Professor

College of Science and Technology
Department of Physics
Marteena 306, Gibbs 302, Lab- IRC 005/07 E:

Publications

Book Chapters & Reports 

  1. Wallace, D. J. Funk, J. G. Kaup, Solomon Bililign, M. D. Morse and W. H. Breckenridge. “Half-Collision Studies of Singlet-to-Triplet Energy Transfer within Electronically Excited CdH2 and CdD2 Complexes.” The Chemical Dynamics and Kinetics of Small Radicals, Eds. B. Liu and A. Wagner (World Scientific, 1996).  ISBN-13: 978-9810229856 
  2. S. Bililign, B Hattaway, “Energy Transfer and Reactions in Li(np) –Ar, H2, CH4 Collisions,” Recent Research Developments in Chemical Physics, 39 (2002) 249-269, Transworld Research Network. ISBN: 8178950669 9788178950662
  3. Solomon Bililign and P. D. Kleiber. “Reaction Dynamics of Na (42P) + H2: Effects of Reactant Orbital Alignment on product State distribution,” Spectral Line Shapes, V6, Editors: Lother Frommhold and John Keto, (AIP Press, NY 1990)  ISBN 10: 0883187914ISBN 13: 9780883187913 
  4. Solomon Bililign, (2016). Integrating Research into Teaching for Enhanced Recruitment and Training of Undergraduates. A research mentoring guide for early career stem faculty at HBCU’s”. quality education for minorities (QEM) NETWORK. Published.  
  5. Taboada, H., Ferregut, C., Flores, B., Bililign, S., Engel, L., Rathbun, L., Ramos, I. and Winter, R. (2020) Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Minorities in STEM Research Abroad. Public Report. https://www.utep.edu/engineering/imse/stemresearchabroad/_Files/docs/TABOADA---OISE1848137-report.pdf 

 

Refreed Journal Articles:  

  1. Vizuete, W.  Kim J. , Chartier R. , Doraiswamy P., Fiddler M.N. , Newman R., Bililign S. , Rao V. , Hartwell, H., Zavala J., Baumann K.1, (2023) “Human Bronchial Epithelial Lung Cell in vitro exposures to Ultrafine (Nano sized) Aerosols from the Combustion of White Pine” submitted Environmental Science and Technology 
  2. Megan Mouton, Kotiba A. Malek, Markie’Sha James, Rudra Pokhrel, Marc N. Fiddler, Akua A. Asa-Awuku, and Solomon Bililign, (2023) The Hygroscopic Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosol from Biomass Fuels-Eucalyptus and Dung under Different Combustion Conditions,  Aerosol Science and Technology, Volume 57, Issue 7  https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2023.2198587 
  3. Marc N. Fiddler, Chelia Thompson, Rudra P. Pokhrel, Francesca Majluf, Manjula Canagaratna, Edward C. Fortner, Conner Daube, Joseph R. Roscioli, Tara I. Yacovitch, Scott C. Herndon, Solomon Bililign.(2023) Emission factors from wildfires in the Western US – An investigation of fuel type and diurnal dependencies during the FIREX-AQ 2019 campaign.  Under Review Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere 
  4. Timothy Honablew, Rudra Pokhrel, Marc fiddler and Solomon Bililign (2023), “Fractal Dimensions of Biomass Burning Aerosols from TEM Images using Box Grid Method and Nested Square Method” Atmosphere 2023, 14(2), 221, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020221 
  5. Janica N. D. Gordon, Kelsey R. Bilsback, Marc N. Fiddler, Rudra P. Pokhrel, Emily V. Fischer, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Solomon Bililign (2023) “The Effects of Trash, Residential Biofuel, and Open Biomass Burning Emissions on Local and Transported PM2.5 and its Attributed Mortality in Africa” GeoHealth, Vol.7, Issue 2; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GH000673 
  6. Christina Isaxon, Asmamaw Abera, Araya Asfaw, Solomon Bililign, Axel Eriksson, Ebba Malmqvist, Kedir Teji Roba, (2022), A call for action: Air Pollution, a serious health and economic hazard suffocating Africa, Clean Air Journal, Vol 22 #2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/caj/2022/32/2.15116 
  7. Jacquelyn K Shuman, ……… Solomon Bililign, et al. (2022) “Reimagine fire science for the Anthropocene”, PNAS Nexus,  pg115, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac115 
  8. Rudra Pokherl, Janica Gordon Marc N Fiddler, Solomon Bililign (2021) “Determination of Emission Factors of Pollutants from Biomass Burning of African fuels in Laboratory Measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere-V 120, Issue 20  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034731 
  9. Rudra Pokherl, Janica Gordon, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign.(2021) “Impact of Combustion Conditions on Physical and Morphological Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosol”. Aerosol Science and Technology, 2021, 55(1), 80-91, https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2020.1822512 
  10. Jaime Ross Green. Marc Nicholas Fiddler, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Erin E. McDuffie, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jason Clay Schroder, Jose L. Jimenez, Andrew John Weinheimer, Glenn M. Wolfe, Solomon Bililign, Steven S. Brown (2021) “Wintertime Constraint of Primary and Secondary Formaldehyde Emission Sources over the Eastern Coastal United States.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 2021, 126(5), e2020JD033518, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033518 
  11. W. Lassman, J.R.  Pierce, Bangs, A. P. Sullivan, B.  Ford, G.  Mengistu Tsidu, J.P. Sherman, J. L. Collette, Solomon Bililign, (2020) “Using low-cost measurement systems to investigate air quality: a case study in Palapye, Botswana” Atmosphere, 11(6) 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060583 
  12. Kunkel, K. E, D.R. Easterling, A. Ballinger, Solomon Bililign, S.M. Champion, D.R. Corbett, K. D. Dello, J. Dissen, G. M. Lackmann, R. A. Luettich, Jr., L.B. Perry, W.A. Robinson, L.E. Stevens, B. C. Stewart, and A. J. Terando, {2020): “North Carolina Climate Science Report.” North Carolina Institute of Climate Studies, 233PP. https://ncics.org/nccsr 
  13. Damon Smith, Rudra Pokherl, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign (2020). “Laboratory studies of fresh and aged biomass burning aerosols emitted from sub-Saharan Africa biomass fuels – PART 1: Optical properties.” Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2020, 20(17), 10149-10168, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10149-2020 
  14. Damon Smith, Marc N. Fiddler, Cui Tianqu, Rudra Pokherl, Jason D. Surratt, Solomon Bililign (2020). “Laboratory studies of fresh and aged biomass burning aerosols emitted from sub-Saharan Africa biomass fuels – PART II: Chemical properties and characterization”. Atoms. Chem. Phys. 2020, 20(17), 10169-10191, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10169-2020
  15. Emmanuel Sarpong, Damon Smith, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign (2020). “Refractive Indices of Biomass Burning Aerosols Obtained from African Biomass Fuels using RDG Approximations”. Atmosphere 2020, 11(1), 62; doi: 10.3390/atmos11010062 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11010062 
  16. Jessica D. Haskins, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilifiker, Ben H. Lee, Viral Shah, Glenn M. Wolfe, Joshua DiGangi, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Erin E. McDuffie, Patrick R. Veres, Jason C. Schroder, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas A. Day, Jose L. Jimenez, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Tamara L. Sparks, Ronald C. Cohen, Teresa L. Campos, Amy P. Sullivan, Hongyu Guo, Rodney J. Weber, Jack Dibb, Jaime R. Green, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign, Lyatt Jaeglé, Steven S. Brown, Joel A. Thornton (2019). “Anthropogenic control over wintertime oxidation of atmospheric pollutants.” Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, 46(24), 14826-14835;  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085498 
  17. Solomon Bililign, (2019) “Building Capacity in Geosciences at HBCU’s”, Journal of Geosciences Education, 67; 4 351-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2019.1636337 
  18. Jaime R. Green, Marc N. Fiddler, John S. Holloway, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Erin E. McDuffie, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jason C. Schroder, Jose L. Jimenez, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Janine Aquino, D. D. Montzka, Samuel R. Hall, Kirk Ullmann, Viral Shah, Lyatt Jaeglé, Joel A. Thornton, Solomon Bililign, Steven S. Brown (2019). “Rates of wintertime atmospheric SO2 oxidation based on aircraft observations during clear-sky conditions over the eastern United States”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019, 124(12), 6630-6649;  https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030086 
  19. Damon Smith, Marc N. Fiddler, Kenneth Sexton, Solomon Bililign (2019). “Construction and characterization of an indoor smog chamber for measuring the optical and physicochemical properties of aging biomass burning aerosols”. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2019, 19(3), 467-483. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2018.06.0243   
  20. Viral Shah, Lyatt Jaeglé, Joel A. Thornton, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilifiker, Ben H. Lee, Jason C. Schroder, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose L. Jimenez, Hongyu Guo, Amy P. Sullivan, Rodney J. Weber, Jaime R. Green, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign, Teresa L. Campos, Mechan Stell, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Denise D. Montzka, Steven S. Brown (2018). “Chemical feedbacks suppress the wintertime response of atmospheric particulate sulfate and nitrate to emissions reductions over the Eastern” U.S. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115(32), 8110-8115. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/32/8110  
  21. Ben H. Lee, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilifiker, Jason C. Schroder, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose L. Jimenez, Erin E. McDuffie, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Patrick R. Veres, Steven S. Brown, Teresa L. Campos, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Frank F. Flocke, Gary Norris, Kate O’Mara, Jaime R. Green, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign, Viral Shah, Lyatt Jaeglé, Joel A. Thornton (2018). “Airborne observations of reactive inorganic chlorine and bromine species in the exhaust of coal-fired power plants.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2018, 123(19), 11,225-11,237;  https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029284 
  22. Ben H. Lee, Felipe D. Lopez-Hilifiker, Patrick R. Veres, Erin E. McDuffie, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Tamara L. Sparks, Carlena J. Ebben, Jaime R. Green, Jason C. Schroder, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Siddharath Iyer, Emma L. D’Ambro, Siegfried Schobesberger, Steven S. Brown, Paul J. Woodridge, Ronald C. Cohen, Ronald C. Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign, Jose L. Jimenez, Theo Kurtén, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Lyatt Jaeglé, Joel A. Thornton (2018). “Flight deployment of a high-resolution time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometer: Observations of reactive halogen and nitrogen oxide species.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2018, 123(14), 7670-7686;  https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD028082 
  23. M.C. Barth, A.K.Cochran, Marc N. Fiddler, James  M. Roberts, Solomon Bililign (2013. “Numerical modeling of cloud chemistry effects on isocyanic acid (HNCO),” Research: Atmospheres, 2013, 118(15), 8688-8701,  https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50661 
  24. Solomon Bililign (2013) “The Need for Interdisciplinary Research and Education for Sustainable Human Development to Deal with Global Challenges” International Journal of African Development Vol. 1. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ijad/vol1/iss1/8 
  25. Keith A. Schimmel; Muktha Jost; Tyrette Sherlone Carter; Shawn Raquel Watlington; Terrie Ruth McManus; Solomon Bililign; Terry White Worrell; Yuh-Lang Lin (2012), Middle and high school teacher professional development ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings  
  26. Solomon Bililign, Y.-L. Lin, R. Davis, S. Ilias, L. Kurkalova, Y. Kyei, Y. Rastigeyev and G.  Uzochukwu, (2012) “Effects of Global Warming on North Carolina,” International Journal of Climate Change Impacts and Responses, Vol. 3 Issue 2, 53-70. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v03i02/37108  
  27. Israel Begashaw, Marc N. Fiddler, Solomon Bililign, Steven S. Brown (2011). “Measurement of the fourth O-H overtone absorption cross section in acetic acid using cavity ring-down spectroscopy.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2011, 115, 753-761, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp1087338 
  28. Marc N. Fiddler, Israel Begashaw, Matthew A. Mickens, Michael S. Collingwood, Zerihun Assefa, Solomon Bililign (2019). “Laser spectroscopy for atmospheric and environmental” sensing. Sensors, 2009, 9 (12), 10447-10512, https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/9/12/10447 
  29. Natenael Semmineh, Solomon Bililign, Denis Hagebaum-Reignier and Gwang-Hi Jeung (2009). “Experimental Studies of Collisions of excited Li (4P) atoms with C2H4,C2H6, C3H8, and Theoretical interpretation of the Li-C2H4 System.”  Chemical Physics 355. 157–163, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.12.007 
  30. Kevin Weddburn, Mel Levy, Solomon Bililign, Robert Gdanitz, (2006) “Geometries and stabilities of 3d-transition metal-cation benzene complexes, M+Bzn (M = Sc-Cu, n = 1,2)”, Chem. Phys. 326, 600. 10.1016/j.chemphys.2006.03.025 
  31. Solomon Bililign  (2005) “Scattering State Spectroscopy as a probe of Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Non-Radiative Energy Transfer: Li(np)+ M System (M = H2, N2,CH4, (n = 2,3,4).[ Refereed Proceeding: Proceedings of the 22nd Course of the International School of Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Erice, Sicily, Italy June 5-21, by Editor: Baldassare Di Bartolo https://www.addall.com/detail/1402047886.html 
  32. Komaragiri, Vivek; McCarter, Benjamin; Bililign, Solomon; Hagebaum-Reignier, Denis; Ledentu, Vincent; Jeung, Gwang-Hi Jeung (2005). “Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Quenching of Li (3p, 4p) by N2,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, 24303. https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1993588 
  33. James Tucker Swindell II, Benjamin McCarter, Vivek Koramagiri and Solomon Bililign (2004).  “QUENCHING OF Li (3P) BY CH4, C2H4, C2H6, C3H8,” Chem. Phys. 305,299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2004.06.068 
  34. Brian C. Hattaway, Solomon Bililign, Lionel Uhl, V. Ledentu and Gwang-Hi Jeung (2004). “Energy transfer in Li (4p) + (Ar, H2 and CH4) Collisions,” J. Chem. Phys, 120,1739. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1634557 
  35. N. Vaval and Solomon Bililign, and Robert J. Gdanitz (2003). “Density functional study on the structure and stability of positive iron rare-gas complexes, Fe+Xn (X = Ar, Xe;  n=1-6,” Chemical Physics 290/2-3,171 – 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0301-0104(03)00125-3 
  36. Solomon Bililign, B. C. Hattaway, and Gwang-Hi Jeung (2002).” Nonradiative Energy Transfer in Li (3p) + CH4   Collisions.” J. Phys. Chem. A106, 222. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp012616w 
  37. Solomon Bililign, B. C. Hattaway, T. L. Robinson, and Gwang-Hi Jeung. (2001).  “Far-Wing Scattering Studies on the Reaction Li* (2p, 3p) + H2 ® LiH (v²= 1, 2, J² ) + H”, J. Chem. Phys. 114, 7052. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1359774 
  38. Solomon Bililign, B. C. Hattaway, Neri Geum and Gwang-Hi Jeung (2000). “Energy Transfer in Li (3p) – H2 Collisions” J. Phys. Chem. A104, 9454-9458. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0020992 
  39. C. S. Feigerle, Solomon Bililign and John C. Miller, (2000). “Nanochemistry: Chemical Reactions of Iron and Benzene within Molecular Clusters,” Journal of Nanoparticle Research. Volume 2(2) 147-155. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010034122603 
  40. B. E. McCarter, Solomon Bililign, C. S. Feigerle, J. C. Miller (1999). “Nanochemistry: Iron Cluster Reactions with Methyl Iodide,” J. Phys. Chem. 103, 6740. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp991380h 
  41. Solomon Bililign, C. S. Feigerle, and John. C. Miller. (1998). “Inverse Laser Ablation Formation and Chemistry of Nanoparticles from Gaseous Precursors.” Applied Surface Science. 127, 344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(97)00653-3 
  42. Solomon Bililign, C. S. Feigerle, John C. Miller and M. Velegrakis. (1998). “Non- Statistical Bond Breaking in the Multiphoton Ionization/Dissociation of [Fe (CO)5]mArn Clusters.” J. Chem. Phys. 108, 6312. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.476038 
  43. J. T. Bahns, L. Lynds, W. C. Stwalley, V. Simmons, T. Robinson and Solomon Bililign.(1997). “Airborne Mercury Detection by Resonant UV Laser Pumping.” Optics Letters. 22,72. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.22.000727 
  44. Solomon Bililign, L. Liu, C. S. Feigerle and John C. Miller. (1997). “Metal ion Chemistry Initiated by Ionization/Dissociation of Organo- Metallic Precursors.” J. Phys. Chem. 101, 4569. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp970476d 
  45. X. M. Zhao, M. Gulley, H. C. Bryant, C. E. M. Strauss, D. J. Funk, A. Stinz, D. Risolve, G. Kyrala, W. Ingalls and Solomon Bililign. (1996).  “Excess Photon Detachment of Negative Hydrogen Ions” Contributed paper to the QELS Conference. https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=QELS-1996-QFD1 
  46. Solomon Bililign, J. G. Kaup and W. H. Breckenridge (1995).” Full and Half-Collision Studies of Metal Atom Singlet –to Triplet Deactivation Induced by Rare Gas Atoms.” J. Phys. Chem. 99, 7878. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100020a009 
  47. Solomon Bililign, Maciej Gutowski, Jack Simons and W. H. Breckenridge (1994). “Potential Energy Curves and Van der Waals Bonding in M (np 2P). RG 2) Excited State and M+. RG Ground States. (M=Li Na; RG= He, Ne).” J. Chem. Phys. 100, 8212. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466764 
  48. Solomon Bililign, Maciej Gutowski, Jack Simons and W. H. Breckenridge. (1993).“Singlet-to-Triplet transfer via 11curve crossing in   Group II and XII Metal  Atom/Rage Gas Systems.” J. Chem. Phys. 99,3815. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.466128 
  49. Solomon Bililign, M. D. Morse, and W. H. Brecknridge. (1993). “Predissociation Lifetimes of Vibrational Levels of excited 1B1 (K’a=0) Electronic States of CdH2 and CdD2 Complexes.” J. Chem. Phys. 98, 2115. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.464189 
  50. P. D. Kleiber, T. H. Wong and Solomon Bililign. (1993). “Collisional Energy Transfer in Na(4p-3d)-He, and H2 collisions.” J. Chem. Phys. 98, 1101. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.464333 
  51. Wallace, D. J. Funk, J.G. Kaup, Solomon Bililign, M. D. Morse, and W. H. Breckenridge. (1993). “Half-Collision Studies of Singlet-To Triplet Energy Transfer: Action Spectroscopy and Predissociation Dynamics of Electronically Excited CdH2 and CdD2 complexes.” Proceedings of SPIE-Int.Soc.Opt. Eng. 1858, (247) Editor: Cheuk.Yi.Ng. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143091 
  52. P. D. Kleiber and Solomon Bililign. (1991). “Excited State reactions of Alkali with Hydrogen.” Proceedings of the Conference on Atomic and Molecular Collisions in Excited State.  Edited by B. Stumpf  [Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho,], p. 123.
  53. W.C. Stwalley, P. D. Kleiber, K. M. Sando, A. M. Lyyra, L. Li, S. Ananthamurthy, Solomon Bililign, H. Wang, J. Wang, and Z. Zafurpulos. (1991).  “Metal-Metal and Metal-Hydrogen Reactive Transition State Faraday.” Discussion of the Chemical Society. 91, 97. https://doi.org/10.1039/DC9919100097 
  54. Solomon Bililign and P. D. Kleiber. (1992). “Initial Rotational Quantum State Distribution of NaH (NaD) in the reaction of Na (42P) with H2, D2, and HD.” J. Chem. Phys. 96, 213. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.462507 
  55. Solomon Bililign, P. D. Kleiber, W. R. Kearney and K. M. Sando. (1992). “Reaction Collision Dynamics of Na (42P) + H2, D2 and HD: Experiment and Theory.” J. Chem. Phys. 96, 218. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.462508 
  56. Solomon Bililign and P. D. Kleiber. (1990). Reaction Dynamics of Na (42P) + H2: Effects of Reactant Orbital Alignment on Reactivity and Product   Rotational State Distribution.” Phys. Rev. A42, 6938. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.42.6938 
  57. P. Mikusik and Solomon Bililign (1987). “Influence of Argon Ion Sputtering and Annealing on the Surface Composition of Amorphous Alloy Fe40Ni40B6Si4 by XPS.” Internal Report, ICTP, Trieste.