Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
| College of Science, Engineering and Technology |
| Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability |
| Senior Lecturer
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| E-mail: |
managme@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- PhD (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2018
- MSc (Chemistry with distinction), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2014
- BScH (Chemistry), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2012
- BSc (Biochemistry, Chemistry and Microbiology), Rhodes University, South Africa, 2011
Fields of academic interests
- Drug delivery
- Photocatalysis
- Antimicrobial application
- Water treatment
Field of Specialisation
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Environmental chemistry
- Organometallic chemistry
- Nanotechnology
Journal articles
- M. Managa, S. Mgidlana, S. Khene and T. Nyokong. Optical limiting properties of indium 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin covalently linked to semiconductor quantum dots. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 511 (2020) 119838.
- R. Matshitse, M. Managa and T Nyokong. The modulation of the photophysical and photodynamic therapy activities of a phthalocyanine by detonation nanodiamonds: Comparison with graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots. Diamond and Related Materials 101 (2020) 107617.
- C. L. Makola, M. Managa and T. Nyokong. Enhancement of Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy through the use of Indium Cationic Porphyrin Conjugated to Ag/CuFe2O4 nanoparticles. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 30 (2020) 101736.
- Y. I. Openda, P. Sen, M. Managa, T. Nyokong. Acetophenone substituted phthalocyanines and their graphene quantum dots conjugates as photosensitizers for photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy against Staphylococcus aureus. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy 29 (2020) 101607.
- B. M. Motloung. K. E. Sekhosana M. Managa E. Prinsloo. T. Nyokong. The photophysicochemical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of phenyldiazenyl phenoxy substituted phthalocyanines when incorporated into Pluronic F127 micelles. Polyhedron 174 (2019) 114157.
- N. Nwahara. M. Managa. E. Prinsloo. T. Nyokong. Design of Phthalocyanine-Nanoparticle Hybrids for Photodynamic Therapy Applications in Oxygen-Deficient Tumour Environment. Chemistry Select 4 (2019) 9095.
- M. Managa, B. P. Ngoy and T. Nyokong. Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activity of a meso-tetra(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin tetramethyl ester–graphene quantum dot conjugate. New Journal Chem 43 (2019) 4524.
- L. C. Nene, M. Managa, T. Nyokong. Photo-physicochemical properties and in vitro photodynamic therapy activity of morpholine-substituted Zinc(II)-Phthalocyanines pi-pi stacked on biotinylated graphene quantum dots. Dyes and Pigments 165 (2019) 498.
- M. Managa, O.J. Achadu and T. Nyokong. Photophysical studies of graphene quantum dots - pyrene-derivatized porphyrins conjugates when encapsulated within Pluronic F127 micelles. Dyes and Pigments 148 (2018) 416
- M. Managa, B. P. Ngoy, D. Mafukidze, J.Britton and T. Nyokong, Photophysical studies of meso-tetrakis(4-nitrophenyl) and meso-Tetrakis(4-sulfophenyl) gallium porphyrins incorporated into Pluronic F127 polymeric micelles. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A, 348 (2017) 187 (invited paper)
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
- Member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) – Membership Number
- Member of the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP)
- Member of Black Women In Sciences (BWIS)
- Editorial Board of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (specialty section of Frontiers in Chemistry)
- Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans (2018), Science and technology category
Projects
- Photo-transformation of water pollutants using porphyrinoids compounds.
- Development of Antibacterial agents (Synthesis and physicochemical properties.
- Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy of nanostructured materials conjugated to porphyrinoids compounds
