Prof. Dr. Kamana Emmanuel is an Associate Professor and Researcher with over 15 years of experience in academia and industry. He earned his PhD in Engineering in Applied Chemistry related to separation processes and energy from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC-China) in 2018, and a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Xiamen University (China) in 2010. After completing his Master’s degree in 2010, he worked at INES-Ruhengeri as a Lecturer/Head of the Department of Biotechnologies. Concurrently, he served as an expert in the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (GVTC) Project, a Dutch NGO focusing on environment-related issues.

In 2014, he joined the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) as a PhD researcher under the CAS-TWAS Presidential Fellowship. Prof. Dr. Kamana is the author of more than 25 papers in international scientific journals with a significant impact factor and citations (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X_6hBp8AAAAJ&hl=en). Based on this track record, he was awarded the Best Prize as an Outstanding CAS-TWAS Presidential Fellow (2016) and Excellent International Foreign Fellow (2017) for demonstrating capabilities in industrial-related research at USTC-China, as recognized by the Ministry of Education in China (http://isa.ustc.edu.cn/xs/disp.asp?menu1=02&menu2=03&ucode=196).

Some notable publications include:

[1]   Emmanuel K, Cheng CL, Erigene B, Mondal AN, Hossain MM, Khan MI, Ul Afsar N, Liang G, Wu L, Xu TW, Imidazolium functionalized anion exchange membrane blended with PVA for acid recovery via diffusion dialysis process, Journal of Membrane Science, 497 (2016) 209-215. 

[2]   Emmanuel K, Erigene B, Cheng CL,  Mondal AN, Hossain MM, Khan MI, Ul Afsar N, Liang G, Wu L, Xu TW, Facile synthesis of pyridinium functionalized anion exchange membranes for diffusion dialysis application, Separation and Purification Technology, 167 (2016) 108-116. 

[3]   Emmanuel K, Cheng CL, Mondal AN, Erigene B,  Hossain MM, Ul Afsar N, Khan MI,  Wu L, Xu TW, Covalently cross-linked pyridinium based AEMs with aromatic pendant groups for acid recovery via diffusion dialysis, Separation and Purification Technology, 164 (2016) 125-131. 

[4]   Emmanuel K, Cheng CL, Erigene B, Mondal AN, Xu TW, Novel synthetic route to prepare doubly quaternized anion exchange membranes for diffusion dialysis application. Separation and Purification Technology, 189 (2017) 204-212. 

[5]   Mondal AN, Cheng CL, C. Cheng, J. Miao, M.M. Hossain, Emmanuel K, M.I. Khan, Ul Afsar N, L. Ge, Wu L, Xu TW, Novel silica-functionalized aminoisophthalic acid-based membranes for base recovery via diffusion dialysis, Journal of Membrane Science, 507 (2016) 90-98. 

[6]   Ul Afsar N,, J. Miao, Mondal AN, Z. Yang, D. Yu, W. Bin, Emmanuel K, L. Ge, Xu TW, Development of PVA/MIDA based hybrid cation exchange membranes for alkali recovery via Diffusion Dialysis, Separation and Purification Technology, 164 (2016) 63-69. 

[7]   Erigene B, Cheng CL, L. Wu, Y. He, X. Ge, J. Ran, Emmanuel K, Xu TW, Highly charged hierarchically structured porous anion exchange membranes with excellent performance, Journal of Membrane Science, 515 (2016) 154-162. 

[8]   M.I. Khan, A.N. Mondal, B. Tong, C. Jiang, Emmanuel K, Z. Yang, L. Wu, Xu TW, Development of BPPO-based anion exchange membranes for electrodialysis desalination applications, Desalination, 391 (2016) 61-68.

[9]         M.I. Khan, A.N. Mondal, C. Cheng, J. Pan, Emmanuel K, L. Wu, Xu TW, Porous BPPO-based membranes modified by aromatic amine for acid recovery, Separation and Purification Technology, 157 (2016) 27-34.

[10]     Mondal AN, C. Cheng, M.I. Khan, M.M. Hossain, Emmanuel K, L. Ge, Bin Wu, Y. He, J. Ran, X. Ge, N.U. Afsar, L. Wu, Xu TW, Improved acid recovery performance by novel Poly(DMAEM-co-γ-MPS) anion exchange membrane via diffusion dialysis. Journal of Membrane Science, 525 (2017), 163-174. 

[11]     M. Irfan, N.U. Afsar, Erigene B, A.N. Mondal, M.I. Khan, Emmanuel K, Z. Yang, L. Wu, Xu TW, Development of novel PVA-QUDAP based anion exchange membranes for diffusion dialysis and theoretical analysis therein, Separation and Purification Technology, 178 (2017) 269–278. 

[12]     A.N. Mondal, Y. He, L. Wu, M.I. Khan, Emmanuel K, M.M. Hossain, L. Ge, Xu TW, Click mediated highperformance anion exchange membranes with improved water uptake, J. Mater. Chem. A, 5 (2017), 1022-1027.  

[13]     M.I. Khan, C. Zheng, A.N. Mondal, M.M. Hossain, B. Wu, Emmanuel K, L. Wu, Xu TW, Preparation of anion exchange membranes from BPPO and dimethylethanolamine for electrodialysis, Desalination, 402 (2017) 10-18. 

[14]     A.N. Mondal, Y. He, L. Ge, L. Wu, Emmanuel K, M.M. Hossain, Xu TW, Preparation and characterization of click-driven Nvinylcarbazole- based anion exchange membranes with improved water uptake for fuel cells, RSC Adv., 7 (2017) 29794. 

[15]     M.I. Khan, A.N. Mondal, Emmanuel K, M.M. Hossain, N.U. Afsar, L. Wu, Xu TW, Preparation of pyrrolidinium-based anion-exchange membranes for acid recovery via diffusion dialysis, Separation Science and Technology, 51 (2016) 1881–1890. 

[16]     N.U. Afsar, Dongbo Yu, C. Cheng, Emmanuel K, L. Ge, Bin Wu, A.N. Mondal, M.I. Khan, Xu TW, Fabrication of cation exchange membrane from polyvinyl alcohol using lignin sulfonic acid: Applications in diffusion dialysis process for alkali recovery, Separation Science and Technology, 52 (2017) 1113. 

[17]     Guowu Zhan1, 2, 3, Jiale Huang1, 2, 3, Liqin Lin1, 2, 3, Wenshuang Lin1, 2, 3, Emmanuel K1, 2, 3 and Qingbiao Li1, 2,3, Synthesis of gold nanoparticles by Cacumen Platycladi leaf extract and its simulated solution: Toward the plant-mediated biosynthetic mechanism, J Nanopart Res (2011) 13:4957–4968.

[18]     Erigene B, Y. He, X. Ge, J. Ran, Emmanuel K, Cheng CL, Wu L, Xu TW, Tetrazole tethered polymers for alkaline anion exchange membranes, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 12 (2018) 306-310.

[19]     N.U. Afsar, M. Aamir Shehzad, M.Irfan, Emmanuel K, F. Sheng, T. Xu, X. Ren, L. Ge, Xu TW, Cation exchange membrane integrated with cationic and anionic layers for selective ion separation via electrodialysis, Desalination, 458 (2019), 25-33.

[20]      Cheng CL, Li P, Y. He, Xianhai H, Emmanuel K, Branched polyvinyl alcohol hybrid membrane for acid recovery via diffusion dialysis, Separation Science and Technology, 42 (2019) 1180-1187. 

[21]     Pierre Claver U, Zeeshan H, Emmanuel K, Rafi U SH, Abdul H, Umar F, Jean De Dieux U,  Irfan K, Peng H, Gang Z, High-Performance, Mechanically and Thermally Compliant Silica‐Based Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Triboelectric Nanogenerators Application, Advanced Materials Technologies, 5 (2020) 2000303.

[22]     Emmanuel K *, Nsanzumuhire U. Silas, Preferences on Mechanisms to Stimulate Academia-Industry Linkage in Rwanda: A perspective from Academic Staff, Global Scientific Journals; Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2022; ISSN 2320-9186.

[23]     Ndisanze Marc Antoine, Emmanuel K, Nirere Claudine, Ilkay Koca, Assessment of the Pesticides Utilization and the Pesticide Residues Presence in Fresh and Tomato Products for the Tomato Supply Chain in Rwanda, Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol.13 No.12, 2022, ISSN Online: 2157-9458.

[24]     Emmanuel K*, H Jean Nepo, M Jean Bernard, T Janvière, M Leandrine, Physicochemical Characteristics of Citrulline Extracted from Watermelon Peels, International Research Journal of Advanced Engineering and Science, Vol.8 No.4, 2023, 163-171.

[25]     Emmanuel K*, Ntihinyurwa Sauve, Hakizimana Jean Nepo, Mushirabwoba Jean Bernard, Production of Castor Oil from Ricinus Communis and its Physicochemical Constituents in Comparison with Palm Oil, Global Science Journals, Vol.11 No.8, 2023, ISSN 2320-9186.