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AssoCiAte professor dAvid W. GAmmon<br />

Natural products chemistry; phytochemical studies on<br />

medicinal plants; carbohydrates; heterogeneous catalysis<br />

of organic reactions.<br />

professor roGer hunter<br />

Synthesis; indole alkaloids; calixarenes; p-block synthetic<br />

methodology.<br />

AssoCiAte professor AlAn t. hutton<br />

Organometallic chemistry; co-ordination chemistry;<br />

microwave chemistry; electrochemistry.<br />

professor GrAhAm e. JACKson<br />

Nuclear magnetic resonance; computer modelling; metalion<br />

equilibria; design of metal containing drugs; copper<br />

and rheumatoid arthritis.<br />

dr AnWAr JArdine<br />

Senior Lecturer: medicinal chemistry; chemical biology;<br />

enzymology; natural product and organic synthesis; drug<br />

design and development.<br />

professor Kevin J. nAidoo<br />

Computational chemistry; polymers; statistical physics;<br />

pharmaceutical drug design.<br />

dr Clive oliver<br />

Lecturer: self-assembly; large supramolecular assemblies;<br />

crystallography; inclusion chemistry.<br />

AssoCiAte professor neil rAvensCroft<br />

Physicochemical analysis of biologicals; carbohydrates;<br />

glycoconjugate and protein vaccines.<br />

professor Allen l. rodGers<br />

Kidney stones; urine chemistry; calcium oxalate<br />

crystallization.<br />

dr GreGory s. smith<br />

Senior Lecturer: organometallic chemistry; catalysis; metalcontaining<br />

polymers and dendrimers; bio-organometallic<br />

chemistry.<br />

dr GerhArd venter<br />

Lecturer: computational chemistry; electronic structure<br />

calculations; free energy methods for properties of<br />

solutions; ionic liquids.<br />

dr sArAh Wilson<br />

Senior Lecturer.<br />

senior scholar<br />

professor luiGi r. nAssimbeni<br />

Physical chemistry; thermal analysis; kinetics; inclusion<br />

compounds.<br />

Honorary research associates<br />

dr shirley C. Churms<br />

Writing and communication within the discipline.<br />

professor rAymond J. hAines<br />

Organometallic chemistry.<br />

dr eliZAbeth timme<br />

Assessment of possible immuno-modulatory carbohydrates<br />

from local and indigenous plants and fungi.<br />

emeritus professors<br />

professor JAmes r. bull<br />

Organic synthesis; steroidal hormones; 19-norsteroids;<br />

estrogens; bioactive steroids; predictive design;<br />

cycloaddition.<br />

professor peter W. linder<br />

Solution equilibria of cyclodextrin inclusion complexes.<br />

professor John r. moss<br />

Organometallic chemistry; catalysis; inorganic chemistry;<br />

synthesis and properties of new compounds and<br />

materials.<br />

professor AlistAir m. stephen<br />

Carbohydrate chemistry.<br />

postdoctoral fellows<br />

dr AndreW AndAyi<br />

New generation of combined drugs to fight tuberculosis<br />

dr Chris bArnett<br />

Porting molecular dynamics software to graphical<br />

processing units<br />

dr nyArAdZo ChiGorimbo-tsiKiWA<br />

Biocatalytic modification of natural compounds for<br />

metabolite analysis.<br />

dr frederiC douelle<br />

Hit to lead and lead optimization medicinal chemistry<br />

progression of antimalarial hits.<br />

dr dieGo GonZAleZ-CAbrerA<br />

Hit to lead and lead optimization medicinal chemistry<br />

progression of antimalarial hits.<br />

dr emmA hAGer<br />

Development of water-soluble metallodendrimer catalysts<br />

dr muKesh Joshi<br />

Synthesis of less lipophilic chloroquine analogues-active<br />

against chloroquine-resistant parasites<br />

<strong>UCT</strong> ReseaRCh RepoRT '11

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