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FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Department of Chemistry and Industry

People

Zephyrin G. YAV, MSc, PhD.
Full Professor
Former Head - Department of Chemistry (2007 – 2010)
Former Deputy Dean in charge of research - Faculty of Science (1994 – 1997)
Affiliation: Computational and Physical Chemistry Division

Contact information:

: xxxxxxxxxx@unikin.ac.cd
: +243 xx xxx xxxx
Faculty of Science Building, Office XXX
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.
M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
PhD Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Thesis title: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 1986.

Current Research projets

  • Hydrogen and sigma-hole bonds involving chalcogen compounds
  • Molecular docking of target protein with pharmacophoric ligands

Key words: Physical, Structural and computational Chemistry, Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) based on molecular and structural data

Teaching

  • Kinetics of very rapid reactions
  • UV-Vis Spectroscopy
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Use of Databases in Chemistry

Scholarly Activity


Scholarly Societies membership

Effective members of several learned societies including Société de chimiste du Congo (Sochimico)
Member of the German Physical Chemistry Society “Deutsche BunsenGesellschaft fϋr Physikalische Chemie”


Peer review activities

Editorial board member of : Annales Africaines de medicine Anafrimed



Selected Articles

Bibelayi, Dikima & Lundemba, Albert & Tsalu, Philippe & Kilunga, Pitchouna & Tshishimbi, Jules & Yav, Gushimana. (2022). Hydrogen Bonds of C=S, C=Se and C=Te with C-H in Small-Organic Molecule Compounds Derived from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Crystal Structure Theory and Applications. 11. 1-22. 10.4236/csta.2022.111001.

Lundemba, Albert & Bibelayi, Dikima & Tsalu, Philippe & Wood, Peter & Cole, Jason & Sungula, Jean & Yav, Gushimana. (2021). Chalcogen Bonds in Small-Organic Molecule Compounds Derived from the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD). Crystal Structure Theory and Applications. 10. 57-69. 10.4236/csta.2021.104005.

Lundemba, Albert & Bibelayi, Dikima & Wood, Peter & Pradon, Juliette & Yav, Gushimana. (2020). σ-Hole interactions in small-molecule compounds containing divalent sulfur groups R 1 —S— R 2. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials. 76. 10.1107/S2052520620008598.

Lundemba, Albert & Dikima, Bibelayi & Pradon, Juliette & Reilly, Anthony & Muswema, Jeremie & Groom, Colin & Yav, Gushimana. (2017). Sigma-hole bonding at R 1 -Se- R 2 donors. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 73. C1165-C1165. 10.1107/S2053273317084091.

Lundemba, Albert & Dikima, Bibelayi & Pradon, Juliette & Reilly, Anthony & Muswema, Jeremie & Groom, Colin & Yav, Gushimana. (2017). Sigma-hole bonding at R 1 -Se- R 2 donors. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 73. C1165-C1165. 10.1107/S2053273317084091.

Kilunga, Pitchouna & Kayembe, John & Laffite, Amandine & Devarajan, Naresh & Mulaji, Crispin & Mubedi, Josué & Yav, Gushimana & Otamonga, Jean-Paul & Mpiana, Pius Tshimankinda & Poté, John. (2016). The impact of hospital and urban wastewaters on the bacteriological contamination of the water resources in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 51. 1-9. 10.1080/10934529.2016.1198619.