Asnakew Bewketu Belete

Contact and general information: Asnakew Bewketu Belete, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário Lagoa Nova - Lagoa Nova, Natal - RN, 59078-970, Brazil, Phone: (84) 996246639, Email: asnakew@fisica.ufrn.br /helloasni@gmail.com, Date of Birth: April 16, 1988, Birth place: Gojeb, Ethiopia, Nationality: Ethiopian;Current position:Research assistant (PhD student), Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte ;Areas of specialization:Astrophysics and Cosmology;Appointments held:from April 2012 - June 2015 Lecturer, Madawalabu University and from July 2015 - January 2017 Lecturer, Addis Ababa University;Education:2008 - 2010 BSc. in Physics, Mizan-Tepi University,2010 - 2012 MSc in Astrophysics, Addis Ababa University,2017- present PhD in Astrophysics and cosmology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte;Computational skill:Matlab, Python;Research interest:Extragalactic astrophysics, gravitational lensing, physics of the early universe, dark energy, dark matter:Current research activity:Active galactic nuclei variability study.Publications: Journal articles1. Multifractality signatures in quasars time series ? I. 3C 273, A Bewketu Belete, J P Bravo, B L Canto Martins, I C Leão, J M De Araujo, J R De Medeiros, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018, 478, 3976?3986, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1316.2. Revealing the non-linear behaviour of the lensed quasar Q0957+561, A Bewketu Belete, B L Canto Martins, I C Leao, J R De Medeiros, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 484, 3552-3560, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz203.3. Cosmological evolution of quasar radio emission in the view of multifractalityA. Bewketu Belete, Smain Femmam, Merja Tornikosk, Anne Lahteenmaki, Joni Tammi, I. C. Leao, B. L. Canto Martins, and J. R. De Medeiros, The Astrophysics Journal, 2019, 873, 2, Available at : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab074e.4. A novel approach to study the variability of NGC 5548, A. Bewketu Belete, L. J. Goicoechea, I. C. Leao, B. L. Canto Martins, and J. R. De Medeiros, The Astrophysics Journal, 879, 2, Available at: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab24575. The nature of flux variations in the continuum and broad line of selected AGNs, A. Bewketu Belete, L. J. Goicoechea, I. C. Leao, B. L. Canto Martins, and J. R. De Medeiros, submitted to MNRAS, under revision.6. Nonlinear variability in Seyfert 1 nuclei, A. Bewketu Belete, L. J. Goicoechea, I. C. Leao, B. L. Canto Martins, and J. R. De Medeiros, ready for submission.

master's at Astrofisica from Addis Ababa University (2012). Has experience in Astronomy, focusing on Extragalactic Astrophysics