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Our group was established in January 2007.  The projects are a cauldron of interests from each PI.

Govender - Asymmetric catalysis, peptide chemistry and mass spectrometry

Kruger - Polycyclic cage chemistry, NMR structure elucidation and computational chemistry

Maguire - Cavitand chemistry and crystallography

Soliman - Molecular modeling, enzyme substrate mechanisms and homology modeling

MSc and PhD positions available for South African students in the fields of asymmetric catalysis, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry and computational chemistry.  Please contact Thavi Govender

Postdoc positions available for all nationalities.  Please contact Gert Kruger.

Prof Gert Kruger
Kruger@ukzn.ac.za  +27 31 260 2181
Dr Glenn Maguire
Maguireg@ukzn.ac.za  +27 31 260 1113
Dr Thavendran Govender 
Govenderthav@ukzn.ac.za  +27 31 260 8212
Dr Mahmoud Soliman
Soliman@ukzn.ac.za  +27 31 260 7413

Congratulations to Dr T Singh