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Jaganyi, Deogratius

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dc.date.accessioned2024-06-13T15:55:23Z
dc.date.available2024-06-13T15:55:23Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://erepository.mku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5890
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person.academicQualificationPhD in Physical Chemistry
person.affiliation.departmentDepartment of Chemistry
person.affiliation.schoolPure and Applied Sciences
person.familyNameJaganyi
person.givenNameDeogratius
person.identifierhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4499-6877
person.jobTitleVice Chancellor
person.knowsLanguageEnglish
person.knowsLanguageSwahili
person.linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/deogratius-jaganyi-413403145/
person.salutationprof
person.shortBioProfessor Jaganyi is the Vice Chancellor of Mount Kenya University from January 2021. Professionally, he is a physical chemist, with a BSc (Honours) and Masters degrees from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, DIC and a PhD from Imperial College, University of London, UK. He joined UKZN (then the University of Natal) as a lecturer in 1993, becoming an Associate Professor in 2007 and Full Professor in 2010. Following the merger of the Universities of Natal and Durban-Westville to form UKZN, he was appointed Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science & Agriculture in 2005 and became Dean in 2009. On the dissolution of the Faculties in 2011, he was appointed as College Dean of Research and from 2012 served as the DVC and Head of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science. He joined University of Rwanda in 2018 as the Director of Research and Innovation. Professor Jaganyi is an internationally known chemical kineticist, with research interest in the area of mechanisms of the substitution reactions of the transition metal complexes that have biological relevance to cancer treatment. His other interest includes applied research in environment and industrial chemistry. He has supervised more than 40 postgraduate Honours students and 45 MSc, PhD and Postdoctoral Scholars. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in highly ranked ISI international journals including Nature and over 86 international conference proceedings. Professor Jaganyi is a recipient of numerous awards and honours which includes Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Germany, and the NRF/DIT THRIP Award for “Outstanding Black Research/Project Leader” in 2007, South Africa and in 2010 University of KwaZulu-Natal Distinguished Teachers Award. He is also a rated researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa
person.specialtyChemical Kinetics
person.subjectInterestInorganic Chemistry
person.subjectInterestDensity Functional Theory
person.subjectInterestCoordination Chemistry
person.subjectInterestMetal Complexes
person.subjectInterestMechanism Design
person.subjectInterestEntropy
person.subjectInterestStopped FLow
person.subjectInterestCancer Nanotechnology
person.subjectInterestPhysical Chemistry
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