Undergraduate education –Makerere (University of East Africa).
Worked briefly with Ministry of Agriculture, Soil Chemist, Namulonge Research Centre,Uganda, 1970.
Postgraduate, University of New Brunswick.
University of Zambia, Lecturer to Associate professor, 1977-2001.
Nuffield Foundation Fellow, University of Sussex, UK ,1981.
Visiting Lecturer, University of Michigan, USA, 1991.
Visiting Professor, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1998.
University of Namibia, Associate Professor to Professor, 2001-Present.
Recently Taught Courses
Inorganic Chemistry I, SCHM 3611
Inorganic Chemistry II, SCHM 3701
Inorganic Chemistry III,SCHM 3801
Physical Inorganic Chemistry, SCHM 3841
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, CHM 6151
Academic interest/ expertise
Coordination chemistry of metal complexes involving diatomic ligands, dinitrogen(N2), Carbon monoxide(CO), and Nitric Oxide(NO).
Synthesis and characterization of metal complexes containing imidazolidine nitroxyl free radical ligands.
Coordination chemistry of sulphur-based biologically active metal complexes.
Research and Publications
Articles (selected, Conference presentations not included)
LS Daniel, EMR Kiremire, H. Kambafwile, K. Chibale, P. J. Rosenthal, T. M. Kiratu, P. M. Guto, and G. N. Kamau; The FT-IR and Malarial Biological Studies of Copper(II) Complexes containing thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone ligands derived from Ferrocene and Pyridyl Fragments; International Journal ofBioChemiPhysics, 18(1), 1,(2010).
EMR Kiremire: A Complement of Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory; Oriental Journal Of Chemistry,25(2), 273(2009).
Kiremire, EMR , Hamata, N., Chibale, K. , and Kambafwile, H. The synthesis and characterization of new metal complexes from biologically active thiosemicarbazone ligands bound to metal ions: Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia, 5(1), 121-123(2008)
Kiremire, EMR, Daniel, L S, Chibale, K., Kambafwile, H., and Rosenthal P J: Inducement of antimalarial biological activity in some S-based ligands by Cu(II), and Zn(II) ions: Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia, 5(1), 81-88(2008).