Dr. Ernest Sekabunga
Department of Chemistry
EDUCATION
Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry)
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) Manchester, UK; M.Sc. (Advanced Chemical Technology)
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; B.Sc. (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