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Mr KC Tapala

Lecturer | College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science | Department: Chemistry

Tel: 011 670 9411
Campus: Science, Florida
Building: Eureka
Office: K-G-135

  • BSc (UNISA)
  • Hons BSc (UNISA)
  • MSc (UNISA)
  • PhD Student (Inorganic Chemistry)

  • CHE2611- Inorganic Chemistry II (Theory)
  • CHE2621- Inorganic Chemistry II (Practical)

  • Inorganic and Organic synthesis
  • Organometallic chemistry
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Crystallography

My research is based on the synthesis, characterization and biological studies of some Platinum Group Metals (Ru and Os) using spectroscopic techniques, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, Thermal analysis and DFT studies of the compounds as well as the docking studies of these compounds against various proteins.