Experience

South Central College

• Mankato, Minnesota, United States

• Tenure track Physics professor

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Mercer County Community College

• United States

• Physics Instructor

  • Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Preparation of online lectures in Calculus-based Classical Mechanics • Organization and teaching of online introductory classical mechanics laboratories • Preparation of online lectures in Calculus-based Classical Mechanics • Organization and teaching of online introductory classical mechanics laboratories



Everett Community College

• Everett, Washington, United States

• Physics Instructor

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2021

  • Preparation of online and in-class lectures in Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism • Organization and teaching of introductory laboratories • Monitoring and supervision of laboratory groups for the realization of intensive laboratory projects and laboratory reports within given deadlines • Development of laboratory optimization strategies • Preparation of online and in-class lectures in Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism • Organization and teaching of introductory laboratories • Monitoring and supervision of laboratory groups for the realization of intensive laboratory projects and laboratory reports within given deadlines • Development of laboratory optimization strategies



University of Mary Washington

• Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States

• Physics Instructor

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  • Preparation of in-class lectures in algebra-based Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism • Organization and teaching of introductory laboratories • Development of laboratory optimization strategies • Preparation of in-class lectures in algebra-based Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism • Organization and teaching of introductory laboratories • Development of laboratory optimization strategies



Virginia Commonwealth University

• Virginia, United States

• Research assistant in the theoretical analysis of impurities in semiconductors

  • Aug 2011 - May 2017

  • Prediction of luminescence bands and calculations of the probability of formation of defects in electron-irradiated/non-radiated GaN using hybrid density functional methods (HSE06), Mathematica, VASP and Fortran 90. • Electronic structure of cadmium sulfide using the generalized gradient approximation (PBE-GGA). • Analysis of magnetic properties of native defects in GaN. • Comparison of theoretical data with photoluminescence spectroscopy of GaN grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) and metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). • Publication of the following articles: 1) D. O. Demchenko, I. C. Diallo, and M. A. Reshchikov, Magnesium acceptor in gallium nitride. II. Koopmans-tuned Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerhof hybrid functional calculations of its dual nature and optical properties, Phys. Rev. B 97, 205205 (2018) https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.205205 2) I. C. Diallo and D. Demchenko, Native Point Defects in GaN: A Hybrid-Functional Study, Phys. Rev. App. 6, 064002 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.064002 3) D. Demchenko, I. C. Diallo and M. Reshchikov, Hydrogen-carbon complexes and the blue luminescence band in GaN, J. App. Phys. 119, 035702 (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4939865 4) D. Demchenko, I. C. Diallo and M. Reshchikov, Yellow Luminescence of Gallium Nitride Generated by Carbon Defect Complexes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 087404 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.087404 Show less