Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa

•    Nanoparticles and Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Novel Structures & Multifunctional Groups and Their Applications
•    Multifunctional Self-Assembled Monolayers on Surfaces and Nanoparticles and Their Self-Assembled Structures
•    Catalysis and Nanocatalysis
•    Multifunctional Nanoporous and Mesoporous Materials for Drug-Delivery
•    Nanomaterials in Cancer Treatment
•    Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

•    Advisory Committee Member for the 3rd International Symposium on Energy and Environmental Photocatalytic Materials (EEPM3), Kraków, Poland; Spring, 2018.
•    Scientific Advisory Board Member for the journal - Materials Today Nano, Elsevier; 2017–Date.
•    Scientific Advisory Board Member for the journal - Small Methods, Wiley; 2017-Date.
•    Guest Editor, Special Issue, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering (FCSE), Springer; 2017–2018.
•    Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Spring 2016.
•    CNPq Science Without Borders Fellowships for Visiting Professorship, Brazil; 2014–2017.
•    Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellowship for Visiting Professorship, Switzerland; 2015–2016.
•    Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Maringá State University, Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil; 2014–2017.
•    Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Fall 2014.
•    Guest Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China; June 2013.
•    Rutgers Board of Trustees Research Fellowships for Scholarly Excellence; 2012
•    NSF-CBET, NanoEHS Award; 2011–2014
•    NSF Special Creativity Award; 2011–2013
•    NSF-DMR, American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellow, One of the 10 National Awardees for 2010.
•    International Advisory Board Member for International Symposium of Nanoporous Materials; 2007–Date.
•    NSF CAREER Award; 2007–2012
•    NSF Grant, Division of Materials Research (DMR); 2008–2011
•    Miller Postdoctoral Fellow Nominee, University of California at Berkeley; 2002
•    University of Toronto Open Fellowships; 1999–2002
•    Fulbright Fellow, University of Delaware and State University of New York at Buffalo; 1996–1998
•    Dean's List and Distinction Graduate; 1989–1992
 

•    2015 - Present: Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick
•    2015 - Present: Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick
•    2019 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Scientific Instruments (ISI), Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic; Summer 2019
•    2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
 

•    Post-doc, Materials Chemistry, McGill University, 2002-2005 
•    Ph.D., Materials Chemistry, University of Toronto, 1998-2002 
•    M.A., Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo & Institute for Lasers, Photonics & Biophotonics, 1996-1998
•    B.Sc., Chemistry (Distinction), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1988-1992