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Meet the Job Seekers - Kayane Dingilian
KAYANE DINGILIAN, The Ohio State University
Abstract Number: 385
Working Group: Meet the Job Seekers
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My name is Kayane Dingilian, and I am a Ph.D. candidate at The Ohio State University in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. I will be graduating at the end of December 2020 and will be available for a career position in January 2021.
I am seeking an academic position where I will be working primarily with undergraduates, whether in the capacity of faculty with research, as a lecturer, or as a postdoctoral scholar to further develop my teaching and research skills. During my graduate career, I developed senior-level coursework and lectured students in various levels of chemical engineering courses, with very positive results and feedback. I would like to continue with the same demographic in a full time career because of my ability to explain complex engineering concepts.
My primary research focus is aerosol physics with phase transitions and droplet freezing, even though I would also like to continue exploring aerosol chemistry. I excel at working as an experimentalist due to my characterization skills that facilitate connecting observed phenomena with theory and simulation. I enjoy employing techniques such as spectroscopy, scattering, and particle classifiers. I have also designed and built novel equipment for collecting quantitative data across various branches of the aerosol sciences. My interpersonal experiences in the laboratory include training graduate students, mentoring undergraduates, and collaborating with researchers across the U.S. and Europe.
I have ample experience using my communication skills to successfully deliver presentations at professional society conferences, within university-led symposia and competitions, and through outreach programs both on and off campus. I have been heavily involved in faculty-student development programs as well as laboratory safety program development and training.
I have experience living and researching on the West Coast, the East Coast and the Midwest, and I enjoyed those endeavors equally.