Simon Lukato, MSc
Simon Lukato was born in Masaka in Uganda. He received a BSc (with honours) and MSc degree at the Makerere University (Uganda). In 2020, he defended his MSc thesis entitled “Supported Silver and Copper Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of Alcohols using Molecular Oxygen as Oxidant” under the supervision of Dr Emmanuel Tebandeke (Makerere University) Prof. Ola F. Wendt (Lund University – Sweden) and Dr Gabriel N. Kasozi (Makerere University). In 2021, he joined the Faculty of Chemistry to work on his PhD. His scientific interests focus on green chemistry and sustainable catalysis guided utilization of CO2, valorisation of waste and low grade chemicals for sustainable chemical production and environmental protection and remediation. In his current PhD project, under the supervision of prof. Litwinienko, Dr Michał Wojcik and Dr Agnieszka Krogul-Sobczak, he is focusing on the synthesis of nanoclusters encapsulated in porous stable metal organic frameworks for efficient direct carboxylation of selected alcohols particularly glycerol and primary propargylic alcohols with CO2 to form cyclic carbonates of high value.
