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Dr WARREN ANDREW ANDAYI (PhD)

Dr WARREN ANDREW ANDAYI (PhD)

wandayi@mut.ac.ke

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ORCID: 0000-0002-6331-7553

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Biography

Dr Warren Andrew Andayi is a chemist and educator with research interests in synthetic organic chemistry, chemistry education, environmental chemistry drugs/diagnostics discovery and development. He is experience both in academia and industry and has supervised a number of postgraduate students’ thesis and projects.

Education

  • PhD. Chemistry: University of Cape Town,
  • MSc. Chemistry: Maseno University, Kenya
  • B Ed.Sc. Chemistry (major) and Mathematics: Kenyatta University, Kenya.

Publications

  1. Bett Kiprotich, Sharon Kiprotich, Jatani Ungula, Warren Andayi. Structural and Optical Proprties of ZnO:Al:Ga Co-Doped Nanoparticles: Investigation on The effects of pH of the Precursor Solution via a Simple Sol Gel route. American Journal of Materials Science 2024, 14 (2) 21-30.
  2. Bilalo S.Q., Andayi W.A., Njagi.E.C., Ptoton M. B. Concentrations of Selected Heavy Metals in in soil and Tomatoes (Lycopersicon Esculenta Mill.) Grown in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews 11, 2, 332, 2024.
  3. Moyo P, Invernizzi L, Mianda SM, Rudolph W, Andayi AW, Wang M, Crouch NR, Maharaj VJ. Prioritised identification of structural classes of natural products from higher plants in the expedition of antimalarial drug discovery. Nat Prod Bioprospect. 2023 Oct 12;13(1):37
  4. Phanankosi Moyo, Luke Invernizzi, Sephora M. Mianda, Mingxun Wang, Neil R. Crouch, Wiehan Rudolph, Warren A Andayi and Vinesh J. Maharaj. Leveraging off higher plant phylogenetic insights for antiplasmodial drug discovery. Nat. Prod and Bioprospect.2023, 13:35
  5. Evans Kipkemoi, Warren A. Andayi, Eric C. Njagi, Brian Ptoton. Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Tomatoes and French Beans from Murang’a and Kiambu Counties, Kenya. European Journal of Nuitrition and Food Safety. 121-132, 2020.
  6. Ntokozo S. Dambuza, Peter Smith, Alicia Evans, Jennifer Norman, Dale Taylor, Andrew Andayi, Timothy Egan, Kelly Chibale, Lubbe Wiesner. Antiplasmodial activity, in vivo pharmacokinetics and antimalarial efficacy evaluation of hydroxypyridinone hybrids in a mouse model. Malaria Journal, 14: 505. 2016.
  7. Bianca. K. Verlinden, Marna de Beer, Boobalan Pachaiyappan , Ethan Besaans, Warren A. Andayi, Janette Reader, Jandeli Niemand, Riette van Biljon, Kiplin Guy, Timothy Egan, Patrick M Woster, Lyn Marie Birkholtz. Interrogating alkyl and arylalkylpolyamino (bis) urea and (bis) thiourea isosteres as potent antimalarial chemotypes against multiple lifecycle forms of Plasmodium falciparum parasites Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2015.
  8. Warren Andrew Andayi, Chibale Kelly, Egan Timothy, Kojic acid derived hydroxypyridinone-chloroquine hybrids: synthesis, crystal structure, antiplasmodial activity and β-haematin inhibition. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2014

  9. Andayi Warren Andrew, Egan Timothy. J., Gut, Jiri. Rosenthal, Philip. J., Chibale, Kelly. Synthesis, antiplasmodial activity and β-hematin inhibition of hydroxypyridone-chloroquine hybrids. ACS. Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 642.

  10. Andayi, W. Andrew, Abiy Yenesew, Solomon Derese, Jacob O Midiwo, Peter M Gitu, Ogoche I. Jondiko, Norman Waters, Wangui, J., Pamela Liyala, Hosea Akala, Matthias Heydenreich, Martin G Peter, Anti-plasmodial activities of flavonoids from Erythrina sacleuxii. Planta Medica; 2006, 72: 187.