A searchable directory of chemistry research groups across the Global South

Research on electrochemical systems for energy and environmental applications, combining DFT-based modeling with experimental studies of nanostructures, electrocatalysis, and biomolecular interactions.

Research on supramolecular and nanostructured systems, including biomembrane interactions, catalysis, and green chemistry approaches.

Research on catalytic organic synthesis, biomass valorization, and the design of bioactive heterocyclic compounds.

Research on the physical chemistry of amphiphilic compounds and molecular self-assembled systems.

Theoretical and experimental research on molecules of environmental interest and their chemical behavior.

Research on laser-driven chemistry and non-covalent interactions in molecular systems.

Development of nano-enabled electrochemical and plasmonic biosensors for analytical and biointerface applications.

Research on the synthesis, functionalization, and reactivity of two-dimensional materials.

Research on nanomaterials for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical devices for energy conversion.

Research on organic photochemistry and catalytic processes, including metal catalysis and biocatalysis.

Study of nanostructured materials and their interactions with biological systems at interfaces.

Research on air quality, atmospheric pollutants, and environmental chemical processes.

Design and characterization of inorganic materials with technological applications.

Analytical methods applied to organic compounds and complex chemical systems.

Study of environmental processes using spectroscopy and photochemical methods.

Experimental and theoretical research on plasmonic nanostructures and optical properties.

Measurement and modeling of radiation, tropospheric aerosols, and cloud systems in the atmosphere.

Combined computational and experimental studies of electrochemical systems.

Research on biomass conversion and the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds for chemical applications.

Design and synthesis of organic compounds supported by molecular modeling techniques.

Modeling and simulation of nanostructured materials and their properties.

Development of sustainable hybrid nanomaterials for advanced applications.

Mechanistic studies of electrochemical processes with applications in electroanalysis and electrochemical insertion.

Research on electrochemical interfaces, sensors, and planar bilayer systems.

Design, synthesis, and characterization of nanostructured materials for nano(bio)technological applications.

Development and characterization of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials using electrochemical, spectroscopic, and advanced microscopy methods.

Study and synthesis of bioactive natural organic compounds.

Development of analytical methods focused on trace elements, sample preparation, and atomic-spectrometric applications in environmental and food matrices.

Analytical chemistry research for toxicological assessment, including biomonitoring and the measurement of chemical exposure in human populations.

Research on biosensors and spectroscopic or electrochemical analytical strategies for biologically relevant systems.

Research on biosensors and spectroscopic or electrochemical analytical strategies for biologically relevant systems.

Analytical chemistry applied to environmental samples, with emphasis on monitoring and assessing pollutants in natural systems.

Determination of crystal structures and analysis of structural parameters in inorganic and coordination compounds.

Synthesis and study of coordination compounds with potential antitumor activity and biomedical relevance.

Preparation and study of polynuclear assemblies containing lanthanide ions with structural and functional interest.

Design and characterization of molecular containers and related supramolecular systems.

Research on coordination compounds and molecular systems with magnetic properties.

Research on coordination compounds and molecular systems with magnetic properties.

Computational studies of inorganic systems using molecular modeling and theoretical chemistry tools.

Development of inorganic compounds with potential pharmacological activity and biomedical applications.

Development of inorganic compounds with potential pharmacological activity and biomedical applications.

Use of toxicological biomarkers to characterize exposure and assess health risks in exposed populations.

Assessment of human exposure and health risk associated with arsenic in naturally contaminated groundwater.

Community-oriented environmental health research linking chemical exposure, territory, and public-health outcomes.

Development of nanoparticles and thin films for radiation-detection devices and related materials applications.

Design and evaluation of radiolabeled agents for detecting infectious processes by gamma scintigraphy.

Development and evaluation of candidate radiopharmaceuticals for molecular imaging in Alzheimer's disease.

Development and evaluation of candidate radiopharmaceuticals for molecular imaging in Alzheimer's disease.

Research on chemical communication and natural products in ecological interactions involving insects and plants.

Isolation, synthesis, and study of polyoxygenated metabolites with cytotoxic and bioactive properties.

Isolation, synthesis, and study of polyoxygenated metabolites with cytotoxic and bioactive properties.

Research on the design and study of bioactive compounds relevant to central-nervous-system targets.

Organic-chemistry and natural-products work focused on pheromones and semiochemicals.

Design and synthesis of oligoamides as candidate agents against trypanosomatid parasites.

Design and synthesis of oligoamides as candidate agents against trypanosomatid parasites.

Synthetic chemistry strategies aimed at expanding structural diversity for bioactive-compound discovery.

Synthetic chemistry strategies aimed at expanding structural diversity for bioactive-compound discovery.

Clinical-pharmacology research centered on concentration-effect relationships and therapeutic drug monitoring.

Modeling and simulation work for the development and evaluation of bioequivalent medicines using physiologically based biopharmaceutics modeling.

Clinical-pharmacy research on active pharmacovigilance, pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, and medication monitoring.

Research in pharmaceutical technology and quality control aimed at formulation development and medicine quality assurance.

Thermochemical conversion of biomass through carbonization and hydrothermal liquefaction for energy-related applications.

Preparation and study of adsorbents and catalysts based on modified minerals and clays.

Preparation and characterization of materials for energy conversion and storage, especially hydrogen-related systems.

Research on hydrogen production from renewable resources and related energy-conversion strategies.

Hilda Inés Ucedo Samudio is publicly listed across Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia and Química Industrial with teaching in qualitative analytical chemistry and food analysis.

Instrumentation and automation projects on fluid-particle transport and environmental/traffic monitoring.

Studies luminescence, magnetism, and energy-transfer processes in lanthanide(III) coordination compounds, including single-molecule magnets and solid-state lighting materials.

Develops sulfur-, selenium-, and tellurium-containing compounds, with emphasis on fluorescent organochalcogen molecules, biological activity, and translational applications.

Combines bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, and pharmacology to design metal-based drugs and oxidation catalysts for biomedical and environmental applications.

Investigates microbial natural products, coral metabolomics, ecological interactions, and host–microorganism relationships to discover bioactive metabolites.

Applies QSAR, 3D-QSAR, and molecular modeling to antibacterial, antiparasitic, antiviral, anti-HIV, and other bioactive compounds.

Uses theoretical and computational chemistry to study photophysics of nucleobases and related compounds, including DNA/RNA photostability and photoinduced reactions.

Uses DFT and related computational tools to investigate reaction mechanisms, ligand effects, and transition-metal catalysis in sustainable synthetic chemistry.

Works at the interface of inorganic and biological chemistry on environmental bioinorganic systems, metal uptake in aquatic organisms, antimicrobial metal complexes, and chelation therapy.

Develops chiral organocatalysts and stereoselective cascade reactions for the synthesis of bioactive compound libraries.

Researches chemistry education, especially teacher knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and chemistry teaching and learning processes.

Develops elemental analysis methods and reference materials for food, pharmaceutical, environmental, biological, and technological samples using atomic spectrometry techniques.

Studies the chemistry and biology of fungal bioluminescence within broader interests in redox biology, bioinformatics, and organic chemistry.

Designs analytical instrumentation and computational methods for capillary electrophoresis, microfluidics, and contactless electrochemical detection in food, fuel, and environmental applications.

Focuses on the synthesis and reactivity of organosulfur compounds, including sulfoxides and asymmetric transformations.

Works on organic photochemistry and photophysics, bioactive compounds, and chemistry education, including haloaromatic systems and biocatalysts from Brazilian flora.

Develops metal-containing compounds and delivery systems in synthetic and structural bioinorganic chemistry for anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial applications.

Studies polymers and macromolecules at interfaces, including colloidal stability, polymer–protein interactions, surface properties, and magnetic hybrid materials.

Creates pseudo-natural products and investigates photoscience, synthesis, redox processes, and natural-product-inspired chemistry.

Investigates bioluminescence and dark photochemistry in biological systems, focusing on triplet carbonyls, singlet oxygen, and oxidative damage pathways.

Studies how microorganisms respond metabolically to environmental variation and how microbe–mineral and microbe–metal interactions generate chemical biosignatures.

Performs theoretical and computational studies on molecular structure, energetics, spectroscopy, kinetics, and chemical dynamics.

Researches conceptual learning and chemistry teaching in basic and higher education.

Develops ceramic materials via non-conventional synthesis routes for fuel cells, photovoltaics, luminescent devices, photocatalysis, and related energy applications.

Works on organic photochemistry and photophysics, natural dyes, and colloid/surface chemistry, including organized systems and environmental photodegradation.

Develops spatially resolved electrochemical instrumentation to investigate nanoscale interfacial processes in biotic and abiotic systems.

Designs porphyrin- and dendrimer-based systems for photoswitches, photosynthesis models, photodynamic therapy, and host–guest nanostructures.

Researches chemistry teaching, science communication, and the public image of chemistry, including digital tools for education and outreach.

Explores redox catalysis and electrochemistry in organic synthesis, especially functionalized organosulfur compounds.

Uses computational chemistry to study laser-induced reactions, unimolecular processes, combustion chemistry, and conformations of bioactive molecules.

Builds supramolecular and self-assembled nanostructures based on porphyrins, clusters, and metal complexes for sensors, devices, and functional nanomaterials.

Develops rare-earth luminescent and electroluminescent systems for molecular light-converting devices, OLEDs, and optical markers.

Develops electroanalytical instrumentation, spectroelectrochemical methods, flow systems, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip devices, and chemical sensors.

Combines environmental analysis, adsorption processes, advanced oxidation, and thermal methods to address pollutants and pharmaceutical materials.

Works on synthesis, characterization, thermal analysis, and adsorption properties of diverse materials, including highly ordered mesoporous solids.

Develops new metallodrugs for cancer and tuberculosis and applies crystallography to coordination compounds, organometallics, MOFs, and other small molecules.

Studies organic reaction mechanisms in micellar and mixed-solvent systems, partition and solubilization processes, and molecular descriptors using LSER, QSRR, and molecular dynamics.

Researches conductive polymers and electrochemical materials for gas sensors, electronic noses, and applications in environmental and food chemistry.

Develops porous monolithic materials for chromatography, sample preparation, pollutant monitoring, and interactions of contaminants with mineral and organic surfaces.

Investigates gas-phase ion–molecule reactivity, mechanisms, energetics, ion solvation, and vibrational spectroscopy using combined experimental and theoretical methods.

Develops visible-light photocatalytic and photoredox strategies for the functionalization of organic molecules and selective radical reactions.

Investigates organic chemiluminescence mechanisms and applies them to analytical and bioanalytical methods, including antioxidant assays.

Works across inorganic chemistry, catalysis, materials science, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, photoscience, and synthesis.

Develops supramolecular coordination systems and nanoparticles for nanotechnology and advanced functional-material applications.

Develops catalytic and flow-based synthetic methods with a sustainability focus in organic chemistry.

Designs metallic nanoparticles and related nanomaterials for heterogeneous catalysis and carbon capture/conversion applications.

Develops chiral phase-transfer catalysts and greener enantioselective synthesis routes to valuable intermediates.

Develops photonic materials for energy conversion and storage, persistent luminescence, bioimaging, catalysis, and transparent films and glasses.

Uses molecular dynamics, ab initio calculations, and enhanced sampling to study solvent effects and NMR observables in molecular systems.

Focuses on chemistry teacher education and formation.

Develops rapid analytical methodologies, chemical sensors, electroanalytical methods, flow-analysis systems, modified electrodes, microelectrode arrays, biosensors, and amperometric detection strategies.

Develops biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer biomaterials, including electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering.

Uses Raman and SERS spectroscopy to characterize conductive polymers, nanocomposites, natural polymers, and bioanalytical systems.

Works to improve chemistry teaching through curriculum materials, teacher development, outreach, and research in chemistry education.

Develops separation and metabolomics methods for clinical, forensic, cosmetic, environmental, food, and pharmaceutical applications.

Studies natural-product diversity, metabolomics, and biosynthetic/evolutionary questions in plants, especially Piperaceae species.

Develops electrochemical sensors, microelectrodes, and scanning electrochemical microscopy methods for analytical and bioanalytical applications.

Combines Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to study ionic liquids, molten salts, glass precursors, and liquid-state structure and dynamics.

Works on green chemistry with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, their applications to biopolymers and decontamination, and chemistry education for sustainability.

Applies vibrational spectroscopy and electrochemical methods to detect, characterize, and degrade environmentally relevant pollutants.

Studies how history and philosophy of science can support chemistry teaching, curriculum, and teacher education.

Develops mechanochemical routes for synthesis, nanoparticle production, solid reactivity, and sustainable materials processing.

Searches for therapeutically relevant natural products and studies secondary-metabolite biosynthesis, essential oils, and cosmetic applications of natural compounds.

Studies stereoelectronic effects, conformational equilibria, and mechanisms in heterosubstituted carbonyl, phosphoryl, and related compounds using spectroscopy and theory.

Uses Raman spectroscopy to investigate molecular interactions in solids and solutions, especially ionic-liquid systems and their physicochemical properties.

Develops catalytic and sustainable processes to capture CO2 and transform it into fuels, methanol, aviation fuels, and other value-added products.

Develops spectrometric methods for trace and ultratrace analysis and elemental speciation in biological, food, and technological samples.

Studies atmospheric particles, rainwater, soils, pollution sources, and health impacts using chromatographic methods and atmospheric-chemistry models.

Studies trajectories on potential energy surfaces for atmospheric, combustion, and laser chemistry while also developing computational tools for teaching physical chemistry.

Works in green chemistry with supercritical CO2, ionic liquids, surfactants, amphiphilic polymers, organocatalysis, and carbon capture and conversion.

Develops catalytic and advanced oxidation processes to degrade persistent pollutants and improve water treatment technologies.

Develops electroactive materials, especially intrinsically conducting polymers and nanostructured systems, for sensors, devices, and controlled drug release.

Studies redox biomolecules and solid–liquid interfaces with spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and nanocarbon materials for bioelectronics and bioelectrosynthesis.

Uses Raman, SERS, IR, UV-Vis, NMR, and theory to study intermolecular interactions, ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, and pollutant-gas absorption.

Applies electroanalytical techniques, chemically modified electrodes, boron-doped diamond electrodes, sensors, and biosensors to biological and environmental species.

Characterizes electrochemical interfaces for corrosion control, metallic materials, and electrochemistry education.

Studies intrinsically conducting polymers and nanostructured hybrid systems for sensors, biosensors, electrochromic devices, and controlled drug release.

Uses advanced mass spectrometry, ion spectroscopy, and ion mobility to characterize isomeric reaction intermediates in polymers, oxidation chemistry, and drug metabolism.

Develops chemical and electrochemical sensors, paper-based analytical devices, and electronic tongues for clinical, environmental, and forensic applications.

Researches layered solids and related inorganic materials for fundamental and applied materials chemistry.

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Characterizes polymeric materials and composites using infrared and Raman spectroscopy together with thermal-analysis techniques such as TG, DSC, and DMA.

Research on the physical chemistry of supramolecular systems, including open-framework transition metal structures, metal-containing assemblies for guest uptake and sensing, organic host-guest systems, and pharmaceutically relevant solid forms.

Research on materials for hydrogen adsorption, including systems that concentrate gas onto available surface areas and reduce pressure within storage containers.

Research on controlling the solid-state structures of molecular compounds and strategies that promote predictable structures in molecular species.

Physical chemistry research profile associated with the Centre for Supramolecular Chemistry Research, including solid-state and supramolecular chemistry.

Computational Chemistry : primary focus on computational glycochemistry, using molecular modelling to investigate the conformation and interactions of bacterial carbohydrates playing key roles in infection.

Research interests in physical chemistry and electrochemistry, including electrochemical sensors, environmental chemistry, essential oil extraction and analysis, and green synthesis and analysis of nanoparticles.

Research interests in biogas, especially co-digestion of locally available vegetable and fruit market wastes, and synthetic organic chemistry with emphasis on stereochemistry.

Research interests in gene and protein engineering, intelligent materials, and tracker materials.

Research on natural products, including characterization of phytoconstituents of Kenyan medicinal plants, synthesis of bioactive natural products, and computer-aided drug discovery.

Research on electro-synthesis of conducting polymers and their application as surface-modified electrodes for industrial electro-organic processes and rechargeable batteries.

Research on air quality assessment in urban and industrial areas of Kenya, and quality assessment of domestic water and industrial effluents.

Applies chemical science to environmental sustainability.