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Person |
Dr Tricia Naicker |
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Telephone |
+27 (0)31 260 8942 |
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Campus |
Westville |
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Research Interests |
Asymmetric Organocatalysis |
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Designation |
Associate Professor & Academic Leader |
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| Biosketch | Tricia Naicker received her M.Sc. (cum laude)
from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2008
for her work in synthetic chemistry.
In 2011, she completely her Ph.D. at the same
institution, working on the development and
application of novel tetrahydroisoquinolinebased organocatalysts. This resulted in a very
successful, fully published thesis which was
the first report from Africa in this blossoming
field.
Afterwards, she joined the research group
of the world-renowned leader in the field,
Professor KA Jørgensen, as a postdoctoral
fellow at Aarhus University in Denmark.
In August 2013, she started her academic
career and independent research
endeavours.
Prof Tricia Naicker is now UKZN’s youngest
associate professor and the current director
of the Catalysis and Peptide Research Unit at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
She specialises in method development
within the synthesis of biologically important
intermediates/drugs within the field of
antibacterials.
Naicker was the first female to serve as
editor- in- chief for the South African Journal
of Chemistry and serves as an executive
member for the Organisation for Women
in Science for the Developing World, South
African National Chapter.
She has also been inaugurated into the
prestigious South African Young Academy of
Science and the receipt of several esteemed
national and institutional awards. |
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List of Publications |
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