Congratulations to all our 2016 MSc and PhD Graduates

Armand Jansen van Rensburg MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Pnictogen-substituted Fischer carbine complexes: Synthesis, structural study and electrochemistry

Supervisor: Prof M Landman

 

Wynand Louw MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Synthesis of thiophene-substituted thiocarboxylate transition metal compounds as potential metallomesogens

Supervisor: Prof M Landman

 

Katlego Makgopa PhD (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Effects of carbon nanomaterials on the performance of symmetric pseudocapacitors

Supervisor: Prof KI Ozoemena

 

Lauren Mc Dowell MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Imidazolium metal hybrids: Synthesis, structure and application

Supervisor: Prof M Landman

Co-supervisor: Dr M Rademeyer

 

Paidamwoyo Mangondo MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Relative stability of metal complexes: a theoretical study

Supervisor: Prof I Cukrowski

 

Tumaini Mkwizu PhD (Chemistry)

Thesis: Electrochemical synthesis and characterisation of multmetallic nanostructured electrocatalysts

Supervisor: Prof I Cukrowski

 

Sameera Mohamed MSc (Geology)

Dissertation: Extraction of major elements from PGE tailings in view of nanoparticle synthesis for environmental technological applications

Co-supervisor: Dr EM van der Merwe

 

Matlhomola Daniel Molefe PhD (Chemistry)

Thesis: Magnesium hydroxide derivatives as Stabilisers and flame retardants for plasticised poly (vinyl chloride)

Supervisor: Dr FJW Labuschagne

 

Sifiso Nsibande MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Pesticide spray drift monitoring in the evaluation of air dispersion models: A South African atrazine case study

Supervisor: Dr PCB Forbes

 

Wonder Nxumalo MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Improved sample preparation ensures accurate quantification of multiple mycotoxins in maize by Liquid Chromatography-stable Isotope Dilution Assay-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-SIDA-MS/MS)

Supervisor: Dr Y Naude

External co-supervisor: Dr MJ Fernandes-Whaley (National Metrology Institute of South Africa)

 

Granny Kabelo Ramollo MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Synthesis and application of rhodium(I)Fischer carbine complexes

Supervisor: Dr DI Bezuidenhout

 

Cara Slabbert PhD (Chemistry)        

Thesis: Halide-bridged polymers of d-block metals with pyridine- and pyrazine-type donor ligands or cations

Supervisor: Dr M Rademeyer

 

Elize Smit PhD (Chemistry)

Thesis: High resolution mass spectrometry and other methods for diesel and surface chemical analysis to investigate tribology in automotive fuel injection systems

Supervisor: Prof ER Rohwer

 

Ian Strydom MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Synthesis and application of N-donor functionalised triazolylidenes

Supervisor: Dr DI Bezuidenhout

 

Divan Van Greunen MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Targeting Alzheimer‟s disease by investigating previously unexplored chemical space surrounding the cholinesterase inhibitor Donepezil

Supervisor: Dr DL Riley

Co-supervisor: Prof V Steenkamp

 

Félix Katele Zongwe MSc (Chemistry)

Dissertation: Chemical profiling of cultivated and wild African ginger and absolute configurations on compounds from mangroves and Ancistrocladus sprcies

Supervisor: Prof V Maharaj

 

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