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Dr. Charles O Onindo

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

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Dr. Charles O Onindo

Lecturer, Department of Chemistry

Research Interests

The search for cheap, economically and environmentally friendly water filters (biosorbents) for metal ions removal in aqueous systems.
The study of complexes formed by metal ions in dilute aqueous solutions containing biologically or environmentally important ligands. In biological and natural water systems which contain both biomolecules and metal ions a study of the thermodynamics of their interactions is clearly an essential step in understanding their role, made complicated by the complexity of the system.
Biomass as a source of renewable energy.

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. W. Mwangi, G. K. Muthakia, C. O. Onindo, H. Nyambaka and J. C. Ngila (2014). Determination of levels of copper in kamiti river along coffee farms In Kiambu, Kenya. Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology , 16(2), 95-108. ISSN: 2249-5894
  2. O.Onindo and I.W.Mwangi ( 2012 ). Thermodynamic modelling of the equilibria in Lake Baringo, Kenya. Journal of Agriculture, Science and Technology , 14(2), 104-113.
  3. TATIAN YU SLIVA, TERESA KOWALIK-JANKOWSKA, VLADIMIR M. AMIRKHANOV, TADEUSZ GLOWIAK, CHARLES O. ONINDO, IGOR O. FRITSKY AND HENRYK KOZLOWSKI (1977). Oxime Analogs of Amino Acids and Peptides Are Efficient Ligands for Ni(II) Ions, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 65, 287 – 294
  4. CHARLES O. ONINDO, TATIAN YU SLIVA, TERESA KOWALIK-JANKOWSKA, IGOR O. FRITSKY, PETER BUGLYO, LESLIE D.PETTIT, HENRYK KOZLOWSKI AND TAMAS KISS (1995). Copper (II) co-ordination by Oxime Analogues of Amino Acids and Peptides, Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans , 3911
  5. KOZLOWSKI, A. LEBKIRI. C. O. ONINDO, L. D. PETTIT AND J-F GALEY (1995). The Influence of Aspartic or Glutamic acid Residues in Tetrapeptides on the Formation of Complexes with Nickel (II) and Zinc (II), Polyhedron , 14(2) 211 –218.
  6. TERESA KOWALIK-JANKOWSKA, C. O. ONINDO, H. KOZLOWSKI, L. D. PETTIT, L. LANKIEWICZ, M. JASIONOWSKI (1995). Specific Binding of Cu(II) Ions by Leucine Enkephalin Analogues, Inorg. Biochem., 60, 21– 29.
  7. ONINDO AND H. M. THAIRU (1993). Determination of Water Transport Numbers in Cation Exchange Membranes Using Streaming Potential Measurements, International Journal of BioChemPhysics, 2(1and 2) 125.

Book Chapters

  1. 2009: Onindo C.O. The water hyacinth Eichhorniacrassipies as a biosorbent for lead (II) removal: Kinetic and equilibrium studies. Pan Africa Chemistry Network, Sustainable water conference, Nairobi.
  2. 2006: Andala M.D, Muriithi N and Onindo C.O. The reaction of molybdenum halocarbonyl complexes [Mo(CO) 4 X 2 ] 2 , with selected tertiary alkylamines. The 5 th Kenya Chemical Society International Conference , Nairobi, Kenya.