JAMES MGAYA

Senior Lecturer, Dar Es Salaam University College Of Education

Education:

PhD (Chemistry), University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Teaching:

• Basic Analytical and Physical Chemistry
• Chemical kinetics and Electrochemistry
• Structures, Properties and Applications of Polymers 
• Chemical Thermodynamics

Research:

• Catalysis
• Chemical Valorization of Agro wastes

Projects:

1. Turning domestic and agro waste into nutritious animal feeds (Funded by UDSM competitive research and innovation grants). Position; Team member.
2. Computational Investigation of Structural, Vibrational and Thermodynamic Properties of K2MgX4 and K2AlX5 (X = F, Cl, Br, I) Supersalts (Funded by UDSM competitive research and innovation grants). Position; Team member
3. Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Program to build research capacity in Africa (Funded by the Leverhulme Trust). Position; Team member
4. Royal Society of Chemistry - Research Mobility Grant; For research on cashew nut shell liquid components in St Andrews University (Funded by the Leverhulme Trust). Position: Team member

Publications:

1. Mlowe, S., & Mgaya, J. (2024). Recent Trends of Cashew Nutshell Liquid: Extraction, Chemistry, and Applications. Plant Biomass Derived Materials: Sources, Extractions, and Applications, 117-139.
2. Mgaya, J. E. (2022). Catalytic hydrogenation of cardanol derived bifunctional monomers for polymerization with diesters. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 36(1), 173-186.
3. Kirenga, P., Mkoma, S.L., Mlowe, S., Msambwa, Y., Kiruri, L.W., Jacob, F.R., Mgaya, J.E., Kinunda, G.A. and Deogratias, G., 2022. Influence of heteroatoms on the optoelectronic properties of triphenylamine-based dyes for DSSCs application: A computational approach. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1210, p.113644.
4. Mgaya JE (2020) Ethoxylation and Polymerization of Cardanol Derived Bifunctional Monomers. JEHS. 9 (2): 33–41.
5. Mgaya JE (2020) Trypsin Immobilization on Thiol Functionalized Mesoporous Silicas Prepared Using Castor Oil Template. Tanz. J. Sci. 46(3): 755-767.
6. Mgaya J and Mubofu E, 2019, Mesoporous Materials Prepared Using Cashew Nut Shell Liquid and Castor Oil as Surfactants. In Mesoporous Materials - Properties and Applications. ISBN: 978-1-83880-650-7. Print ISBN: 978-1-83880-649-1. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83695
7. Mgaya J, Shombe GB, Masikane SC, Mlowe S, Mubofu EB, and Revaprasadu N (2019) Cashew nut shell: a potential bio-resource for the production of bio sourced chemicals, materials and fuels. Green Chem., 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C8GC02972E
8. Mubofu EB and Mgaya JE (2018) Chemical Valorization of Cashew Nut Shell Waste. Top Curr Chem (Z)., 376:8, 1-15.
9. Mubofu EB, Mgaya JE and Munissi JE, Aromatic Bio-Based Solvents; Book Chapter. 2017,  Pages 29 – 47. In Bio-Based Solvents, (eds F. Jérôme and R. Luque), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.
10. Mgaya JE, Bartlett SA, Mubofu EB, Mgani QA, Slawin AMZ, Pogorzelec PJ, and Cole-Hamilton DJ (2016), Synthesis of Bifunctional Monomers by the PalladiumCatalyzed Carbonylation of Cardanol and its Derivatives. ChemCatChem., 8, 751–757.
11. Mgaya JE, Mubofu EB, Mgani QA, Cordes DB, Slawin AM, and Cole‐Hamilton DJ (2015), Isomerization of anacardic acid: A possible route to the synthesis of an unsaturated benzolactone and a kairomone. Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol., 117, 190–199