Department of Chemistry
Lecturer III
Biography
Born 1989
BSc.Ed. University of Zambia (2008)
MSc. Southeast University, China (2019)
Work Experience
Lecturer, University of Zambia (2019 to date)
Research Assistant, Southeast University, Host: Prof. Dr. Yong Jiang, "Synthesis and Modification of Biomaterials' surface from hydrophobic to hydrophilic" (2016 - 2019)
Staff Development Fellow, University of Zambia (2013-2019)
Class Teacher, Lufwanyama Boarding Secondary School, Zambia (2012-2013)
Quality Control Analyst, Pharmanova Zambia, Lusaka (2012-2013)
Research Interests
- Research undertaken for Master of natural science studies (dissertation): 2016-2019: Synthesis of Environmental-Friendly PDMS-PU Silicone Hydrogels and their Solvent Responsive Properties
- Biomaterials: Structure and properties, Self assembly and supermolecule, Interaction between biomacromolecules, hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface modifications.
- Polymer materials: Structure and proper
Publications
- Kalulu, M., Zhang, W., Xia, X. K., Oderinde, O. & Jiang, Y. Hydrophilic surface modificationof polydimetylsiloxane-co-2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (PDMS-HEMA) by Silwet L-77 (heptamethyltrisiloxane) surface treatment. Polymers for Advanced Technologies (2018). doi:10.1002/pat.4373
- Zhang, W. Kalulu M. et al. Reverse hydrophobic PDMS surface to hydrophilic by 1-step hydrolysis reaction. Polymers for Advanced Technologies (2018). doi:10.1002/pat.4319
- Gao, B., Kalulu, M., Oderinde, O., Mei, J. & Ren, L. Synthesis of three-dimensional graphene architectures by using an environmental-friendly surfactant as a reducing agent. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42, (2017).
- Gao, B., Lu, S., Kalulu, M., Oderinde, O. & Ren, L. Synthesis of silica aerogel monoliths with controlled specific surface areas and pore sizes. Materials Research Express 4 (2017).
- Gao, B., Lu, S., Kalulu, M., Oderinde, O. & Ren, L. Synthesis of silica aerogel monoliths with controlled specific surface areas and pore sizes Synthesis of silica aerogel monoliths with controlled specific surface areas and pore sizes. (2017).
- Olayinka Oderinde, Mengmeng Kang, Mulenga Kalulu, Fang Yao, G. F. Facile synthesis and study of the photochromic properties of deep eutectic solvent-templated cuboctahedral-WO3/MoO3 nanocomposites. Superlattices and Microstructures 125, 103-112 (2018).
- Gao, H He, S Lu, M Kalulu, O Oderinde, L Ren.1, 2-Epoxy Propane Induced Self Assembly of Macroscopic Graphene with Good Adsorption. ChemistrySelect 2, 3860–3865 (2017).
- R Bibi, H Huang, M Kalulu, Q Shen, L Wei, O Oderinde, N Li, J Zhou. Synthesis of amino-functionalized Ti-MOF derived yolk–shell and hollow heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light. Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7 (5), 4868-4877 306 2018
Contact Details
Kalulu Mulenga The University of Zambia School of Natural Sciences Department of Chemistry Mobile ：+260969966085 Email address (2): mulenga.kalulu@yahoo.com P.O. Box 32379 Lusaka Zambia