Contact information:

: kalulu.taba@unikin.ac.cd
: +243 xx xxx xxxx
Faculty of Science Building, Office B-xx
av de l'Université - C. de Lemba - Kinshasa
Postal adress: P.O Box 190 Kin XI Kinshasa - DR Congo

Education

B.Sc., Faculty of Science, Université de Kinshasa.
PhD, Department of Chemistry - Northwestern University - Evanston - IL - USA.
Thesis title: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx, 1984

Research interest

My research works focus on purification and characterization of bioactive secondary metabolites from plants. Another aspect of my research on natural products focus on antimalarial plant recipes, plant dyes in solar water desinfection and production of biofuel from local plant seeds. For my work, I received the TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Prize for my contributions to the knowledge of natural products that help treat malaria and disinfect water. A key piece of this work was to test local herbal medicine traditions, such as those practiced by trusted community members to treat diseases, to scientifically demonstrate their effectiveness so that they can be more broadly used.

Key words: NMR, Mechanism of organic reaction, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Natural Products, Secondary Metabolites, Malaria, Water desifection

Scientific visits

In the course of my scientific career, I have been a visiting scholar in several laboratoires across the globe. I visited and carried out research works at Weizmann Institute, Rehovot (Israel), at several Belgian institutions including Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix (Namur), the Department of Chemistry at Université Catholique de Louvain -la-Neuve and at Ghent University; at Osaka University (Osaka, Japan); at Cambrigde Major Laboratories, USA…

Community Services

- CEO of the non-profit organization Jardins et élevages des parcelles (JEEP) which specializes in urban and peri-urban environmental agriculture (2004 to present).
- CEO of the NGO CADIM (Centre d'Appui au Développement Intégral/Mbankana) involved in rural development, the centre trains farmers in agroforestry and afforestation techniques that restore soil fertility and boost agricultural production (1996 to 1997).
- Founding member of Institut des Stratégies de développement durable (ISDD), an institute involved in civic education (2004 to present).
- Executive Secretary of Association Congolaise pour l’Avancement de la Science, de la Technologie et de l’Industrie (ACASTI) since 2012.
- Editor-in-Chief of Congosciences is an online and interdisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of scientific and technological research (2012 to present).
- Head of the Experimental Center for Mushroom Cultivation at the University of Kinshasa (2105 to present).
- Scientific Director, Fondation Biotechnologie pour le développement en Afrique (BDA) (2016 to present).

Teaching

• Organic Synthesis
• Advanced Organic Chemisry
• Mass Spectrometry
• Special Questions in Organic Chemistry

Scholarly Activity

Scholarly Societies membership

Effective members of several learned societies including Société des chimistes du Congo (Sochimico)

American Chemical Society ; Sigma XI ; CNRS alumni ; Conseil Scientifique national, R.D. Congo ; member founder of ACASTI (Association Congolaise pour l’Avancement de la Science, de la Technologie et de l’Industrie) ; TWAS (World Academy of Sciences) and member founder of Académie Congolaise des Sciences (ACCOS).

Selected Articles

1. Jose, Kabedi & Mbaya, P. & Lelo, B. & Tshibangu, M. & Taba, Kalulu & Nkuku, L. & Mintsey, M. & Kibonza, S. & Kayembe, J. & Bisuta Fueza, Serge & Lunguya, O. & Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques. (2021). Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in childhood: A case report. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging. 8. 64-69. 10.14738/jbemi.86.11236.

2. Mulula, A & Bouzina, A & Mambu, H & Ntumba, J & Vangu, Emmanuel & Arsene, Tunga & Tshingamb, Milka & Taba, Kalulu. (2021). HPLC Fingerprint profile and Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activities of Methanol Extract of Strophanthus hispidus DC (Stem bark). IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry. 14. 21-27. 10.9790/5736-1411012127.

3. Kitadi, Jm & Inkoto, Clement & Lengbiye, Emmanuel & Tshibangu, Damien & Tshilandaa, Dorothée & Ngbolua, Koto-Te-Nyiwa & Taba, Kalulu & Mbala, Blaise & Schmitz, B & Burubu, J & Mpiana, Pius Tshimankinda. (2021). Mineral Composition of Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in the Kwilu Province (Congo- Kinshasa).

4. Taba, Kalulu & Ntumba, Joséphine & Tshiongo, M & Theodore, Kazadi. (2021). Antiplasmodial Activity of the Root Bark of Strophanthus hispidus DC. MFELE NTSA Jeanine, KAZADI KASHISHI Théodore, NTUMBA KANKOLONGO Josephine, TABA KALULU Muzele, TSHIONGO MUAMBA Christian* Paper History ABSTRACT.

5. Kitadi, Jm & Inkoto, Clement & Lengbiye, Emmanuel & Tshibangu, Damien & Tshilandaa, Dorothée & Ngbolua, Koto-Te-Nyiwa & Taba, Kalulu & Mbala, Blaise & Schmitz, B & Burubu, J & Mpiana, Pius Tshimankinda. (2021). Chlorine (Cl) and trace elements such as: Aluminum (Al). Sumerianz Journal of Biotechnology. 10.47752/sjb.41.16.21.

6. Arsene, Tunga & Kilembe, Jason & Matondo, Aristote & Khamis, Mussa Yussuf & Nininahazwe, Lauraine & Nkatu, Fils & Tshingamb, Milka & Vangu, Emmanuel & Kindala, Junior & Mihigo, Dr Shetonde & Sungula, Jean & Kafuti, Yves & Agboyibor, Clement & Taba, Kalulu. (2020). Computational analysis by molecular docking of thirty alkaloid compounds from medicinal plants as potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease. 4. 487-503. 10.25177/JCCMM.4.4.RA.10699.