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e.gakuba@ur.ac.rw
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+250785240665
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Brief profile:
Dr Emmanuel Gakuba is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Rwanda, College of Education. He holds a PhD in Chemistry obtained from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from former Kigali Institute of Education in Rwanda. His research interest lie in analysis and monitoring of organic pollutants from various environmental matrices, isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from natural sources (drug discovery) and in chemistry education. Dr Gakuba wrote many academic papers some of which were published in acclaimed journals. He has been working as academics for more than17 years and participated in several national and international workshops and trainings, which helped him to acquire enough experience and skills in his field of expertise. He supervises master’s and PhD students and helps them to develop their thesis and write their academic papers. Moreover, Dr Emmanuel Gakuba helps students learn practical work in the field of Organic Environmental Chemistry.
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Chemistry and chemistry Education