Chemistry for a Clean and Healthy Planet

Prof Ponnadurai Ramasami leads the computational chemistry group at the University of Mauritius. The group is involved in using state-of-the-art computational methods to solve chemistry and interdisciplinary problems. Prof. Minu Gupta Bhowon is currently a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mauritius. Her areas of research and interest include coordination, natural product chemistry, catalysis and chemical biology. Dr. Sabina Jhaumeer Laulloo  is currently Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mauritius. Her areas of research and interest include organic, bio-organic, natural product, co-ordination chemistry and forensic science. Dr Henri Li Kam Wah is currently Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Mauritius. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Mauritius before assuming the post of Dean of the Faculty of Science from 2006 to 2009. His areas of research and interest include coordination, environmental and natural product chemistry, forensic science, quality assurance and audit in tertiary institutions test.

• Emerging Phytochemicals and Bioactive Compounds from a Desert Plant Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce and Future Prospects.- Conductimetric Analysis and Preliminary Evaluation of Phytochemical Constituents of Sporobolus spicatus (Vahl) Kunth [Family: Poaceae] by FTIR and UV-Vis Spectroscopic Techniques.- The Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Multi-Domain Outer Membrane Protein A (OmpA) from Shigellaflexneriin POPE Lipid Bilayer.- Photodegradation of Phenol by Silver Doped TiO2; A Comparative Study of the Efficiency of HPLC and UV-Vis Analyses.