Prof. Dr. Ignas Tonle Kenfack

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Electrochemistry
Keywords	Heavy metal ions, Electroanalysis, Nanofunctionnalized materials, Organic pollutants, Sensors
Honours and awards	2021: Renewed research stay award (3 months, Home office option), by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany) 2018: Renewed research stay award (3 months), by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany) 2015: Research unit grant (2 years) by the AUF(France) 2013: Georg Forster Fellowship, by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany 2013: TWAS Research Unit grant (2 years + 2 years), to me as research research unit leader 2008: Post-doctoral fellowship, by the AUF (France) for a position at the University of Ottawa, 10 months 2005: IFS/OPCW (Trieste, Italy) young scientist grant for equipment purchase 2001: Exchange short-term fellowship (3 months x 4), by the the IRD, Paris (France) 2000: UNESCO/ICSU/TWAS award for a doctoral scientific stay (3 months), UHP - Nancy (France)

Current contact address

Country	Cameroon
City	Dschang
Institution	Universite de Dschang
Institute	Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann	Arbeitsgruppe Elektroanalytik & Sensorik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann	Fakultät für Chemie - Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie - Zentrum für Elektrochemie (CES), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
Prof. Dr. Christoph Janiak	Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. Christoph Janiak	Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf
Prof. Dr. Ignas Tonle Kenfack	Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Universite de Dschang, Dschang
Start of initial sponsorship	01/07/2013

Programme(s)

2012	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2022	Chancellin Nkepdep Pecheu, Sherman Lesly Zambou Jiokeng Arnaud Kamdem Tamo, Giscard Doungmo, Ingo Doench, Anayancy Osorio-Madrazo, Ignas Kenfack Tonle, Emmanuel Ngameni: Fabrication of an Organofunctionalized Talc-like Magnesium Phyllosilicate for the Electrochemical Sensing of Lead Ions in Water Samples. In: nanomaterials, 12, 2022, 2928
2021	Massah R. T., Matemb Ma Ntep T. J., Njanja E., Jiokeng S. L.; Z., Liang J., Janiak C., Tonle I. K. A metal-organic framework-based amperometric sensor for the sensitive determination of sulfite ions in the presence of ascorbic acid.. In: Microchemical Journal, 2021,
2021	3) Massah T. R., Jiokeng S. L. Z., Jun L., Njanja E, Matemb Ma Ntep T. J., Spiess A., Rademacher L., Janiak C: Sensitive electrochemical sensor based on an aminated MIL-101(Cr) MOF for the detection of tartrazine. In: ACS Omega, 2021,
2016	Tchieno M. M. F., Guenang S. L., Ymelé E., Ngameni E., *Tonle I. K. Electroanalytical application of amine-grafted attapulgite to the sensitive quantification of the bioactive compound mangiferin. . In: Electroanalysis 29 (2) (2017 529 - 537. DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600381, 2016,
2016	Mbokou F. S., Pontié M., Bouchara J. P., Tchieno M. F. M., Njanja E., Mogni A., Pontalier P. Y., *Tonle I. K. Electroanalytical performance of a carbon paste electrode modified by coffee husks for the quantification of acetaminophen in quality control of commercialized pharmaceutical tablets.. In: International Journal of Electrochemistry, 2016, 1-10
2016	Mbokou F. S., Pontié M., Razafimandimby B., Bouchara J.P., Njanja E., *Tonle I. K. Evaluation of the degradation of acetaminophen by the filamentous fungus Scedosporium dehoogii using carbon-based modified electrodes. . In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2016, 5895-5903
2016	Ngassa P. G. B., *Tonle I. K., Walcarius A., Ngameni E..: Inorganic-organic hybrid material from the co-intercalation of a cationic surfactant and thiourea within montmorillonite layers. In: Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2016, 789-797
2016	Ngassa P. G. B., Tonle I. K., Walcarius A., Ngameni E. : Inorganic-organic hybrid material from the co-intercalation of a cationic surfactant and thiourea within montmorillonite layers. Application to the sensitive stripping voltammetric detection of Pb2+ and Cu2+ ions. In: Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2016,
2016	Jiokeng Z. S. L., Dongmo M. L., Ymélé E., Ngameni E., *Tonle I. K.: Sensitive stripping voltammetry detection of Pb(II) at a glassy carbon electrode modified with an amino-functionalized attapulgite.. In: Sensors and Actuators: B 242 (2017) 1027-1034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.150, 2016,
2015	Tonle I. K., Ngameni E., Tchieno M. M. F., Walcarius A: Organoclay-modified electrodes: preparation, characterization and recent electroanalytical applications. In: Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2015, 1949-1973