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CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TITLE (if any):
OFFICE ADDRESS: Chemistry Department, Building 96, Office C13:
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E-MAIL ADDRESS: solomonlibsu@yahoo.com
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EDUCATION
Undergraduate
Year of Degree Degree Institution
1982 BSc Addis Ababa University
1989 MSc Addis Ababa University
2008 PhD Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS (Partial List)
- Head, Department of Chemistry,
Bahir Dar Teachers College 1992-1995, 1999-2001
- Research and Publication Committee,
Bahir Dar Teachers College 1992-1994
- Continuing Education Coordinator, Bahir Dar
Teachers College 1995- 1997
- Academic Programs Officer,
Bahir Dar University 2008- 2009
- Associate Vice President for Graduate
Program, Research and Community Service,
Bahir Dar University 2009- 2010
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:
- Member of Research and Publication Committee,
Bahir Dar Teachers College 1992-1994
- Chairman of Scholarship Committee,
Bahir Dar Teachers College 1995-1997
- Coordinator of NPT Projects, Bahir Dar University 2009
- Chairperson of Bahir Dar University
Research Ethics Review Committee 2009- 2010
TRAINING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
- Have been engaged in the teaching of all organic chemistry courses and serving as a guide in the theses works of postgraduate students enrolled in the Department of Chemistry since 2008.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Have been teaching organic chemistry courses in the undergraduate as well as postgraduate programs of the Department of Chemistry since 1989.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Chemical Society of Ethiopia
SHORT TERM TRAININGS
- Leadership & Management Capacity Development LMCD-EHE (NPT 272), August 2009
& February 2010.
- PABIN/SIDCER Health Research Human Participant Protection, GCP and SOP Training
for Institutional Ethics Review (July 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
1. Libsu S. and Singh A. K. (2007) Photochemical studies on b-ionyl hydrazone. Indian J. Chem. 46B, 1133-1136.
2. Libsu S. and Singh A. K. (2007) Development of aqua-soluble compounds based on vitamin A series molecules: Synthetic transformations of b-ionone. Indian J. Chem. 46B, 1297-1302.
3. Libsu S. and Singh A. K. (2010) Antiradical activity of b-ionyl compounds. Lett. Org. Chem. 7, 338-342.
4. Osman Ahmed, Solomon Libsu, Demewez Moges (2013) A study of antioxidant activities of guava (psidium guajava) and mango (mangifera indica) fruits. Int. J. Int sci. Inn. Tech. Sec. B) 2 (3), 1-5.
5. Alemayehu Gashaw, Solomon Libsu, R.B. Chavan (2014) Evaluation of the Feasibility of Biogas Production from Leftover Foods of Bahir Dar University Students’ Cafeteria. IJSR 3 (5), 122-1127.
6. Andebet Gedamu Tamirat, Abrham Sendek and Solomon Libsu (2014) Optimizing Dyeing Parameters of Remazol Golden Yellow G Dye upon Cotton Fabric. IJAR, 2 (3), 234-240.
7. Tesfaye Tebeka and Solomon Libsu (2014) Assessment of antioxidant potential of Moringa stenopetala leaf extract. Ethiop. J. Sci. & Technol. 7(2), 93-104.
8. Belete Tewabe Gebeyehu and Solomon Libsu Bikilla (2015) Determination of Caffeine Content and Antioxidant Activity of Coffee. American Journal of Applied Chemistry, 3(2), 69-76.
9. Dimberu G. Atinafu, Shamshad K. B. and Solomon Libsu (2015). Quality characterization of Niger seed oil (Guizotia Abyssinica Cass.) produced in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. African Journal of Biotechnology, 14(3), 171-174.
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Photochemistry of Conjugated Hydrazones, Development and Aqua-Solubilization of
Antioxidants, Natural Products, Organic Synthesis
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