April 2016
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Won 1st Prize Oral presentation PhD category. International Conference in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica). University of South Africa (UNISA), Florida Campus.
March 2016
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Won 3rd Prize Oral Presentation in the Faculty of Science. 7
the Wits Cross faculty Symposium. Professional Hub, University of
Witwatersrand, South Africa.
December 2015
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Penny Huddle Award for the Best Undergraduate student teaching assistant, University
of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
December 2015
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
For excellence in academic studies.
August 2010
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Korean Government scholarship Award, South Korean Government to study a master's degree at Kangwon National University.
April 2011
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Korean Language (intermediate level) student Award, Hallym University, South Korea
January 2021
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
Selected as a fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Program
June 2022
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
A recipient of the Africa Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence funded by the European Commission through the Africa Academy of Sciences and the African Union
December 2019
Bridget Mutuma > Other Awards
I was awarded the travel grant as a delegate to attend the PITTCON conference in Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago, USA on 1st-5th March 2020
Full Member
Dr. Bridget Mutuma
Membership since:
2018
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
African Academy of Science
Royal Society of Chemistry
Materials Research Society of Kenya
Degrees:
2016
Doctorate
Chemical Sciences
2013
Master
Engineering sciences
2009
Undergraduate
Chemical Sciences
2011
Master
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
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
Pretoria
Hollow Carbon Spheres and a Hollow Carbon Sphere/Polyvinylpyrrolidone composite as Ammonia Sensors
International Conference in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
2025
Johannesburg
“Generation of open ended, worm-like and graphene-like structures from spherical carbon material
Annual World Carbon Conference
2025
Dresden, Germany
Synthesis and Characterization of Au nanoparticles and Au@Hollow Carbon Spheres for Application in Organic Solar Cells”
Inorganic Conference
2025
Grahamstown, South Africa
Synthesis and Characterization of Hollow Carbon Spheres as Electron Acceptors for Applications in Organic Photovoltaic devices
3rd Pan African Crystallographic Conference, Multimedia University of Kenya
2025
Nairobi, Kenya
Africa Materials Research Society (AMRS) Conference
2025
Dakar, Senegal
2nd Connecting Minds Africa Meeting
2025
Cape Town, South Africa
AU-EU Innovation Stakeholder Event.
2025
Nairobi, Kenya
Conference on Basic and Applied Sciences
2025
Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
12th WIOMSA symposium
2025
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Annual Carbon Conference
2025
Kentucky, USA
69th meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2025
Bologna, Italy
NanoAfrica Conference
2025
Durban, South Africa
African Energy Materials Conference
2025
Pretoria, South Africa
Catalysis Society of South Africa
2025
Central Drakensberg. South Africa
6th International Conference in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica)
2025
University of South Africa (UNISA) Florida Campus
Annual Carbon Conference
2025
Dresden, Germany
SACI Inorganic Conference
2025
Grahamstown, South Africa