Sabena Naidu

Education

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  University of Kwa Zulu Natal

  2011 - 2011

  Bachelor’s Degree Honours in Chemistry Best Chemistry Student Honours and Best Overall Student in Chemistry

  Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Physical and Computational ChemistryMass SpectroscopyCertificate of Merit: Inorganic and Organic ChemistryInstruments: ICP-OES, GC, AAS, HPLC,GC-MS, LC-MS, FTIR, NMR

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  University of Kwa Zulu Natal

  2008 - 2010

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Pure and Applied Chemistry

  Environmental, Industrial, Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Physical and Material ChemistryBiochemistry, Microbiology and Chemical Reactivity Certificate of Merit: Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Instruments: ICP-OES, GC, AAS, HPLC,GC-MS, LC-MS, FTIR, NMR

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  Southlands Secondary

  2003 - 2007

  High School Distinction

  Activities and Societies: Student Representative Council Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Biology, English and Afrikaans

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  University of the Witwatersrand

  2019 - 2022

  Doctor of Philosophy - Chemistry Crystallography - Solid State Reactions

  The rational design of new materials continues to be an area of intense study. Amongst the most studied are co-crystals which have potential application as pharmaceuticals, as materials for the stabilization and controlled release of fungicides and pesticides, and as materials with potentially useful optical and electronic properties. Also of interest is the study of solid-state reactions that occur in organic materials. As a practical example, solid-state reactions have been used by some… Show more The rational design of new materials continues to be an area of intense study. Amongst the most studied are co-crystals which have potential application as pharmaceuticals, as materials for the stabilization and controlled release of fungicides and pesticides, and as materials with potentially useful optical and electronic properties. Also of interest is the study of solid-state reactions that occur in organic materials. As a practical example, solid-state reactions have been used by some researchers as a method for the postcrystallisation modification of a material to create a new material by reacting components within a crystal after crystallisation. This strategy has also been useful in metal–organic framework research. Show less

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  University of Cape Town

  2012 - 2014

  Master of Science Computational Chemistry - Cum Laude

  The major part of my thesis focuses on investigating the rationale for ring deformation of β-D-methyl glucose in glycosidase reactions (for example, cellulose hydrolysis). The investigation is computational and is done in isolation from the enzyme binding pocket and incoming nucleophile. What is the effect of the C1-O1 bond breaking process on key glucose properties is the central question asked and answered in my thesis