Mamaru Bitew Alem (PhD)

1. Full Name: Mamaru Bitew Alem (PhD)
2. Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
3. Institutional email: mamaru_bitew@dmu.edu.et
4. Google scholar/ORCID address/Scopus/WoS: ‪Mamaru Bitew Alem – ‪Google Scholar/ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1880-8572/57849884700/ IAQ-4347-2023
5. Specialization: Bioinorganic Chemistry
6. Courses taught: Industrial Chemistry I, Analytical Chemistry, Fundamental Analytical Chemistry, Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry I, II, and III, Special topics in Inorganic Chemistry, Practical analytical Chemistry I, Practical Inorganic I and II
7. Awards: Presidential award for producing hand sanitizer during Covid-19

Best poster presenter award, 12^th African MRS conference, Kigali, Rwanda

postdoctoral research fellowship award in biophysics (2024 todate), University of Pretoria, South Africa.

• Research interest:  Inorganic Synthesis and analysis, Metal Therapeutics

Computational Photochemistry ,Catalysis

• List of Publications:
• Dinber, B., Hilawea, K. T., Yihune, E., Chanie, G., Metto, M., Bitew, M., … & Abebe, A. (2024). New Brønsted–Lowry acid Co (II) complexes: Synthesis, characterization, and investigation of electrochemical application for sensing of salbutamol. Polyhedron, 117248.
• Zihon, M., Kassa, A., Tigineh, G. T., Chanie, G., Tesfaye, D., Gebrezgiabher, M., Metto, Alem, M.B., & Thomas, M. (2024). Manganese (II) resorcinolate complex: synthesis, characterizations, electrochemical behavior, and antibacterial activities. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 1-11.
•  Damena, T., Desalegn, T., Mathura, S., Getahun, A., Bizuayehu, D., Alem, M. B. & Demissie, T. B. (2024). Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Computational Studies of Novel Co (II) and Zn (II) Fluoroquinoline Complexes for Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities. ACS omega, 9(34), 36761- 36777.
• Tsega, T., Chanie, G., Kassa, A., Gebrezgiabher, M., Tesfaye, D., Metto, M., Bitew & Abebe, A. (2024). Synthesis, structural characterisations, electrochemical behavior and antibacterial activities of a chromium (III) resorcinolate complex. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 19(8), 100659.
• Damena, T., Demissie, T. B., Alem, M. B., Zeleke, D., & Desalegn, T. (2023). In vitro biological activities of novel Ni (II)-2-chloroquinoline derivative complex: Synthesis, characterization and 4 computational studies. Results in Chemistry, 6, 101090.
• Mersha, T. B., Alem, M. B., Demissie, T. B., Eswaramoorthy, R., & Abebe, A. (2023). Molecular Docking, DFT, and Antibacterial Activity Study of a Newly Synthesized Mixed Ligand Complex of Co (II), 1, 10-Phenanthroline, Adenine and Acetamide. Chemistry Africa, 6(4), 1833-1846.
• Damena, T., Alem, M. B., Zeleke, D., Demissie, T. B., & Desalegn, T. (2023). Synthesis and computational studies of novel cobalt (II) and oxovanadium (IV) complexes of quinoline carbaldehyde derivative ligand for antibacterial and antioxidant applications. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1280, 134994.
• Alem, M. B., Desalegn, T., Damena, T., Bayle, E. A., Koobotse, M. O., Ngwira, K. J., … & Demissie, T. B. (2023). Organic–inorganic hybrid salt and mixed ligand Cr (III) complexes containing the natural flavonoid chrysin: Synthesis, characterization, computational, and biological studies. Frontiers in Chemistry, 11, 1173604.
• Alem, M. B., Desalegn, T., Damena, T., Alemayehu Bayle, E., Koobotse, M. O., Ngwira, K. J., … & Demissie, T. B. (2023). Cytotoxicity and Antibacterial Potentials of Mixed Ligand Cu (II) and Zn (II) Complexes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study. ACS omega, 8(14), 13421-13434
• Adane, F., Assefa, W., Alem, M. B., & Dessalegn, M. (2023). Sub-chronic toxicity of the aqueous leaf extract of Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth on biochemical parameters and histopathology of liver and kidney in rats: in vivo and in-silico toxicity studies. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), 30.
• Damena, T., Alem, M. B., Zeleke, D., Desalegn, T., Eswaramoorthy, R., & Demissie, T. B. (2022). Synthesis, characterization, and biological activities of zinc (II), copper (II) and nickel (II) complexes of an aminoquinoline derivative. Frontiers in Chemistry, 10, 1053532.
• Alem, M. B., Damena, T., Desalegn, T., Koobotse, M., Eswaramoorthy, R., Ngwira, K. J., … & Demissie, T. B. (2022). Cytotoxic mixed-ligand complexes of Cu (II): A combined experimental and computational study. Frontiers in Chemistry, 10, 1028957.
• Damena, T., Alem, M. B., Zeleke, D., Desalegn, T., Eswaramoorthy, R., & Demissie, T. B. (2022). Novel zinc (II) and copper (II) complexes of 2-((2-hydroxyethyl) amino) quinoline-3-carbaldehyde for antibacterial and antioxidant activities: A combined experimental, DFT, and docking studies. ACS omega, 7(30), 26336-26352.
• Lemilemu, F., Bitew, M., Demissie, T. B., Eswaramoorthy, R., & Endale, M. (2021). Synthesis, antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Thiazole-based Schiff base derivatives: a combined experimental and computational study. BMC chemistry, 15(1), 67.
• Bitew, M., Desalegn, T., Demissie, T. B., Belayneh, A., Endale, M., & Eswaramoorthy, R. (2021). Pharmacokinetics and drug-likeness of antidiabetic flavonoids: Molecular docking and DFT study. Plos one, 16(12), e0260853.
•  Derbe, T., Temesgen, S., & Bitew, M. (2021). A short review on synthesis, characterization, and applications of zeolites. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2021(1), 6637898.
• Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
• Investigation of the level of Aflatoxins in edible oils market at Debre Markos, Ethiopia (Completed)