Guest Speakers

Our Guest speakers 

Since 2010, Christoph Janiak is Full professor for Nanoporous and Nanoscale Materials at the Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf.

As background, Christoph Janiak studied Chemistry at the Technical University Berlin (TUB) and the University of Oklahoma (USA). He obtained his PhD at TUB in 1987, followed by postdoctoral stays at Cornell University (with Prof. Roald Hoffmann) and at BASF AG, Ludwigshafen in the polyolefin division. From 1991-1995 he carried out his Habilitation at TUB. Following a non-tenured professor position at the University of Freiburg from 1996-1998 he got tenure there in 1998 as Associate Professor for Inorganic and Analytical chemistry. In November 2010 he moved to the University of Düsseldorf as Full Professor (Chair) for Nanoporous and Nanoscaled Materials. His research interests include the synthesis and properties of metal and porous organic frameworks (MOFs, CTFs), mixed matrix membranes, metal nanoparticles, ionic liquids, and catalysis. To date, he has co-authored over 730 research papers, book contributions and patents with an H-index of 94 (Google Scholar).
Christoph received a 'Fonds of the Chemical Industry' fellowship and award (1985-1987, 1988), the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz award (1991), the ADUC award for Habilitands (1996), a Heisenberg fellowship award (1997), was a visiting professor at the University of Angers, France, and at Wuhan University of Technology, China. He is currently an honorary professor at Wuhan University of Technology and guest professor at the Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials at Shenzhen Polytechnic University in China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He teaches general chemistry, coordination chemistry, main-group chemistry and analytical chemistry and has co-authored several text books on inorganic chemistry (in German).

Disciplines : Inorganic Chemistry - Solid-state Chemistry - Materials Chemistry

Patrice KENFACK TSOBNANG is Associate Professor in Solid State, Molecular Inorganic Chemistry and Chemistry of Materials, currently working in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dschang (Cameroon).

In 2014, he obtained a Ph.D Diploma thanks to a joint program between the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon) and Université de Lorraine (France).

 His research activities cover many areas, including: (i) the synthesis of supramolecular compounds and host-guest and MOF materials, (ii) the crystallization and co-crystallization of small molecules (organic and inorganic compounds), (iii) the control of powder and single crystal diffractometers, (iv) the measurements and treatment of diffraction data (powder and Single crystal analysis), along with the solving and refinement of small molecules at classical resolution via single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, (v) the study of Structure–properties relationship of organic and inorganic compounds.

At the national and international levels, he has many responsibilities:

• Vice-President de African Crystallographic Association (AfCA);
• Member of the steering committee of the IUCr Crystallography in Africa Initiative;
• Secretary of the Steering committee for Africa crystallography Association (AfCA-SC);
• Secretary of the Cameroonian Crystallography Association (CCrA)

 To date, he has co-authored more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals
(see: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Patrice-Kenfack-Tsobnang)

Disciplines: Nanotechnology - Medicinal Chemistry - Materials Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Francois Eya’ane Meva is Professor (Associate) at University of Douala (Cameroon) where he is the Deputy Coordinator of the Doctoral Training Unit in Health Sciences inside the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

He obtained in 2009 a PhD diploma in Inorganic Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany (Supervisor Prof. Dr. Heinrich Lang). His research activity focuses on green nanotechnologies, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences. Are concerned the synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles (such as silver, palladium, zinc, and magnesium nanoparticles), but also chitosan and cellulose nanopolymers. Another focus is the design of new materials for quality control of active ingredients of medicinal interest, or new-generation water filtration systems including clays and nanomaterials. His group also explores environmentally friendly approaches and studies biological activities, notably their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties; and on improving the larvicidal activities of natural substances, particularly in the fight against Anopheles gambiae, the main vector of malaria or against diseases of the locomotor system and bone regeneration. Other activities are the plasmodial studies of new synthesized compounds and the metabolomic study or drugs. He collaborates intensively with Prof. Christoph Janiak, Chair for nanoporous and nanoscale materials, at the University of Düsseldorf for material development.

To date, he has authored or co-authored more than 130 scientific papers

(see: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francois-Eyaane-Meva)