ZAREH DARAKJIAN

CITIZENSHIPUSA

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

(302) 345 –0464

302) 292 – 0585

DATE OF BIRTH: December 1st, 1950

LANGUAGES I CAN TRANSLATE FROM

  • Arabic -> English
  • German -> English
  • French -> English
  • Spanish -> English
  • Italian -> English
  • Armenian -> English

EDUCATION

  • 7th through 12 grade (instruction: Arabic)
  • Engineering (Instruction: Arabic)
  • University of California, Davis 1983 – 1988Ph.D.Comp. / Theo. Chemistry
  • California State University, Northridge1981 - 1983M.S.Theoretical Chemistry
  • Haigazian University College1972 - 1975B.S. Honors Biology Chemistry
  • Aleppo University Engineering 1970 - 1971First Year Engineering
  • Maahad Halab Al-Aalmi (Aleppo College) 1964 - 1970Syrian Baccalaureate Scientific Section
RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS HIGHLIGHTS
  • Through the use of a suite of propgrams, for STM image calcultions - developped and written by me - identified some “unexplained” features appearing in experimental STM images (Hamers and coworkers), as being the sideways (inter-dimer) 4 + 2 product of butadiene with Si (001). This possibility was first suggested to me by my preceptor, Professor Douglas J. Doren. (2002)
  • Developed and applied a suite of FORTRAN programs for STM image calculations (constant height, constant current, apparent heights, local density of state) ignoring tip effects. (2002)
  • Developmed (simutaneously with the above) a suite of programs for calculating Green functions, and STM molecular wire conductivities and currents using the non-equilibrium Green’s Function formalism – including tip effects - and applied it to several systems. (2002)
  • Developed a program for the calculation of ab initio total, and difference electronic charge distribution maps. (2001)

The above were completed in about 10 months.

  • Upon a suggestion by the Late Edward F. Hayes, developed and programmed for a direct time-delay calculation method for accurate 3D quantum scattering calculations. This secures accuracy and speed through avoiding the numberical differentiation step of the S-Matrix for time-delay and eignlifetime calculations. This is known now as the “Darakjian-Hayes method for calculation of of time-delays” (1996)
  • Developed a FORTRAN program for casting the “effective potential” calculation stage in a DVR within the context of accurate 3D quantum reactive scattering calculations. This allowed us to use sparse matrix technology, thus realizing savings in memory-usage and execution time.
  • Developed and applied a suite of programs for the calculation of both experimentally-based and theoretically derived deformation and difference density maps (respectively), and applied them to four different systems. (1988)
NON-RESEARCH RELATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Advanced-level classical piano player
  • Proficiency in translation into English from German, French, Spanish, Arabic and Armenian
  • A 3-year highly successful lecturing position in chemistry at the Ohio State University. During this time, the Department of Chemistry was continuously faced with student requests to transfer to my section which was already 400-students full.

Employment History

  • Free-lance translator Feb. 2004 – present A Thousandtongues.com
  • Research Associate2001 – presentChemistry Department, University of Delaware
  • Lecturer in Chemistry1997 – 2000Chemistry Department The Ohio State University
  • Research Associate1993 - 1996Chemistry Department The Ohio State University
  • Research Associate1992 – 1993Chemistry Department Rice University
  • Teaching Assistant 1983 - 1988Chemistry Department University of California, Davis
  • Private Tutoring of Arabic 1976 – 1977 In Aleppo Syria

PUBLICATIONS

  • Eight full-manuscripts and five conference abstracts. Three aditional publications are expected within the coming months.

Available upon request.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
  • Work presented in ~ 10 confernces and seminars, the latest of which is one related to my STM image calculation work presented by Professor Douglas J. Doren at the 2002 July Telluride Conference. Available upon request.

HONORS

  • Calouste Gulbenkian Award, Davis, California (1986)
  • Clorox Award, Davis, California (1987)
  • B.S. with Honors (1975)
  • Elected “Best Graduate Student at U.C. Davis”

REFERENCES

  • Available upon request