Biography:
Sama’ila Abubakar holds a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Gombe State University (2011), an MSc in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from the University of Central Lancashire, UK (2015), and a PhD in Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (2019), under the supervision of Prof. M.D. Bala. Since 2022, he has been serving as a Senior Lecturer at Gombe State University, Nigeria, where he contributes to teaching and research in chemistry. His academic journey highlights a strong focus on advanced chemical synthesis and catalysis.
Title : Mechanistic understanding of the transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalysed by imino-NHC Co(III) complexes by spectroscopic and analytical methods