The Department of Chemistry in collaboartion with Vision Scientific, Magritek and NRF Kenya are organising a virtual workshop on INTRODUCING THE KENYA NATIONAL NMR CENTER . The details of the workshop are:
1. FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
The National Research Fund (NRF) Board of Trustees represented by Dr. J.P.R. Ochieng-Odero, Prof. Oyawa, Vainadu Ingana and Dr Salome Guchu held a Stakeholder’s Meeting on 8th June 2021 with the Management of the University of Nairobi, to discuss the progress on the implementation of infrastructure project grant to establish the Kenya National Resonance Nuclear Center (KNMRC) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi.
The College of Biological & Physical Sciences in partnership with Equity Bank and Kenya Forest Service held a tree planting exercise at Chiromo Campus near Chiromo River on 18th April, 2021. Equity bank donated 400 seedlings both indigenous and exotic seedlings to Chiromo campus and 7000 seedlings in total across all the University of Nairobi Colleges.
Dr. Fredrick Mzee Mwazighe successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled 'Sensitive Electrochemical Detection Platforms for Anthracene and Pyrene', at the Institute of Chemistry, of the Chemnitz University of Technology on September 29, 2020. He was awarded a Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat) in Physical Chemistry.
Dr. Simon Mbugua successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and graduated in December 2020 with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi.
The department is now receiving applications from Self Sponsored students who wish to study BSc Chemistry, BSc Industrial Chemistry, BSc Analytical Chemistry, MSc Chemistry, MSc Industrial Chemistry, MSc Environmental Chemistry, MSc Analytical Chemistry and PhD Chemistry that are due to begin on 6th September 2021.
