DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Professor Ishenkumba A. Kahwa, BSc (Hons), MSc Dar es Salaam,
DPhil Louisiana State – Head of Department
Overview of Department’s Work 2005-2006
The Department started out the 2005-2006 academic year with a strong
determination to address the issues of the
UWI Mona’s strategic challenges and to
ensure that there was continuity in the areas
which were not completed the previous year. 
Areas receiving serious attention included
the: (1) completion of the joint curriculum
reform with the St. Augustine and Cave Hill
campuses; (2) introduction of research
experience for all students doing BSc
Chemistry majors; (3) modernization and
streamlining of the laboratory programmes into more manageable and
appealing teaching-learning activities for the students; (4) preparation for
the commencement of the Occupational and Environmental Safety and
Health (OESH) programme; (5) increase in scholastic output above the
thirty publications per year level attained in 2004/5,  and (6) improvement
of the curriculum delivery process in keeping with the Departmental
Review of 2004-2005.
There was student registration growth of about 8% and 15% at the
undergraduate and graduate levels respectively over 2004/5. The number
of students served by our outreach programme to high schools and
community colleges increased by 120% over last year. The Department
also completed its experiment on the impact of research project
learning/teaching methods; six students did the Research Project course
where problem solving, communication (written and oral) and practical
skills were developed and tested with good response from students. The
Department will expand the Research Project offerings in 2006-2007 as a
requirement for all chemistry programme majors.
The Department published 22 and 1 refereed and non-refereed articles
respectively. This is short of the target of 30 refereed publications but
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within the usual band; the Department will be working on improvements
for 2006/7.
The Commercial Chemistry project which started out moderately in
2004/5 improved its earnings during the year; it has the potential to attract
large earnings and will be a main area of concentration for the upcoming
year.  In the area of extra budgetary income, the target of US$1M was
attained and we have realised our objective of cultivating qualitative
improvements in the ability of staff to compete for funding.  
Again the Department was placed in the spotlight when Nadale Downer-
Riley a Ph.D. student was chosen by the CARISCIENCE to represent the
region at the 56th meeting of Nobel Laureates, held in Lindau, Germany,
from June 25 – 30, 2006.  It was the 18th Assembly in Chemistry and
featured 18 laureates in Chemistry, 3 in Physics and 2 in
Physiology/Medicine among the over 500 scientists from 48 countries.
Nadale found the science stimulating and believed it was a great
opportunity for interaction with some of the most brilliant minds in
Chemistry. The meeting, she said, left nothing more to be desired of a
scientific forum and she thanked CARISCIENCE and UNESCO for their 
support and for the tremendous opportunity offered to her.
The year’s activities culminated with the hosting of the Department of
Chemistry STT Symposium: The Strategic Evolution of the
Chemistry Department, UWI Mona (1948-2006).  The conference was
held July 17-19, 2006 and was funded by the Strategic Transformation
Team - (STT). The goal was to bring together past department heads and
students and university leaders to introspect on the progress the
department has made, the challenges it is facing and opportunities for
further progress. A report will be published in 2006/7 and it will also
address the best practices which can be replicated in other university units.
Overall, there have been a total of fifteen in-house seminars conducted by
both overseas and local professionals, in addition to two transfer seminars
and four PhD orals.
HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN THE
DEPARTMENT
1. New Occupational & Environmental, Safety and Health 
(OESH) Programme 
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The preparation for the introduction of the new degree programmes in
Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) met with
tremendous success. All the preparations to start the course in 2006-2007
were put in place and funding for building classrooms and laboratories for
teaching as well as for consultancy and training services were being
vigorously pursued. Admission offers of 45, 2, and 3 were made for the
MSc (OESH), M.Phil. and PhD programmes respectively.
2. Chemistry Curriculum Reform
While progress towards consensus was slower than expected, the
underlying political process proceeded smoothly and the critical issues
received open and detailed attention and discussion.  Eventually in June
2006 a decision on the framework for the new curriculum was agreed on
with support from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences.
The key features of a new and modernized curriculum are:
1. a streamlined and enhanced laboratory programme at the
undergraduate level that will alleviate the negative and stressful
impact of ‘too many laboratory sessions’ in a week
2. a research project requirement for all Chemistry majors
designed to enhance critical thinking skills and competencies as
stipulated in the vision of the UWI graduate
3. to facilitate faster recovery from failure of Chemistry courses by
would-be Chemistry majors. Much of this was done in
collaboration with the St. Augustine and Cave Hill campuses to
enhance the regional integration process. 
4. at the graduate level, the new curriculum introduces cumulative
examinations to make for well rounded doctoral graduates and
introduces flexibility in taught course requirements to reflect
diverse interest among research students and staff.
3. The Commercial Chemistry Project
The Commercial Chemistry Initiative has shown the potential to earn
much needed income but the persistent shortage of synthetic organic
chemists continues to be a problem.  Nevertheless, one project has been
secured and provisions were made for the recruitment of an Assistant
Research Fellow and a Scientific Officer to the project with support from
the Strategic Transformation Team.
4.  Extra-Budgetary Income
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Income generation: Although the Department did not secure new large
external research grants as was the case in the previous year, the
Department was able to realise its target of US$1M in extra-budgetary
income (US$1.14 Million). This was achieved by aggressively tracking and
sourcing of external consultancies, appeals to grantors to increase their
contributions, offering summer school, rental of laboratories and other
facilities and strategic alignment of the department’s plans with the
strategic transformation vision of the UWI Mona.
5.  The Mona Symposium 2006
The Twenty First biennial Mona Symposium on Natural Products and
Medicinal Chemistry was held from January 3-6, 2006.  The symposium,
which started in 1966, is the longest running international scientific
meeting in the Caribbean.
It was attended by over seventy overseas participants and included a
number of distinguished chemists from academia and industries in the
Caribbean, the United States, United Kingdom and Japan.  Among the
participants was a group of seventeen undergraduate students from St.
Olaf College in the USA who participated in the symposium and
experienced a rich scientific and cultural exchange. 
The conference provided opportunities for much productive
collaboration between West Indian Chemists and participants from
overseas.  Graduate students from all three UWI campuses presented
posters, which described their work and the outstanding ones attracted
prizes.
6. CAPE Workshop 
The hosting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE)
Workshop has become an annual event for the Department, which
increased in subscription by 120% this year.  It was held February 27 –
March 3, 2006 with five hundred and thirty-five (535) students from rural
and corporate area high schools who were preparing for the CAPE
Chemistry examination. The Workshop covered the Fundamentals of
Spectroscopy for Unit I Chemistry and was co-ordinated by Dr. Novelette
Sadler-McKnight.
7. The BEd. Secondary Distance Project
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The Bachelor of Education Distance Teaching Project continued; new
chemistry courses inorganic, organic and physical chemistry were
developed and approved for the BEd. package. 
 8. The Acquisition of UV-Visible Spectrometers
The Department was able, with campus support to acquire five fibre optic
UV-Visible Spectrometers at a cost of US$16,795.00.  The acquisition of
these instruments became a necessity as the student enrolment in the
introductory and advanced laboratories increased by 29% over the 2002/3
academic year and the Department was faced with a severe shortage of
spectrometers essential for running the labs.
9. Installation of Fume Hoods
New fume hoods were installed in the preliminary and physical chemistry
teaching laboratories and the organic, inorganic and overflow organic
chemistry research laboratories.  The work was carried out by Goncura
Company Ltd. at a cost of J$14 Million and was funded by the UWI Mona
Strategic Transformation Team. 
10. The Re-naming of the Applied Teaching Laboratory
Based on a recommendation from the Department, the University
approved the re-naming of the Applied Chemistry Teaching and Research
Laboratory ‘The Kenneth E. Magnus Applied Chemistry Teaching and Research
Laboratory’ in honour of Professor Ken Magnus a former Head of
Department and Dean of Faculty who developed and started the Applied
Chemistry Programme in 1968.
11. Chemists-at-Heart
On June 13, 2006 the Department accommodated a group of
Kindergarteners from the Rainbow Land Nursery School and
Kindergarten who got a taste of hands-on experiments including how to
make ice cream using liquid nitrogen and laser demonstrations.  Also 40
students from the Denham Town Primary School’s Science Club and 20
high school students visited the Department and participated in similar
exercises.
12. Study Abroad Programme
Seventeen students from St. Olaf College in the United States arrived in
the Department on January 5, 2006 to pursue an undergraduate course in
Medicinal Chemistry: An International Perspective.  A component of the course
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was their attendance at the Mona Symposium on Medicinal and Natural
Products.  This conference provided an opportunity for them to meet and
interact with professional medicinal chemists and graduate students from
different countries and to share in a cross-cultural learning experience. The 
group returned to the US on January 28, 2006 after completing the course
and writing their examinations. 
13. The Department of Chemistry: STT Symposium
The Department concluded its year-long activities with what could be
considered one of its most successful events by the hosting of the
Department of Chemistry STT Symposium: The Strategic Evolution
of the Chemistry Department, UWI Mona (1948-2006). The
symposium was held July 17-19, 2006 and was funded by the Strategic
Transformation Team - STT.  
The goal of the symposium was to formally document the evolutionary
process of the Department’s scholastic excellence and to identify lessons
that helped to deepen the success of the Department and from which
other UWI Departments and Units could benefit. The objective of the
conference was to analyse the evolutionary process and to identify
leadership and management policies/visions, resource deployment
strategies, custom and practices which have contributed to the sustained
success of the Department since 1948.
With its clear goal and objectives special invitations were extended to the
former heads of department and lecturers so that they could provide
insights into the department’s scholastic evolution and strategic measures
which nurtured and sustained it.  Six of the eight former heads, Professors
Cedric Hassall (Founding Head), Gerald Lalor, Wilfred Chan, Ken
Magnus, Dr. Earle Roberts and Tara Dasgupta and the current head
attended the symposium as well as current lecturers. Two former lecturers, 
Prof. Vernon Box and Dr. Basil Burke, who themselves benefited (as
students and young staff) from the nurturing environment which the
Department provided, also participated.
14. Student Assessment
Student ratings for teaching performance continue to be high (out of 5,
score ranges are: 3.0–4.6, 3.0-4.4 and 3.3–4.3±1 for lecturers, courses
and laboratories respectively). The curriculum reform effort will take
into account student assessments, especially laboratories where higher
scores would normally be expected.
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15. Customer Service Perception survey was carried out at the
Chemistry Office in January 2006 and the Department received a score of
70.5%.  
Research Day Awardees
Dr. Roy Porter and Ms. Petrea Facey received award for Best
Publication
Dr. Anthony Greenaway received an award for the Research Project
Attracting the Most Research Funds – US$365,173.00.
Professor Helen Jacobs received the Vice Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence Performance in Research.
PAPERS PRESENTED
• Mohammed Bakir, ‘The development of the chemistry of di-2-
pyridyl-ketone derivatives for molecular sensing & catalytic
applications’, Texas A & M University, Commerce, TX, Feb. 2,
2006.
• Mohammed Bakir and Orville Green, ‘Molecular sensing
behavior of [ZnCl2(η3-dpkbh)] where dpkbh = N,N,O-di-2-
pyridyl ketone benzoyl hydrazone’, 75th Gordon Research
Conference, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island, July 
17-21, 2006.
• Shakia Sewell, Michael Coley and Anthony Greenaway.   The
impact of Goethite content and crystal morphology in Bauxites
on Red Mud settling in the Low Temperature Bayer process.
Geological Society of Jamaica Conference, Dec. 2005.
• Debbie-Ann Gordon-Smith, Francine Taylor-Campbell, Kayan
Campbell and Anthony Greenaway.  Nutrient Fluxes to Sections 
of Jamaica’s Coastal Zone.  Geological Society of Jamaica
Conference, Dec. 2005.
• J. A. Grant, Y. A. Jackson and M. Gossell-Williams, “The
Synthesis And Pharmacological Activity of Some Novel 1,3-
Diazepinium Chlorides”, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 2005.
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• Ishenkumba Kahwa ‘The need for Inquiry Based Science
Education methods in the Caribbean’ September 24-28, 2005, 2nd
IANAS Science Education Focal Points meeting in Edmonton,
Canada. 
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘Small nanoclusters: mechanical and
cooperative electronic behaviour therein’, 3rd IUPAC
International Symposium on Macro and Supramolecular
Architectures and Materials (MAM-06): Practical Nanochemistry
and Novel Approaches from May 28 - June 1, 2006, Tokyo, Japan.
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘Opportunities for education and training
in OESH at UWI’, 3rd Caribbean Environmental Forum, June 5-
9,  2006, Antigua. 
• Ishenkumba Kahwa, ‘The status of science and technology in
the Caribbean’, CARICOM Conference on: Harnessing Science
and Technology for Caribbean Development, Trinidad and
Tobago, May 10-13, 2006.
• Lancashire, Robert, ‘Developing interactive web pages with
MDL Chime and JAVA’, 40th IUPAC CONGRESS 14-19 August 
2005 Beijing, China
• Richard Cammack, Yang Fann, Robert J. Lancashire, John P.
Maher, Peter S. McIntyre, and Reef Morse, ‘Proposed
International Standard for Exchange of EMR/EPR/ESR
spectroscopic data’ 40th IUPAC CONGRESS, August 14-19,
2005 Beijing, China.
• Robert Lancashire, “JSpecView - A Java-Based Spectroscopy
Viewer” University of Cologne, Germany, July 2006
• Robert Lancashire “JSpecView - A Java-Based Spectroscopy
Viewer” presented at 19th BCCE (Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education), Purdue University, July 30 – August 3,
2006.
• Camille S. Bowen, Donna A. Minott-Kates. “RP-HPLC analysis 
of hypoglycins A and B in ackees (Blighia sapida): Determination
of the mechanism of natural detoxification of the fruit”.  Institute
of Food Technologists.  Orlando, USA, June 2006.
• Grace Ann Junor, Roy B. R. Porter, Lawrence A. D. Williams and
Trevor H. Yee, ‘An Investigation into the Essential Oil
Composition of the Three Endemic Species of Bursera spp.
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(Burseraceae) in Jamaica., 4th International Society for the
Development of Natural Products Conference, Leysin,
Switzerland, May 2006.
• M. Shields, T. Yee, P. Reese, and R. Delgoda ‘Investigating the
potential for drug-herb interactions in Jamaica: effects of
medicinal plants on the activity of Cytochrome P450 enzymes.,
13th Meeting of the International Society for the Study of
Xenobiotics (NA)/20th Meeting of the Japanese International
Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.,
October 23 - 27, 2005. Abstract: Drug Metabolism Reviews, 2005, 
37 (Suppl. 2).
• W.M. Forbes, R.D. Robinson and P.B. Reese ‘Eryngial, a plant
compound with marked anthelmintic activity in vitro using
Strongyloides stercoralis L3’. American Society of Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene, Washington, U.S.A., December 11 - 15, 2005.
Abstract: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene, 2005, 73(6): 254.
• Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot, ‘X-ray Crystallography at the
University of the West Indies, Mona: Structures of Novel Metal
Complexes and the H-Bonding Interactions Featured in Them’.
American Crystallographic Associations Annual Meeting in
Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles 
Bakir M, Gyles C 
* Monosaccharide optical sensor based on ruthenium(II)-
bis(bipyridine) of 4-nitrophenyl-di-2-pyridyl ketone hydrazone
(dpknph), [Ru(biPY)(2)(dpknph)]Cl-2, Journal of Molecular
Structure 753 (1-3): 35-39, 2005
* Bakir M, Conry RR, Green O. Polymorphic di-2-pyridyl ketone
4-nitrophenylhydrazone (dpknph): the structure of beta-
dpknph, Acta Crystallographica Section C-Crystal Structure
Communications 61: O607-O609, 2005
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* Clarke ZE, Maragh PT, Dasgupta TP, Gusev DG, Lough AJ,
Abdur-Rashid K. A family of active iridium catalysts for transfer 
hydrogenation of ketones, Organometallics 25 (17): 4113-4117,
2006
* Abdur-Rashid K, Dasgupta TP, Burgess J. Solubilities and
transfer chemical potentials for cobalt(III) complexes in t-
butanol-, i-propanol-, and ethanol-water mixtures, Transition
Metal Chemistry 30 (8): 948-956, 2005
* Burgess J, Hubbard CD, Miyares PH, Cole TL, Dasgupta TP,
Leebert S. Kinetics of dissociation of tris-{3-(2-pyridyl)-5,6-
bis(2-furyl)-1,2,4-triazine}iron(II) Transition Metal Chemis- try 30
(8): 957-963, 2005
* Dasgupta TP, Aquart DV. Transfer of nitric oxide from
nitrovasodilators to free thiols - Evidence of two distinct
stages, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 335 (3):
730-733, 2005
* Taylor RA, Ellis HA, Maragh PT, White NAS. The room
temperature structures of anhydrous zinc(II) hexanoate and
pentadecanoate, Journal of Molecular Structure 787 (1-3): 113-120,
2006
* Gallimore WA, Kelly M, Scheuer PJ. Alkaloids from the sponge
Monanchora unguifera, Journal of Natural Products 68 (9): 1420-
1423, 2005
* Greenaway AM, Gordon-Smith DA. The effects of rainfall on
the distribution of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in
Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Limnology and Oceanography 51 (5): 2206-
2220, 2006 
* Hassan I, Antao SM, Parise JB. Cancrinite: Crystal structure,
phase transitions, and dehydration behavior with temperature,
American Mineralogist 91 (7): 1117-1124, 2006
* Antao SM, Hassan I, Crichton WA, Parise JB. Effects of high
pressure and high temperature on cation ordering in
magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4, using in situ synchrotron X-ray
powder diffraction up to 1430 K and 6 GPa, American
Mineralogist 90 (10): 1500-1505, 2005
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* Antao SM, Hassan I, Parise JB. Cation ordering in
magnesioferrite, MgFe2O4 to 982 degrees C using in situ
synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. American Mineralogist 90
(1): 219-228, 2005
* Hepburn SA, Jackson YA. A concise synthesis of further
thiophene analogues of kuanoniamine A. Heterocycles 68 (5): 975-
981, 1 2006
* Blake OA, Bennink MR, Jackson JC. Ackee (Blighia sapida)
hypoglycin A toxicity: Dose response assessment in laboratory
rats,  Food and Chemical Toxicology 44 (2): 207-213, 2006
* McAnuff MA, Harding WW, Omoruyi FO, Jacobs H, Morrison
EY, Asemota HN. Hypoglycemic effects of steroidal
sapogenins isolated from Jamaican bitter yam, Dioscorea
polygonoides, Food and Chemical Toxicology 43 (11): 1667-1672,
2005
* Cammack R, Fann Y, Lancashire RJ,  Maher JP, McIntyre PS,
Morse R. JCAMP-DX for electron magnetic resonance(EMR).
Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (3): 613-631, 2006
* Maragh PT, Thomas SE, Dasgupta TP. Kinetics and
mechanism of the aquation of the trinuclear cation, [mu(3)-oxo-
triaqua-hexakis(acetato)tris(iron(III))](+) in perchloric acid
media, Inorganica Chimica Acta 358 (13): 3610-3616, 2005
* Bakir M, Biggs DAC, Lough A, Mulder WH, Reynolds W,
Porter RB. 7-acetyl-12-methoxyhorminone from Jamaican
Hyptis verticillata (Labiatae), Acta Crystallographica Section E-
Structure Reports Online 62: O306-O308 Part 1, 2006
* Lamm AS, Reynolds WF, Reese PB. Bioconversion of Stemodia 
maritima diterpenes and derivatives by Cunninghamella
echinulata var. elegans and Phanerochaete chrysosporium,
Phytochemistry 67 (11): 1088-1093, 2006 
* Chen ARM, Ruddock PLD, Lamm AS, Reynolds WF, Reese
PB. Stemodane and stemarane diterpenoid hydroxy- lation by
Mucor plumbeus and Whetzelinia sclerotiorum,  Phytochemistry
66 (16): 1898-1902, 2005
* Singh-Wilmot MA, Kahwa IA, Lough AJ. Tetrakis µ2)-2,6-
diformyl-4-methylphenolato)tetra-µ3-hydroxo-tetrakis
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[diaquaneodymium(III)] tetrakis(perchlorate) ethanol disolvate,
Acta Crystallographica Section E-Structure Reports Online 62: M113-
M115 Part 1, 2006
Non-refereed
* Lancashire RJ, Davies AN. “Spectroscopic Data: The Quest for
a Universal Format”, Chemistry International 28(1), 10-12,
January-February 2006. Reprinted in: Chemistry in Australia,
73(2): 17-19, 2006.
* Davies AN, Lancashire RJ, Lampen P. “Embedding spectra and 
structures in your web pages", Spectroscopy Europe 17(5), 28-
30, 2005.
Technical Reports 
Anthony M. Greenaway
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites: First Quarterly
Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Michael D. Coley and Anthony M.
Greenaway.  Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World,   August
31, 2005. 59 pages
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites:  Second
Quarterly Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Kamille K. Gyles,
Michael D. Coley and Anthony M. Greenaway.  Submitted to
Jamalco and Alcoa World,   February 21, 2006.  74 pages.
* Caustic soluble phosphorus in Jamalco bauxites:  Third
Quarterly Report.  Khadeen E. Henry, Kamille K. Gyles,
Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.  Submitted to
Jamalco and Alcoa World, May 18, 2006.  78 pages.
* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  First Quarterly Report.  Alicia N.
Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World, August 1, 2005.  55
pages.
* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  Second Quarterly Report.  Alicia
N. Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World, February 21, 2006.  61
pages.
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* Caustic soluble chromium, manganese, copper, zinc and
cadmium in Jamalco bauxites.  Third Quarterly Report.  Alicia
N. Bucknor, Michael D. Coley, Anthony M. Greenaway.
Submitted to Jamalco and Alcoa World.  May 15, 2006.  68
pages.
INCOME GENERATION
Research Grants
Dr. Anthony Greenaway
The Caustic Soluble Impurities in Jamalco Bauxites: Funded by Jamalco
and Alcoa World continues.
UWI New Initiative grant of J$1,485,999.00 to purchase field equipment
for project on the use of remote sensing data to assess water quality.
Dr. Winklet Gallimore 
Funding from the Campus Research and Publications – US$2,000.00
Grant from the University of Mississippi – US$3,180.00.
Professor Yvette Jackson
Royal Society of Chemistry (2006) – £1,000.00, Synthesis of Aza- and
Diazarotenoids
DuPont Crop Protection, Stine-Haskell Research Center – US$3,600.00.
Ishenkumba Kahwa received J$1.5 Million from the New Initiative
fund for the project ’Hazardous materials in the informal sector’ and
US$3,000 from the Research and Publications grants programme for his
team’s work on novel lanthanide clusters. US$17,000 was secured from the 
Inter-American Association of Academies of Science for the science
educational activities in the CARICOM region including a regional science 
conference.
Dr. Donna Minott-Kates received grants totalling J$375,000.00 from
Research and Publication for three MPhil projects. 
Dr. Roy Porter received a New Initiative grant of J$1.5M for the research
project titled Investigation of chemical composition and biological activity
of the essential oils from six Jamaican species of the Hyptis Genus.
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Professor Paul Reese received US$2,000.00 from the Board for
Graduate Studies, Mona to cover costs involved in identification of
isolated marine fungi.
Dr. Novelette Sadler-McKnight received $500,000 from the STT to
support joint research initiative in Chemical Education.
Commercial Activity 
Prof Tara Dasgupta’s Pesticide Research laboratory generated J$2
Million from analytical services.  
Anthony Greenaway’s commercial analyses generated J$590,000.00
Donna Minott’s hypoglycin production generated J$32,000.00
Prof. Ishenkumba Kahwa’s hazardous materials project generated about 
J$8 Million including a J$6.47M grant from the Environmental
Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) to clean up asbestos from the Old Harbour
Succaba Pen Community.
Dr. Novelette Sadler-McKnight generated $2 Million from the sale of
kits, manuals, workshops and the use of laboratory facilities.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Professor T. Dasgupta:
– Chief Editor, Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology
– Member, BSJ Committee for designing Metrology Building
– Member, National Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Coordinating Committee
– Member, Board of Editors, Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms.
– Referee for Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transaction,
International Journal for Chemical Kinetics, West Indian Journal of
Engineering
– Member, Pesticide Residue Monitoring Committee 
– President, Caribbean Academy of Sciences
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Dr.  A. Greenaway:
– Member, National Ozone Commission
– Member, BSJ/NEPA Phosphate Technical Committee 
Professor Y. Jackson
– Consultant, Tanaud International
– Regional Editor, MOLECULES
– Foreign Research Mentor for the Minority International
Research Training Programme, Barry University, Florida 
– Member , Board of Governors, Hampton High School, St.
Elizabeth 
– Member of the Strategic Transformation Team
– Coordinator of the First Year Experience (FYE)
Professor H. Jacobs:
– Member, Project Steering Committee for Enabling Activities
for Jamaica to Develop and implement the National
Implementation Plan for the Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs) Convention
Professor R. Lancashire:
– University Representative, Board of the Jamaica Computer
Society Education Foundation
– Executive Member, Jamaica Society of Scientists and
Technologists
– Leader, IUPAC Task Group on EMR data structures
Dr. P. Maragh:
– Faculty Representative, FPAS on WIGUT Executive
– Member, National Industrial Safety Committee, Bureau of
Standards
– Member, Museums Advisory Board, Institute of Jamaica
Dr. D. Minott-Kates:
– Director, Better Process Control School
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– Patron, Project Smiles (Jamaica AIDS Support for Life)
– Member, Minister of Commerce, Science & Technology
Technical Committee to examine problems in the ackee
industry associated with high hypoglycin levels.
Dr. W. Pinnock:
– Member, National Radiation Safety Council, Ministry of Health, 
Government of Jamaica.
– Member, Steering Committee for Food Irradiation, National
Commission of Science and Technology
Dr. R. Porter:
– Member, Bureau of Standards Propane-Butane technical
committee.
Professor P. Reese:
– Member, Equine Drug Testing Committee
– Member, Product Research & Development Committee,
Scientific Research Council.
Dr. N. Sadler-McKnight:
– Member, Technical and Finance Committee, Scientific
Research Council
– Council member, Jamaica Society for Scientists and 
Technologists (JSST).
– Executive Secretary, Alumni and Friends of the Department of
Chemistry, UWI, Mona (CHEMSAF).
Dr. M. Singh-Wilmot
– Member, Organizing Committee, Caribbean Advanced
Proficiency (CAPE) Workshop.
CATEGORIES OF STUDENTS
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLMENT IN CHEMISTRY COURSES
LEVEL 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006
Preliminary 397 420 412
Introductory 533 557 613
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Advanced 845 883 976
Postgraduate 61 70
(Research
students)
Undergraduate Awards
A total of seven undergraduate students from the Department received
awards ranging from $10,000 to $60,000 for their academic achievements
in Chemistry.
Postgraduates
Ms. Julie-Ann Grant, Mr. Floyd Russell and Kay-anne McCook have been
upgraded to Ph.D. status while the following six graduate students
completed requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree:
Ms. Camille Bowen 
Ms. Petrea Facey
Mrs. Debbie Gordon-Smith
Mrs. Roxanne Richards-Johnson
Ms. Shelley McKenzie
Mr. Chadwick Anderson
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