Education
PhD: Auburn University – Inorganic Chemistry
MS: The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) Manchester, UK – Advanced Chemical Technology
BS: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda – Industrial Chemistry
Academic/Professional Appointments
1998 – Present Assistant and Associate Professor-Inorganic Chemistry, West Virginia State University.
1996-1998 Visiting Professor-Inorganic Chemistry, State University of New York at Oswego.
1990 Departmental Visitor, Chemistry Department, UMIST.
Teaching Interests
Chemistry for non-science majors
Health Science General Chemistry
General Chemistry for science majors
Inorganic Chemistry
RESEARCH INTERSTS
Transition metal – phosphine coordination chemistry.
Extraction of aqueous metal ions utilizing insoluble solid supported water-soluble P- and N-donor ligands.
Publications
E. J. Sekabunga, Michele L. Smith, W. E. Hill. “A Variable Temperature 31P NMR Study of 9-30 Atom Macrocyclic Rings of Silver(I) with Long Chain Diphosphines.”, J. Coord. Chem. 2005, 58, 1187
E. J. Sekabunga; Michele L. Smith; T. R. Webb; W. E. Hill;“Coordination Chemistry of Silver(I) with the Nitrogen-Bridged Ligands, (C6H5)2PN(H)P(C6H5)2and (C6H5)2PN(CH3)P(C6H5)2: The Effect of Alkylating the Nitrogen Bridge on Ligand Bridging versus Chelating Behavior.”, Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 1205
