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/Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani
Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani

Position: Lecturer

Department: Chemical Sciences
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Qualifications

  • MSc Chemistry (University of Zimbabwe), ZIM
  • BSc Honours Chemistry (University of South Africa), RSA
  • Higher National Diploma in Applied Chemical Technology, Masvingo Poly, ZIM
  • National Diploma in Applied Chemical Technology, Masvingo Poly, ZIM
  • National Certificate in Science Education, Masvingo Poly, ZIM

 

Research interests

  • Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization
  • Development of novel metal-organic frameworks
  • Water sorption studies using metal-organic frameworks
  • Enzyme catalysis using metal-organic frameworks.

 

Publications

  • Linia Gedi Marazani, Victoria Gascon-Perez, Ayush Pathak, Michele Tricarico, Jin-Chong Tan, Michael J. Zaworotko, Andrew E. H. Wheatley, Banothile C. E. Makhubela, and Gift Mehlana. Water sorption studies with mesoporous multivariate monoliths based on UiO-66. 2024.Materials Advances. 5(19): 7679-7689.
  • Linia Gedi Marazani, Maureen Gumbo, Lendly Moyo, Banothile C. E. Makhubela, and Gift Mehlana. Synthesis and characterization of neodymium-based MOFs for application in carbon-dioxide reduction to syngas. 2024, 48(34), 15025-15035.

Conferences and seminars attended:

  • Linia Gedi Marazani, Gift Mehlana, and Banothile Makhubela, Poster presentation: Chemical and Biological Catalysts Supported On Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation. 19 January 2023, 3rd Pan-African Conference on Crystallography (PCCr3) Harnessing Crystallography for Africa’s Research and technology Transformation; Multimedia University of Kenya, Nairobi –Kenya.
  • Crystallography for the people, Online European Crystallographic Association Webinar, 13 April 2023
  • A key purpose of high-pressure research- effect of pressure on structures and functionalities of materials, Online European Crystallographic Association Webinar, 29 June 2023
  • Linia Gedi Marazani, online presentation: Mesoporous monolithic metal-organic frameworks for biological catalysis. 07 August 2023. Global online seminar series on metal-organic frameworks by Omar Yaghi, Berkeley University, USA.

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