Plenary and Invited Speakers
The following plenary speakers have confirmed for the conference:
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Prof Ada Yonath
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Prof Ada Yonath is the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome. She is the director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science. |
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Prof Terry Collins
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He is currently the Thomas Lord professor at The Institute of Green Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. |
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Prof Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim CSK
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She is currently the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) of the University of Mauritius. She has been the laureate for the L’Oreal-UNESCO ‘Women in Science’ for Africa in 2007. |
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Prof Tony Ford
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He is currently an Emeritus professor of theoretical chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. |
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Prof John Joule
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He is currently an Emeritus professor of organic chemistry, University of Manchester, UK. |
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Prof Mala Nath
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She is currently a professor in inorganic chemistry at the department of chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. |
Invited Speakers
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Prof Kelly Chibale (South Africa) |
Title of talk:
Integrating African Natural Products into Modern Paradigms of Drug Discovery: From Challenges to Opportunities . |
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Dr Siddharth Pandey (India)
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Title of talk:
Unusual Aspects of Ionic Liquid-based Solutions . |
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 Prof John M Dyke (UK)
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Title of talk:
Photoionization of Reactive Intermediates: Relevance of Measurements to Atmospheric Chemistry |
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Prof F. Xavier Malcata(Portugal)
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Title of talk:
Chitosan oligomers: considerations on their therapeutical applications |
