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PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Aveiro, January 2010 - December 2013.
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MSc in Materials Science (under Erasmus Mundus program), University of Aveiro, Aalborg University (Denmark) and Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology (Germany), September 2007 - July 2009.
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MSc program in Physics, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), September 2006 - July 2007. Coursework: Mathematical Methods of Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Computational Physics, Quantum Mechanics I and Classical Electrodynamics.
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Higher Diploma Licence as a Certified Professional Teacher Educator, Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia), September 2005 - July 2006.
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BEd in Physics minor Mathematics, Bahir Dar University, September 2000 - July 2004.
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Junior Researcher at CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, January 2019 - Present.
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Postdoctoral Researcher at CICECO, February 2014 - December 2018.
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Lecturer, Department of Physics, Bahir Dar University, September 2009 - November 2009.
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Assistant Lecturer, Department of Physics, Bahir Dar University, July 2006 - June 2007.
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Graduate Assistant I and II, Department of Physics, Bahir Dar University, July 2004 - June 2006.
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- BPD – FCT - (2014-12-01 – 2019-01-10) SFRH/BPD/93884/2013.
- BPD – CICECO - (2014-02-20 – 2014-11-30) BPD/UI89/6001/2014 - CICECO (Direção).
- BD – FCT- (2010-01-01 – 2013-12-20) SFRH/BD/67108/2009.
- MSc – Erasmus Mundus - (2007-09-19 – 2009-07-31).
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Journal of Luminescence; New Journal of Chemistry; Nanoscale; Materials Horizons; Journal of Materials Chemistry C; Chemical Communications; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics; Nanotechnology; Dalton Transactions; RSC Advances; Molecular Systems Design & Engineering; Methods and Applications in Fluorescence; Journal of Alloys and Compounds; Ceramics International; Journal of Visualized Experiments; Langmuir; Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical; Materials Research Express.
(See: https://publons.com/author/1212185/mengistie-l-debasu#profile)
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- Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2018: Outstanding Reviewer for Nanotechnology and Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, IOP Publishing.
- Publons Peer Review Awards 2018: named in the top 1% of reviewers in the fields of Physics and Chemistry, on Publons' global reviewer database.
- Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2017: recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer for Nanotechnology in 2017, IOP Publishing.
- Outstanding Reviewer Recognitions (2017): awarded certificates of outstanding contribution in reviewing, by Elsevier, e.g., for Journal of Luminescence and Ceramics International.
- Best Poster Award 2016 (1st Prize): Jornadas CICECO 2016, ENERGY-Trends and Future Challenges, Aveiro, Portugal, June 8 - 9.
- Best Poster Award 2015 (1st Prize): Jornadas CICECO 2015, NANOTECHNOLOGY ... FROM THE LAB TO THE INDUSTRY, Aveiro, Portugal, April 14 - 15.
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- FCT Ref. PTDC/FIS-OUT/31469/2017 (Principal Investigator). Funding: 221,702.30 €. Period: July 2018 - June 2021.
- FCT Ref. PTDC/BTM-MAT/31794/2017 (Team Member, 15%). Funding: 235,080.68 €. Period: August 2018 - August 2021.
- FCT Ref. PTDC/CTM-NAN/4647/2014 (Team Member, 70%). Funding 183,945.00 €. Period: July 2016 - June 2019.
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Colloidal (Gd0.98Nd0.02)(2)O-3 nanothermometers operating in a cell culture medium within the first and second biological windowsDebasu, ML; Oliveira, H; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2020, JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS, 38, 5, 483-491.
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Decoding a Percolation Phase Transition of Water at similar to 330 K with a Nanoparticle RulerBrites, CDS; Zhuang, BL; Debasu, ML; Ding, D; Qin, X; Maturi, FE; Lim, WWY; Soh, D; Rocha, J; Yi, ZG; Liu, XG; Carlos, LD 2020, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 11, 16, 6704-6711.
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Radiation-to-heat conversion efficiency in SrF2:Yb3+/Er3+ upconverting nanoparticlesBalabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD 2018, OPTICAL MATERIALS, 83, 1-6.
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The role of Li+ in the upconversion emission enhancement of (YYbEr)(2)O-3 nanoparticlesDebasu, ML; Riedl, JC; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2018, NANOSCALE, 10, 33, 15799-15808.
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A cost-effective quantum yield measurement setup for upconverting nanoparticlesBalabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD 2017, JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 189, 64-70.
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Upconverting Nanoparticles Working As Primary Thermometers In Different MediaBalabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Ferreira, RAS; Carlos, LD 2017, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 121, 25, 13962-13968.
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Instantaneous ballistic velocity of suspended Brownian nanocrystals measured by upconversion nanothermometryBrites, CDS; Xie, XJ; Debasu, ML; Qin, X; Chen, RF; Huang, W; Rocha, J; Liu, XG; Carlos, LD 2016, NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY, 11, 10, 851-+.
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Implementing luminescence thermometry at 1.3 mu m using (GdNd)(2)O-3 nanoparticlesBalabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2016, JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, 180, 25-30.
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Nanoplatforms for Plasmon-Induced Heating and ThermometryDebasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Balabhadra, S; Oliveira, H; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2016, CHEMNANOMAT, 2, 6, 520-527.
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Boosting the sensitivity of Nd3+-based luminescent nanothermometersBalabhadra, S; Debasu, ML; Brites, CDS; Nunes, LAO; Malta, OL; Rocha, J; Bettinelli, M; Carlos, LD 2015, NANOSCALE, 7, 41, 17261-17267.
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Photoluminescent Epoxy/Gd2O3:Eu3+ UV-cured NanocompositesRoppolo, I; Debasu, ML; Ferreira, RAS; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD; Sangermano, M 2013, MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING, 298, 2, 181-189.
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All-In-One Optical Heater-Thermometer Nanoplatform Operative From 300 to 2000 K Based on Er3+ Emission and Blackbody RadiationDebasu, ML; Ananias, D; Pastoriza-Santos, I; Liz-Marzan, LM; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2013, ADVANCED MATERIALS, 25, 35, 4868-4874.
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Energy-transfer from Gd(III) to Tb(III) in (Gd,Yb,Tb)PO4 nanocrystalsDebasu, ML; Ananias, D; Rocha, J; Malta, OL; Carlos, LD 2013, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 15, 37, 15565-15571.
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Nanothermometry: All-In-One Optical Heater-Thermometer Nanoplatform Operative From 300 to 2000 K Based on Er3+ Emission and Blackbody Radiation (Adv. Mater. 35/2013)Debasu, ML; Ananias, D; Pastoriza-Santos, I; Liz-Marzan, LM; Rocha, J; Carlos, LD 2013, ADVANCED MATERIALS , 25, 35, 4817-4817.
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(Gd,Yb,Tb)PO4 up-conversion nanocrystals for bimodal luminescence-MR imagingDebasu, ML; Ananias, D; Pinho, SLC; Geraldes, CFGC; Carlos, LD; Rocha, J 2012, NANOSCALE, 4, 16, 5154-5162.
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