User:Gogo

Prof Godefroid Gahungu was born in Kayanza, Burundi, in 1973. He received the B.E. degree in Chemical Sciences from the  University  of Burundi  (UB) in  1998,  and both the  M.Sc. and Ph.D.  degrees   in Physical   Chemistry from   the Northeast   Normal   University(NENU), Changchun, China, in 2005 and 2008, respectively.In 2008,  he  joined  the  Department  of Chemistry,  University  of Burundi,  as  a  Lecturer. In December 2011, he was elected head of department of Chemistry for two years , and became an Associate Professor  in 2012,  after  a  one  year  postdoctoral  research  at  Changchun  Institute  of applied Chemistry (CHINA). Given his record in publishing research,Dr. Gahungu was elected TWAS young affiliate for the 2012 – 2017 period. His current research interests include the use of quantum chemical  methods  and  programs  (e.g.  GAUSSIAN,  ORCA,  MATERIALS  STUDIO, etc...) in the understanding, characterization and prediction of the structures and properties of molecules  and materials. Especially, his interests  include  the  optical  and  semi-conducting  properties  of  molecules,  adsorptive properties  of  organic  zeolite,  and  the  study  of  conducting  donor - acceptor  materials  (both  organic  and  organo-metallic). From recently, he  is also  interested  in  the  simulation  of  solid  states,  biomolecules  and  biochemical process