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January 2016 PhD Fellow

Degrees:

2014
Master     Engineering sciences
2011
Undergraduate     Engineering sciences
2020
Doctorate     Engineering sciences

Publications resulting from Research
• Mugwagwa, L. R. and Chimphango, A. F. A. (2020) ‘Enhancing the functional properties of acetylated hemicellulose fi lms for active food packaging using acetylated nanocellulose reinforcement and polycaprolactone coating’, Food Packaging and Shelf Life. Elsevier, 24(August 2019), p. 100481. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2020.100481.
• Mugwagwa, L. R. and Chimphango, A. F. A. (2019) ‘Optimising wheat straw alkali-organosolv pre-treatment to enhance hemicellulose modification and compatibility with reinforcing fillers’, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Elsevier B.V., 143, pp. 862–872. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.09.147.
• Mugwagwa, L. R. and Chimphango, A. F. A. (2019) ‘Box-Behnken design based multi-objective optimisation of sequential extraction of pectin and anthocyanins from mango peels’, Carbohydrate Polymers. Elsevier, 219(October 2018), pp. 29–38. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.05.015.