Joshua Olaf Aggrey

Experience

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  University of Ghana

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Intern

  Supervisor: Dr. Abdul Rashid Adams •Parasitology •Microbiology •Chemical Biology

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  University of Cape Coast

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  •Determination and Characterization of Biogenic Amines.•Developing various bioactive and natural product-derived lactones for drug development. Research Advisor: Dr. Salifu Seidu-Larry Skills: HPLC, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, NMR Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry

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  Ghana Standards Authority

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2019

  Undergraduate Student Researcher

  Supervisor: Mr. Derry Dontoh •Biogenic Amines•Analytical Chemistry (Spectroscopy)•Biotechnology

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  University of Cape Coast

  Sept 2019 - Aug 2020

  Teaching Assistant

  Undergraduate Level Courses Taught - Chemistry of Carbanions and Aromatic Compounds - Chemistry of Natural Products - Biochemical Techniques - Biocomputing Supervisor: Dr. Salifu Seidu-Larry

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  East Tennessee State University

  Mar 2023 - now

  Spin Transport Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (Janus TMDCs) Nanoribbons: Implications for SpintronicsResearch Advisor: Prof. Frank Hagelberg Skills: Density Functional Theory (DFT), Non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF),QuantumATK, Materials Modeling Total Synthesis of Bacterial Glycerophospholipids for Biomembrane Model study: A means to advanced biofuel production (Master’s Thesis) Research Advisor: Prof. Robert Frank StandaertSkills: NMR Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Organic Synthesis, Gas Chromatography, Flash Chromatography Courses Taught.-CHEM 1120: General Chemistry II Lab (Spring 2023)-CHEM 2011: Organic Chemistry I Lab (Fall 2023)-CHEM 2021: Advanced Organic Synthesis Lab (Spring 2024) Deprotonation of terminal platinum polyynyl complexes and their reactions with organic and inorganic electrophiles. Research Advisors: Prof. John A. Gladysz (Texas A&M University) and Prof. Cassandra Theresa Eagle Skills: Catalysis, X-ray Crystallography, NMR Spectroscopy

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Apr 2023 - now

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Mar 2023 - now
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  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  May 2023 - now

  Graduate Student Researcher

  Center for Molecular Biophysics (Shull Wollan Center)•Solvent-induced membrane stress in biofuel production: molecular insight from all atom small angle neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations (Master’s Thesis)•Predicting the partition coefficient of octanol-water in a model lipid bilayer using Graph Convolutional Neural Network.•Development of data-driven many-body potentials for molecular dynamics simulations. Research Advisors: Prof. Jeremy Christopher Smith, Dr. Micholas Dean Smith and Dr. Omar Demerdash Skills: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, High Performance Computing, Machine Learning, Lignocellulosic Biomass, Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Molecular Modeling, GROMACS. Show less