“WHEREBY, YOU ARE A RENOWNED ACADEMIC AND RESEARCHER WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN ZAMBIA SPAN FIVE DECADES. BORN ON 10TH SEPTEMBER 1946, YOU BEGAN YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER IN 1977 AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF SENIOR LECTURER AND SERVED AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. YOU LATER HELD THE POSITION OF DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES, AS WELL AS PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY. YOU ARE THE ONLY PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT, DEMONSTRATING A UNIQUE AND SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO THE DISCIPLINE. YOU WERE SECONDED TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, NOW KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, WHERE YOU ESTABLISHED ZAMBIA’S FIRST-EVER NUCLEAR ANALYTICAL LABORATORY WITH SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. YOU ARE WIDELY CREDITED FOR YOUR GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLAY STOVE, ADVANCEMENTS IN TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES AND THE CREATION OF ZAMBIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS SOFT DRINKS, TIP-TOP AND TARINO. YOUR RESEARCH PORTFOLIO SPANS OVER 50 YEARS, WITH OVER 37 PUBLICATIONS IN BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS COVERING BIOCHEMISTRY, NANOMATERIAL SCIENCE, AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. YOU HAVE PROVIDED STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP ACROSS MORE THAN 50 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PLATFORMS. YOUR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, BOTH IN ACADEMIA AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | Lusaka |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 531 |
| Gazette Vol. | 64 |
| Gazette Date | 2025-05-23 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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