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Dr Vineet Jeena

		Dr Vineet Jeena received in PhD in 2012 working on Photocatalyzed tandem oxidation coupling reactions. In his short academic career he has published 4 papers in highly ranking journals such as Chemical Communications, Dalton Transactions, Tetrahedron Letters and Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. The Jeena research group, based on the PMB campus, focuses on developing environmentally friendly synthetic routes to valuable heterocycles.

Quote:		“For success in Chemistry – the old adage of the harder you work the luckier you get holds true.”
Position:		Lecturer
Qualifications:		PhD - UKZN MSc (cum laude) BSc (Honours)

Discipline:		Chemistry
Campus:		Pietermaritzburgh
Telephone:		033 260 5327
Email:		Jeenav1@ukzn.ac.za

Research Areas:		Green Chemistry

Recent Publications		Jeena, V and Robinson, R. S. Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 642. Jeena, V and Robinson, R. S. Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 299. Jeena, V and Robinson, R. S. Dalton Transactions, 2012, 41, 3134. Jeena, V and Robinson, R. S. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009, 5, No. 24.