Staff Profiles

Karatina University

Dr. Grace Muriithi

Lecturer

School: Pure and Applied Sciences

Department: Biological and Physical Sciences

 

Email Address

gmuriithi@karu.ac.ke;

gnmuriithi@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Area/ Field of specialization: Chemistry

Research interests: Waste water remediation, brine mineralization, solid waste remediation, modification of solid wastes into CO2 adsorbents

Research Links: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=va0UJKcA

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Grace-Muriithi-4?ev=hdr_xprf&_sg=lr-t15kGB-ngUFGOBFjXWh4pZiyUxHmRyaKKVUw5LVTLjC8mWLBSL9OT3BYa1n1oWxrbrDtvFB2AMSISE-aSWjOj

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography

Dr. Grace Muriithi is a lecturer in Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry with over ten years’ experience. She has been instrumental in the design of different curriculums for both undergraduate and post graduate programs. She serves as the BSc program coordinator in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences since 2018. She is also the section head of Chemistry within the department of Biological and Physical Sciences. Her research interests are in carbon mineralization, waste water remediation through mineralization, solid waste modification into CO2 adsorbents and CO2 adsorption technologies. She has published extensively in different peer reviewed journals and has over 370 citations and a research interest score of 177.She is a member of the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD) and serves as the Chair Person of University Academic Staff Union (UASU) in Karatina University.

Publications

Muriithi, Grace N.; Petrik, Leslie F. and Doucet, Frederick J. Synthesis, characterization and CO2 adsorption potential of NaA and NaX zeolites and hydrotalcite obtained from the same coal fly ash. Journal of CO2 Utilization 2020: 36: 220-230. Published online on 1st February 2020. Found at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2019.11.016