Area of Specialization

Natural product chemistry:

• Isolation and Characterization; Extraction techniques, Purification and structure elucidation.
• Biological activity; antimicrobial (antiviral, antibacterial), anti-inflammatory and anticancer.
• Semi-synthesis; modification of Natural products to enhance their biological activities.
• Documentation of traditional knowledge of the plants.

Instrumentation knowledge: Nuclear magnetic Resonance (400 MHz, 500 MHz and 600 MHz), LC-ESIMS, Preparative HPLC, UV-Vis, IR, GCMS, ORD instrument, CD instrument.

Software: Chemdraw, Mnova, Endnote

Membership: AMRSC; Royal Society of Chemistry

Mr. Kiganda has published two manuscripts in the reputable Journal of Natural products. He spent his two years at Uppsala University in Sweden where he was exposed to HPLC, NMR, UV-vis, IR and LCESIMs under the supervisor Prof. Mate Erdelyi. These two years were sponsored by the Swedish research Council.

Supervisors:

Prof. Abiy Yenesew

Department of Chemistry

University of Nairobi

Prof. Albert Jairo Ndakala

Department of Chemistry

University of Nairobi

Dr. Hoseah M. Akala

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)