) under
different environments.
- Determined the isothermal and non-isothermal kinetics of UAD phase transformat
ion
- Characterized topographical changes and growth velocity on the (100)
face of anhydrous uric acid (UA) single crystals in the presence of
pure and doped growth solutions using in situ atomic force microscopy
- Independently led general and organic chemistry laboratory courses and student
lab practicum
2001-2003 Graduate Student, Pretoria University
- Developed an easy, fast and cost effective way to analyze and finger print com
mercial South
African essential oils using a prototype comprehensive 2D gas chromatography
- Quantitatively differentiated oils of different origin based on their typical
components
to distinguish between authentic and fraudulent essential oils
EDUCATION
Georgetown University, Chemistry Department, Washington, DC
Ph.D., Organic-Analytical Chemistry, June 2010
Dissertation title: "Crystallization and Phase Transformation of Uric Ac
ids"
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer A. Swift
Pretoria University, Chemistry Department, Pretoria, South Africa
M.Sc., Analytical Chemistry, August 2003
Thesis title: "The Analysis of Some South African Essential Oils by Comprehens
ive
Two - Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC X GC)"
Advisor: Dr. Egmont R. Rohwer
Asmara University, Chemistry Department, Asmara, Eritrea
Bachelor of Science
Major: Chemistry, minor: Geology.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
- Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD)
- Spectroscopy : UV-Vis, Raman, FT-IR,
- Compound analysis: NMR, GC-MS
- Thermal methods: TGA, DSC, hot-stage.
- Atomic emission and absorption
- Lab equipment maintenance and repair
- Very good computer skills
- Multilingual
AFFILATIONS
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
PUBLICATIONS
1. Zellelow, A. Z.; Abiye, M.; Fink, D. A.; Ford, C. E.; Kim, K.-H.;
Sours, R. E.; Yannette, C. M.; Swift, J. A. "Doping Uric Acid
Crystals. Part I: Uric Acid Dihydrate," Cryst. Growth Des.
2010, 10 (8), 3340-3347.
2. Zellelow, A. Z.; Cox, K. A.; Fink, D. A.; Ford, C. E.; Kim, K.-H.;
Sours, R. E.; Swift, J. A. "Doping Uric Acid Crystals Part II:
Anhydrous Uric Acid," Cryst. Growth Des. 2010, 10 (8), 3348-3354.
3. Zellelow, A. Z.; Kim, K.-H.; Sours, R. E.; Swift, J. A. "Solid
State Dehydration of Uric Acid Dihydrate," Cryst. Growth Des.
2010, 10 (1), 418-425.
4. Sours, R. E.; Zellelow, A. Z.; Swift, J. A. "An in situ Atomic
Force Microscopy Study of Uric Acid Crystal Growth,"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 9989-9995.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1. "Monitoring the Dehydration of Uric Acid Dihydrate by PXRD and
Thermal Methods" A. Z. Zellelow, R. E. Sours, K. H. Kim, and
J. A. Swift, American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting
2008 (Knoxville, TN), June 2008. (poster)
2. "Dehydration of Uric Acid Dihydrate under different Environmental
Conditions" A. Z. Zellelow, R. E. Sours, K. H. Kim, and J. A. Swift,
Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium XVI (Iowa City, IA) Jun. 2006
. (seminar)
3. "Dehydration Studies of Pure and Doped Uric Acid Dihydrate Crystals"
A. Z. Zellelow, R. E. Sours, K. H. Kim, C. E. Ford, S. Dehghan, and
J. A. Swift, 230th ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC) Aug. 2005. (poster)
4. "Dehydration Studies of Pure and Doped Uric Acid Dihydrate Crystals"
A. Z. Zellelow, R. E. Sours, K. H. Kim, C. E. Ford, S. Dehghan, and
J. A. Swift, International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic
Solid State XVII (Los Angeles, CA) Jul. 2005. (poster)
5. "The Analysis of Some South African Essential Oils by Comprehensive
Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography" Amanuel Z. Zellelow, Werner
Welthagen and Egmont R. Rohwer, International Symposium on
Analytical Science - Analytika 2002 (University of Stellenbosch,
Stellenbosch, South Africa) Dec. 2002. (poster)