CURRICULUM VITAE

1 . PERSONAL HISTORY

Full name: Joseph Jangu Magadula

Date of birth: 21 st November 1965

Place of birth: Magu District, Mwanza region, Tanzania

Nationality: Tanzanian

Passport No AB199889

Marital status: Married

Number of children Three (28-2-1991, 31-3-1993, 19-5-1997)

Spoken Languages Swahili & English

Contact address Institute of Traditional Medicine

Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences

P.O. Box 65001, Dar es salaam, Tanzania

E-mail jmagadula@yahoo.co.uk

2. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

3. SPECIALISED TRAINING

Trained in Research for Natural Products Chemistry

4. POST HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY

5. WORKING EXPERIENCE

•  Secondary School teacher (1988-1993)

•  Worked as a “Visiting Researcher” (Natural Products Chemistry) at the Chemistry Department, University of Botswana (30 th June to 30 th September 2002)

•  Worked as a “Postdoctoral fellow” (Natural Products Chemistry) at the Chemistry Department, University of KwaZulu-Natal , Durban , South Africa (Jan-June 2006)

7.PUBLICATIONS

(a).Joseph J. Magadula. Phenylpropanoids, aporphine and indole alkaoids from three Annonaceous plants. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Dar es Salaam , 2000.

(b) Joseph J. Magadula. Extractives from the Gentiannaceae and Euphorbiaceae. PhD Thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal , 2006

(c). Kapingu, M.C., Mbwambo, Z.H., Moshi, M.J., Magadula, J.J., Brine Shrimp Lethality of a Glutarimide Alkaloid from Croton sylvaticus . East and Central african Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 8 (1), 3-5, 2005.

(d). Mulholland, D.A., Crouch, N.R., Coombes P.H., Magadula, J.J., Randrianarivelojosia, M., Unusual triterpenoids from African Medicinal Plants. 11 th NAPRECA Symposium Book of Proceedings, Antananarivo , Madagascar , 20-26, 2005

(e). Kapingu, M.C., Mbwambo, Z.H., Moshi, M.J., Magadula J.J., Cos , P., Berghe, D.V., Maes, L., Theunis, M., Apers, S., Pieters, L., Vlietinck, A., A Novel Isoflavonoid from Millettia puguensis . Planta Medica, 72, 1431-1434, 2006

8. CONFERENCE PAPERS/MANUSCRIPTS/WORKSHOPS

•  Attended the 9 th NAPRECA Summer School: Training Workshop in Natural Products Research, 19-29 th August 1998 , University of Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .

•  Attended and presented a poster titled 'C-methylated Flavanones and Other Constituents from Friesodielsia obovata ', on the International Inaugural Conference of the Tanzania Chemical Society, Chemistry in Africa: Dawn of a New Century , 11-16 th July 1999 , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

•  Attended the Scientific Conference on Research Profiles in the Faculty of Science (UDSM), 21 st -24 th March 2000 , at the Univ. College of Lands and Architectural Studies, Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .

•  Attended the Computer Training Course for the End-users organized by the University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre, 27 th August - 8 th September 2001 , Dar es salaam , Tanzania .

•  Attended the Stakeholders Workshop on Chemical's Risk Management organized by the Government Chemistry Laboratory Agency, 28-29 th September 2001 , Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .

•  Attended the Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop and facilitated the Training Course on Laboratory Management and Organisation organised by MoEC, 21 st -27 th January, 2002 , Mtwara , Tanzania

•  Attended the 3rd Training of National Facilitators organised by GTZ through SESS project and facilitated on Laboratory Management and Organisation , 25 th March- 5 th April 2002 , Dodoma , Tanzania

•  Attended the workshop on Varian NMR users, 2 nd -4 th June 2004, Durban , South Africa .

•  Presented a poster titled ‘Novel Pentacyclic Triterpenoids and other Phytochemicals from Anthocleista grandiflora' at the International Chemistry Conference in Africa, 7-12 th August 2004 , Arusha , Tanzania .

•  Presented a paper titled ‘Search for Phytochemicals from three South African Medicinal Plants' at the South Africa Chemical Institute Research Colloquium, 5 th May, 2005 , UKZN (Westville), Durban , South Africa .

•  Attended the workshop on LC-MS users, 26 th June 2005 , Durban , South Africa .

•  Attended and presented a poster titled ‘Capensiflavonol, a novel prenylated flavonol from Macaranga capensis' at the 11 th Symposium of Natural Products Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (NAPRECA), 9-12 th August 2005 , Antananarivo , Madagascar .

•  Attended the Summer school for African Networks in the field of Technology and Development (Engineering and Natural Sciences), 24 th -30 th September 2005 , Magdeburg , Germany

•  Attended the workshop on DAAD Higher Education Forum on Capacity Building and Development Research in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1 st -7 th October 2005 , Bonn , Germany .

•  Attended a WHO/TDR training workshop on ‘Effective Project Planning and Evaluation in Biomedical Research, 11 th -15 th December 2006 , Institute of Marine sciences, Zanzibar , Tanzania .

•  Attended the NAPRECA Summer School: Training Workshop in Natural Products Research, 16-21 st July 2007 , Makerere University , Kampala , Uganda

•  Attended and presented a talk titled ‘Natural Product Compounds from two Tanzanian Endemic Plants' at the 12 th Symposium of Natural Products Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (NAPRECA), 22-26 th July 2007 , Kampala , Uganda .

9. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT

Search for bioactive phytochemicals from some traditionally used medicinal plants in Tanzania