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Dr Sanyasi Sitha

Senior Lec​turer
Name: Sanyasi Sitha
Location: C2-Lab 218 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
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Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559 4418

Email: ssitha@uj.ac.za

About Dr Sanyasi Sitha

Teaching Duties

Teaching Undergraduate and Postgraduate modules.

Topics: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy.

Research Interests     

Research Area: Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Chemistry.

Topics: Organic Reaction Mechanism, Nonlinear Optics, Molecular Electronics, Interstellar Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and other fundamental areas of Chemistry.

NRF Rating

Previous Ratings: C3 and Y2.

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Selected Publications

  • 2010 – 2011
    Sitha, S.; Jewell, L. L. “Noncatalytic hydroamination of alkene: A computational study on reaction mechanism.” Tetrahedon  66, 3030-3036 (2010).
    Sitha, S.; Jewell, L. L.; Piketh, S. J.; Fourie, G. “A quantum chemical calculation of the barrier in the formation of HOSO2 from OH+SO2.” Atmos. Environ. 45, 745-754 (2011)
  • With Nobel Laureate Prof. Steven Chu
    Spasic, A.; Sitha, S.; Korchak, M.; Chu, S.; Mohanty, U. “Polyelectrolyte Behavior and Kinetics of aminoacyl-tRNA on the Ribosome.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 4161-4163 (2008).
    Guo, Z.; Gibson, M.; Sitha, S.; Chu, S.; Mohanty, U. “Role of large thermal fluctuations and magnesium ions in t-RNA selectivity of the ribosome.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 108, 3947-3951 (2011).

Patents

  • Choudary, B. M.; Jeyalakshmi, K.; Likhar, P. R.; Lakshmikantam, M.; Sreedhar, B.; Bhanuprakash, K.; Sitha, S. “Process for the synthesis of N-substituted beta-amino nitriles through the ring opening of aziridines.” US Patent No. US 6906216 B2 (2005).