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Awards

April 2016 1ST PRIZE ORAL PRESENTATION

March 2016 3rd Prize Oral Presentation in the Faculty of Science

December 2015 Penny Huddle Award

December 2015 Postgraduate Merit Award,

August 2010 Korean Government scholarship Award, South Korean Government.

April 2011 Best Korean Language (intermediate level) student Award

January 2021 Africa Science Leadership Program

June 2022 Africa Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence

December 2019 American Chemical Society (ACS) PITTCON travel grant
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
African Academy of Science
Royal Society of Chemistry
Materials Research Society of Kenya

Degrees:

2016
Bridget Mutuma > Degrees
Chemical Sciences
2013
Bridget Mutuma > Degrees
Engineering sciences
2009
Bridget Mutuma > Degrees
Chemical Sciences
2011
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Other

Publications resulting from Research
1. Mutuma BK., Ndeye F. S., Amanda B., Ndeye M. N., Carlo S., Alessandro B., Federico P., Francesca S., and Manyala N., (2021). Valorization of biodigestor plant waste in electrodes for supercapacitors and microbial fuel cells, Electrochimica Acta, 391,138960.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138960.
2. Boudjemaa A., Nongwe I., Mutuma B. K., Matsoso B., Bachari K., and Coville N., (2021). TiO2@hollow carbon spheres: a photocatalyst for hydrogen generation under visible irradiation, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 417, 113355. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113355.
3. Mutuma B. K., Mathebula X., Nongwe I., Mtolo B., Matsoso B., Erasmus R.,, Tetana Z., and Coville N., (2021). Unravelling the interfacial interaction in mesoporous SiO2@nickel phyllosilicate/TiO2 core-shell nanostructures for photocatalytic activity, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 11, 1834-1846. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.11.165
4. Musyoka N.,, Mutuma B. K., and Manyala N., (2020). Onion-derived Activated Carbons with Enhanced Surface Area for Improved Hydrogen Storage and Electrochemical Energy Application, RSC Advances, 10, 26928-26936. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA04556J
5. Mutuma B. K., Garcia-Martinez C. I., Dias R.C., Matsoso B., Hümmelgen I.A., and Coville N., (2019). Nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres as chemical vapour sensors, New Journal of Chemistry, 43, 8418-8427. Featured in the front cover. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ00628A
6. Mutuma B. K., Matsoso B., Momodu D., Oyedotun K. O., Coville N., and Manyala N., (2019). Deciphering the structural, textural and electrochemical properties of activated BN-doped spherical carbons, Nanomaterials, 9, 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030446
7. Wolf M., Mutuma B. K., Coville N., Fischer N., and Claeys M., (2018). The role of CO in the water-induced formation of cobalt oxide in a high conversion Fischer-Tropsch environment, ACS Catalysis, 8, 3985-3989. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b04177
8. Mutuma B. K., Matsoso B., Ranganathan K., Wamwangi D., Keartland J. M.,and Coville N., (2017). Generation of radical species from CVD grown pristine and N-doped solid carbon spheres using H2 and Ar as carrier gases, RSC Advances, 7, 21187-21195. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA03142D.
9. Mutuma B. K., Rodrigues R., Ranganathan K., Matsoso B., Wamwangi D., Hümmelgen I. A., and Coville N., (2017). Hollow carbon spheres and hollow carbon sphere/polyvinylpyrrolidone composite as ammonia sensors, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5, 2539-2549. This work is featured in the Inside front cover and under the Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT papers themed collection 2016. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA09424D
10. Mutuma B. K., Shao G. N., Kim W. D., and Kim H. T., (2015). Sol–gel synthesis of mesoporous anatase–brookite and anatase–brookite–rutile TiO2 nanoparticles and their photocatalytic properties, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 442, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.11.060

African Materials Research Society conference
2025
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International Conference in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2025
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Annual World Carbon Conference
2025
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Inorganic Conference
2025
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3rd Pan African Crystallographic Conference, Multimedia University of Kenya
2025
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Africa Materials Research Society (AMRS) Conference
2025
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2nd Connecting Minds Africa Meeting
2025
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AU-EU Innovation Stakeholder Event.
2025
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Conference on Basic and Applied Sciences
2025
icon-pin-location Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
12th WIOMSA symposium
2025
icon-pin-location Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Annual Carbon Conference
2025
icon-pin-location Kentucky, USA
69th meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2025
icon-pin-location Bologna, Italy
NanoAfrica Conference
2025
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African Energy Materials Conference
2025
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Catalysis Society of South Africa
2025
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6th International Conference in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica)
2025
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Annual Carbon Conference
2025
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SACI Inorganic Conference
2025
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