Mr. Matshwele is a highly self-driven and motivated early Career Researcher pursuing his PhD Chemistry, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). He holds a Master of Science degree in Chemistry (BIUST) and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Chemistry, University of Botswana. His specialization is in three streams: Chemistry, Environmental Science and Microbiology.
Research
Research Interests:
Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Chemistry.
Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID): https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-8867
Research Publications:
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- Matshwele, James TP, et al. “Synthesis, characterization of nitro or amino substituted pyridyl ligands bridged by an ester or ether bond, and their antibacterial assessment against drug resistant bacteria.” Results in Chemistry(2022): 100401.
- James T. P. Matshwele, Sebusi Odisitse, Florence Nareetsile, “Metallo-Drugs as Promising Antibacterial Agents, and Their Modes of Action”. Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences. 2022
- James T. P. Matshwele, Sebusi Odisitse, Ofentse Mazimba, Florence Nareetsile, Lebogang G. Julius, and Dalitso Keitumetse , “Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Pyridin-4-ylmethyl 4-aminobenzoate, C13H12N2O2” (Springer-Crystallography Reports)
- James T. P. Matshwele, Sebusi Odisitse, Ofentse Mazimba, Florence Nareetsile, Lebogang G. Julius, and Dalitso Keitumetse. ‘’Crystal Structure of Pyridin-4-ylmethyl 4-Nitrobenzoate, C13H10N2O4’’. X-ray Structure Analysis Online, 2022, 38(1), 7.
- Matshwele, James TP, Sebusi Odisitse, Daphne Mapolelo, Melvin Leteane, Lebogang G. Julius, David O. Nkwe, and Florence Nareetsile. “Antibacterial Activity of 2-Picolyl-polypyridyl-Based Ruthenium (II/III) Complexes on Non-Drug-Resistant and Drug-Resistant Bacteria.” Bioinorganic chemistry and applications 2021 (2021).
- James T.P. Matshwele, Florence Nareetsile, Daphne Mapolelo, Pearl Matshameko, Melvin Leteane, David O. Nkwe, and Sebusi Odisitse, (2020) Synthesis of mixed ligand ruthenium (II/III) complexes and their antibacterial evaluation on drug resistant bacterial organisms. Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 2020.
- Florence Nareetsile, James T.P. Matshwele, Scotch Ndlovu, Abubakar Ngaski, (2020) Transition Metal Complexes with anti-HIV/AIDS properties Chemical Review and Letters, 3(4), 140-160. doi: 10.22034/crl.2020.230856.1057
- James Matshwele, Keene Mmusi and Venkataraman. Vishwanathan, (2019), A single Step Low Cost Production of Cyclohexanone from Phenol Hydrogenation, SIJST. Vol. 3 (4), pp. 1-6
- James Matshwele, Keene Mmusi, Denis Jumbam, (2019) A brief review of the phytomining of Gold, Copper and Nickel. (BIE Conference Proceedings)
- Matshwele, James TP, Florence Nareetsile, Masego Tebogo, Ofentse Mazimba, Fortunate P. Masita, Lebogang Julius, Mosimanegape Jongman, and Sebusi Odisitse. “Physicochemical properties, crystal structures, antibacterial properties and in silico characterization of cobalt and copper metal complexes and their acido complex crystals with 4-chloromethylpyridine.” Polyhedron 226 (2022): 116085.
- Reactions of Coordination Compounds in the Solid State (Elsevier-Dynamic Processes in Solids) {In-Press}
