Natural Products Chemistry: Specialize in the extraction, isolation, and purification of bioactive secondary metabolites from medicinal plants and fungi.
Antimalarial Drug Discovery & Vector control: Focus on screening East African medicinal plants to discover new mechanism-based compounds to combat malaria.
Green Nanotechnology for Vector Control: Investigate the formulation and translation of plant-based nanoparticles designed to block malaria transmission and control vectors in endemic settings.
Phytochemistry & Structure Elucidation: Interested in the chemical characterization and structural analysis of potential bioactive compounds using spectroscopic tools.
Antimicrobial Drug Discovery: Characterization of therapeutic phytochemicals from specific plant species targeted at overcoming microbial resistance.