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.