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Chemistry Central appoints two researchers to its editorial board
We are delighted to announce the following two appointments to the editorial board.
Dr. Muhammad A. Rauf, associate professor of physical chemistry at the United Arab Emirates university, UAE, has joined the editorial boards of environmental chemistry, nuclear/radiochemistry, and photochemistry.
Dr Rauf is involved in the study and application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in the treatment of industrial effluents. The AOPs can be used to break chemicals down into less harmful substances, or completely destroy them under normal environmental conditions. He is interested in the analysis of the degraded species, and the interpretation of the associated kinetic data. Other interests include, the removal of selective metal ions/chemicals from solution using physical or chemical techniques such as adsorption and complexation, in addition to solute-solvent interactions.
Dr Plourde's research is focused on asymmetric synthetic methodology and its application in the synthesis of natural products, in addition to the isolation, characterisation and synthesis of compounds found in medicinal plants used by the First Nations of Northern British Columbia. Other interests include the medicinal chemistry of anti-cancer active compounds.
His support for open access to chemical research is also demonstrated by his acting as the guest editor of an upcoming special edition of Molecules.
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