Dr. Lucy Ombaka

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Inorganic Chemical Technology
Keywords	Photocatalysis, Nanotechnology, Energy Conversion, Copper, Renewable energy
Honours and awards	2022: RSC Inclusion and Diversity Fund 2021: Alexander von Humboldt Equipment Subsidy Grant 2021: Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Science Days participation 2021: RSC Research Fund grant (R21-0046721100) 2020: Invited guest speaker at Leibniz University Hannover, Graduiertenakademie 2019: Invited testimonial speech at the festive Opening Ceremony at the Annual Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2018: Georg Forster Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral Research Award 2014: Best oral presentation award at University of KwaZulu-Natal, Postgraduate Research Day 2013: Royal Society of Chemistry conference bursary 2012: PhD fellowship, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Current contact address

Country	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Institution	Technical University of Kenya
Institute	Department of Chemical Science and Technology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann	Institut für Technische Chemie, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover
Start of initial sponsorship	01/10/2018

Programme(s)

2016	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2020	Lucy Ombaka, Ralf Dillert, Lars Robben and Detlef W. Bahnemann: Evaluating carbon dots as electron mediators in photochemical and photocatalytic processes of NiFe2O4. In: APL Materials 8(3):031105 DOI: 10.1063/1.5134432, 2020, 031105- 031105-13
2020	Lucy Ombaka, Mariano Curti, James D. McGettrick, Matthew Lloyd Davies, and Detlef W. Bahnemann: Nitrogen/Carbon-Coated Zero Valent Copper as Highly Efficient Co-catalysts for TiO2 Applied in Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Hydrogen Production. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 30365-30380