Prof. Theoneste Muhizi

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t.muhizi@ur.ac.rw
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+250785319618
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Brief profile: 
Theoneste Muhizi has been an academic staff member of the University of Rwanda since 1998 and has now reached the academic rank of Professor of Chemistry. He is now coordinating postgraduate programs in the Department of Chemistry. He is known for his expertise in developing sustainable biocides and finding acceptable technologies for environmental decontamination. His research activity focuses on natural drug discovery from various sources, including plant materials and semi synthetic method. In addition, developing different strategies of using low-cost materials to develop environmental friendly technologies for decontamination and/or manufacturing sustainable materials needed is the key to his research goal.
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Chemistry: Environmental friendly technology, Natural products and bioactivity testing. Research ID number (ORCID): 0000-0001-9905-1315