Dr. Ushula Tefashe, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Scientific leader with PhD in Physical Chemistry
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Tefashe leads the R&D strategy at BioGenius Agri-Tech.
Academic Profile
PhD from Carl von Ossietzky university of Oldenburg, Germany
Postdocs: McGill University and University of Alberta
Over 40 peer-reviewed publications and nearly 1,500 citations
Work published in the most prestigious journals, including JACS, ACS Nano, and Advanced Materials
Research in Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) and Corrosion Science
Leads innovation and R&D programs
Experience taking projects from lab to market (TRL 1–9)
Holder of patents in microfluidics and sensing technologies
Author of 40+ papers with 1500+ citations, award recipient.
Industrial Applications Expertise
Surface Protection
Engineering barriers that prevent chemical and biological breakdown of wooden and metallic infrastructure.
Nutrient Kinetics
Carbon nanoparticle transport to ensure liquid dispersions remain stable in extreme environments.
LBDT Technology
Optimizing filtration media to “capture” and “lock” essential nutrients (N and P) for agricultural reuse.
Publication & Patent Summary
Patents
Electrochemical Flow Cell and Ultramicroelectrode, WO Patent WO/2016/145,539 (2016).
Peer Reviewed Articles (Selected):
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Redox flow batteries: how to determine electrochemical kinetic parameters. ACS Nano 14 (3), 2020. (Cited by 271)
Local flux of hydrogen from magnesium alloy corrosion investigated by scanning electrochemical microscopy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 720, 2014. (Cited by 76)
Robust bipolar light emission and charge transport in symmetric molecular junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) 139 (22), 2017.
Robust all-carbon molecular junctions on flexible or semi-transparent substrates using “process-friendly” fabrication. ACS Nano 10 (9), 2016.
Influence of edge effects on local corrosion rate of magnesium alloy/mild steel galvanic couple. Analytical Chemistry 84 (22), 2012.
Cyclometalated iridium (III) imidazole phenanthroline complexes as luminescent and electrochemiluminescent G-quadruplex DNA binders. Inorganic Chemistry 54 (14), 2015.
Investigation of charge transfer kinetics of polyaniline supercapacitor electrodes by scanning electrochemical microscopy. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2 (1), 2015.
Fabrication of soft gold microelectrode arrays as probes for scanning electrochemical microscopy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 666, 2012.
Effect of Cation on Dye Regeneration Kinetics of N719-Sensitized TiO2 Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (6), 2012.
Molecular Signature and Activationless Transport in Cobalt-Terpyridine-Based Molecular Junctions. Advanced Electronic Materials 6 (7), 2020.
Monitoring electroactive ions at manganese dioxide pseudocapacitive electrodes. Journal of Power Sources 207, 2012.
Photoelectrochemical kinetics of Eosin Y-sensitized zinc oxide films. Electrochimica Acta 55 (2), 2009.
Internal electric field modulation in molecular electronic devices. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) 140 (23), 2018.
Photostimulated near-resonant charge transport over 60 nm in carbon-based molecular junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) 142 (36), 2020.
Orbital control of long-range transport in conjugated and metal-centered molecular electronic junctions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (50), 2018.