Uche Basil Eke
Professor/Chemistry/Physical Sciences · University of Ilorin
Research Interests
Green Chemistry, Spectroscopy
Biography
Uche Basil Eke a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria (FCSN), is a Professor of inorganic chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin with over three decades of teaching, research and administrative experience. He has served the University of Ilorin in different capacities including Head of Department of Chemistry, Dean of Faculty of Physical Sciences and Chairman, University Sports Council. His areas of research interests include Biofuels, Biopolymer Conjugates of drug candidates, Chemistry for Healthy Life. Professor Eke has successfully supervised 10 PhDs and more than 20 Masters’ theses in the area of Biofuels and Biopolymer Conjugates of drug candidates. He has successfully produced and optimized performance parameters of a new biodiesel. He has also published over forty-five research papers in high impact factor peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Education
BSc., MSc. PhD. Chemistry
Recent Scopus Publications
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Studies of Some Metal (II) Complexes of Some Azo Dyes
- Synthesis, characterisation and in vitro anticancer activity of catalytically active indole-based half-sandwich complexes
- Synthesis of new ruthenium(II) complexes derived from labile nitrile ligands: an alternative route to the preparation of trans-dichlorotetrakis(diphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)
- Solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis and X-ray studies of Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of 5-(3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine (Trimethoprim) in a ball-mill
- Spectral studies of transition metal complexes of dihydrobis(1-pyrazoyl)borate with some Lewis bases
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4119-2937
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wmJ4Is8AAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=9843251400