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Dr RC Chokwe

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

Tel: 011 670 9393
Email: chokwrc@unisa.ac.za
Campus: Science, Florida
Building: Eureka
Office: K-F-080

  • PhD Chemistry (UNISA)
  • MSc Chemistry (UNISA)
  • Hons BSc Chemistry (UNISA)
  • BSc Chemistry and Physiology (UNISA)

CHE4809 - Engineering Chemistry IV (Honours)

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chromatography (HPLC, LC/MS, FCC)
  • Natural Products
  • Medicinal Chemistry 
  • Nano Materials

My research focuses on the following areas:

  • Development of analytical methods for analysis of various organic compounds in food and environmental samples.
  • Development of chromatographic methods for quality control of medicinal products.
  • Building of Machine learning models for the prediction of compounds from medicinal plants with biological activity.
  • Fabrication of natural nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

 In this research, we use techniques such as LC-MS, GCXGC-MS and HPLC-DAD among others.