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FORTUNATUS RWEGASIRA JACOB

Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

014 - 2017: Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering from the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha 2012-2013: M.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering from the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja 2009

Publications:

Fortunatus Rwegasira Jacob is a Lecturer in the Chemistry Department. He attained his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST). His area of specialization is Computational Chemistry.

 

Dr. Jacob received a Bachelor degree (BSc Ed) in 2011 from the University of Dar es Salaam, in 2012 he joined the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja for MSc degree in Materials Science and Engineering which he graduated in 2013. He then joined the University of Dar es Salaam in 2013 as Assistant Lecturer in the Chemistry Department.

 

Dr. Jacob has so far received three (3) UDSM Competitive Research Grant Awards.

 

Teaching:

CH 394: Fundamentals of Theoretical Chemistry

CH 253: Surface Chemistry for Petroleum Industry

CH 603: Solid State Chemistry

CH 118: Physical and Analytical Chemistry

 

Recent Publications:

  1. Deogratias, G., Shadrack, D. M., Munissi, J. J., Kinunda, G. A., Jacob, F. R., Mtei, R. P., ... & Nyandoro, S. S. (2022). Hydrophobic π-π stacking interactions and hydrogen bonds drive self-aggregation of luteolin in water. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 116, 108243.

  2. F. Jacob. Structural, vibrational and thermodynamic properties of the isomers of the dimer molecules Ba2X4 (X = F, Cl, Br, or I). Structural Chemistry 33, 1285–1294 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-022-01936-w. (SPRINGER)

  3. S. Imani, F. Jacob, Quantum chemical study of structure, vibrational spectra and thermodynamic properties of molecular and ionic clusters existing in vapours over strontium dichloride. Molecular Physics. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2022.2037773. (TAYLOR AND FRANCIS)

  4. P. Kirenga, S. Mlowe, Y. Msambwa, L. W. Kiruri, F. R. Jacob, J. E. Mgaya, G. A. Kinunda, S. L. Mkoma, G. Deogratias. Influence of Heteroatoms on the Optoelectronic Properties of Triphenylamine-based Dyes for DSSCs Application: A Computational Approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1210 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113644 (ELSEVIER).

  5. S. L. Mkoma, Y. Msambwa, J. E. Mgaya, F. R. Jacob, L. W. Kiruri, G. A. Kinunda, S. Mlowe, G. Deogratias. Optical and Electronic Properties of para-Functionalized Triphenylamine Based Dyes: A Theoretical Study. Structural Chemistry. 33, 409–419 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-021-01837-4 (SPRINGER).

  6. F. Jacob, T.P. Pogrebnaya, A.M. Pogrebnoi, Ionic species in vapour over barium diiodide: Quantum chemical study of structure and thermodynamic properties, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1117 (2017) 196–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.08.022 (ELSEVIER).

  7. F. Jacob, T.P. Pogrebnaya, A.M. Pogrebnoi, Structure and thermodynamic properties of cluster ions in saturated vapour over barium dibromide, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1101 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2016.12.035 (ELSEVIER).

  8. F. Jacob, A.M. Pogrebnoi, T.P. Pogrebnaya, Cluster ions in saturated vapor over barium difluoride: Structure and thermodynamic properties, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1091 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2016.07.011 (ELSEVIER).

  9. I. E. Kalu, E. E. Jossou, F. Jacob, A. I. Ilboudo, A. F. Adedeji, W. O. Soboyejo: Polymer Reinforced Laterite for Building Materials, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5(2), (2015) (IJET).