Ninon

An accomplished organic chemist researcher with over five years of experience and a PhD in organic chemistry. Possess a strong
interdisciplinary background. Successfully led, managed, and assessed numerous projects in synthetic and medicinal chemistry, as well as in the
fields of nanotechnology and biology. Scientific recognition through international scholarships and fellowships. Peer-reviewed publications and impactful scientific networking.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: 2023-2024 Postdoctoral fellow and Lecture of Honors BSc in Advanced Chromatography
technique sand Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Pharmacology department, University of
the free state.
Responsibilities: Led research in chemical fingerprinting and phytochemical isolation of
different cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa.
Designed and executed experiments for bio-guided isolation of bioactive compounds.
Structure elucidation of bioactive compounds and Molecular docking.
Co-supervisionofhonors andMasterstudents research projects.
Manage core facility resources and coordinate daily lab operations.
2018-2022 Organic Chemistry Lecturer at Marien Ngouabi University
Responsibilities: Teaching Chemical synthetic chemistry and NMR in 2nd and 3rd year
undergraduate and Co-supervision of Masters students in synthesis chemistry.
2020-2022 Postdoctoral fellow and Co-supervision of Master and PhD students at the
Departmentof Horticultural Sciences of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape
Town, South Africa.
Responsibilities: Led researcher in screening of different medicinal plants for their
antidiabetic activities and phytochemical isolation of bioactive compounds from the most
active crude extracts
Designed and executed experiments for bio-guided isolation of bioactive compounds
Designed and executed experiments for in vitro alpha-glucosidase, alpha amylase and glucose
uptake activity
Structure elucidation of bioactive compounds
Molecular docking
Led researcher in optimizing plant secondary metabolites for medicinal uses and
phytoremediation using endophytic fungi and plants.
developing biopesticides from plant extracts and indigenous, entomopathogenic fungi,
optimizing plant secondary metabolites for medicinal use.
Manage core facility resources and coordinate daily lab operations.
Conduct community’s engagement on how to grow vegetables using aquaponics and
hydroponically under greenhouse conditions

2020-2022: Co-supervision of Masters (2), Btech (2), and Diploma (4) students, CPUT.
2017-2019: Responsible for training and assisting MSc and PhD researchers on HPLC
experiments and instrument trainer for MSc nanoscience programme.
2019: Principal invigilator at Credo business college.
2018: Supervision of National Diploma and Bachelor of Technology students in
Research Project in Medicinal Chemistry ‘Natural Products Chemistry’ at The Cape
Peninsula University of Technology, Natural Product group.
2017-2019: Mentor of high school pupils in Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
2017: Mentor of an undergraduate research student.
2017-2019: Tutor of chemistry for first year, Cape Peninsula University of
Technology, CPUT.
2016: Mentor and Co-supervision of three honors students with lab works, UWC.