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GRACE ANSGAR KINUNDA

Senior Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

B. Sc. Education and M. Sc. Chemistry-DAR PhD Chemistry-KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Teaching:

Teaching physical chemistry courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students

Research:

Theoretical and experimental chemistry of nanomaterials for different applications

Projects:

  1. Nanomaterials as drug carriers
  2. Computational studies on organic solar cells.

Publications:

  1. Kirenga, P., Mkoma, S. L., Mlowe, S., Msambwa, Y., Kiruri, L. W., Jacob, F. R., Mgaya J.E., Kinunda G.A., Deogratias, G. (2022). Influence of Heteroatoms on the Optoelectronic Properties of Triphenylamine-based Dyes for DSSCs Application: A Computational Approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 113644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113644
  2. Geradius Deogratias, Daniel M. Shadrack, Joan J.E. Munissi, Grace A. Kinunda, Fortunatus R. Jacob, Regina P. Mtei, Rose J. Masalu, Issakwisa Mwakyula, Lucy W. Kiruri, Stephen S. Nyandoro. Hydrophobic - stacking interactions and hydrogen bonds drive self-aggregation of luteolin in water. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108243
  3. Mkoma, S. L., Msambwa, Y., Jacob, F. R., Kiruri, L. W., Kinunda, G. A., Mlowe, S., Deogratias, G. (2021). Optical and electronic properties of para-functionalized triphenylamine-based dyes: a theoretical study. Structural Chemistry. https://doi. org/10.1007/s11224-021-01837-4
  4. Nkabinde, Slindokuhle V., Grace Kinunda, Deogratius Jaganyi, and Allen Mambanda. (2021), Nucleophilic substitution of chloride from the [Pt (chlorido)(NNN)/(NCN)]+,(NNN)= bis (2-pyridyl/2-quinolyl) pyridine,(NCN) = bis (2-pyridyl/2-quinolyl) benzene) complexes by azoles. Results in Chemistry

    LEVEL OF EDUCATION

    B. Sc. Education and M. Sc. Chemistry-DAR

    PhD Chemistry-KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

    SPECIALISED AREAS OF TEACHING

    Teaching physical chemistry courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students

    RESEARCH INTEREST

    Theoretical and experimental chemistry of nanomaterials for different applications

    RECENT PROJECTS

    1. Nanomaterials as drug carriers
    2. Computational studies on organic solar cells.

    RECENT PUBLICATIONS

    1. Kirenga, P., Mkoma, S. L., Mlowe, S., Msambwa, Y., Kiruri, L. W., Jacob, F. R., Mgaya J.E., Kinunda G.A., Deogratias, G. (2022). Influence of Heteroatoms on the Optoelectronic Properties of Triphenylamine-based Dyes for DSSCs Application: A Computational Approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 113644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113644
    2. Geradius Deogratias, Daniel M. Shadrack, Joan J.E. Munissi, Grace A. Kinunda, Fortunatus R. Jacob, Regina P. Mtei, Rose J. Masalu, Issakwisa Mwakyula, Lucy W. Kiruri, Stephen S. Nyandoro. Hydrophobic - stacking interactions and hydrogen bonds drive self-aggregation of luteolin in water. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108243
    3. Mkoma, S. L., Msambwa, Y., Jacob, F. R., Kiruri, L. W., Kinunda, G. A., Mlowe, S., Deogratias, G. (2021). Optical and electronic properties of para-functionalized triphenylamine-based dyes: a theoretical study. Structural Chemistry. https://doi. org/10.1007/s11224-021-01837-4
    4. Nkabinde, Slindokuhle V., Grace Kinunda, Deogratius Jaganyi, and Allen Mambanda. (2021), Nucleophilic substitution of chloride from the [Pt (chlorido)(NNN)/(NCN)]+,(NNN)= bis (2-pyridyl/2-quinolyl) pyridine,(NCN) = bis (2-pyridyl/2-quinolyl) benzene) complexes by azoles. Results in Chemistry 3, 100218.
    5. Kyobe JW, Kinunda G, Mubofu EB and Revaprasadu N, (2020). Synthesis of CdTe quantum dots capped with castor oil using a hot injection solution method. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 106, 104780.
    6. Masalu RJ, Ngassa S, Kinunda GA and Mpinda CB (2020) Antibacterial and Anti HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Activities of Selected Medicinal Plants and Their Synthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles, Tanzania Journal of Science, 2020, 46(3), 597-612.
    7. Owino P, Mwamburi MM, Waswa D, Samiji ME, Mlyuka NR, Kinunda GA and Maghanga C, (2020) Structural Properties of Photocatalytic Copper Pigmented Anodized titanium, Proc. Basic. Science 2019v4-pp 32-39. A 2019 Kabarak conference proceeding Available online http://ir.kabarak.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1.