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RSC Advances is delighted to welcome Dr Lydia Rhyman, University of Mauritius as Editorial Board member and Associate Editor.

Lydia Rhyman was awarded her PhD in Computational Chemistry from the University of Mauritius under the supervision of Prof Ponnadurai Ramasami. She did her postdoctoral research at the University of Johannesburg and the University of Mauritius. She is currently an independent researcher. Her research interests lie in the use of Computational Chemistry methods to complement experimental results, to solve chemistry and interdisciplinary problems and address problem beyond experimental reach.

She actively promotes Computational Chemistry in Africa. She is a strong advocate for women in science, for open-access publishing and research integrity and raises awareness through various outreach activities.

She is an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences, a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the Global Young Academy and a TWAS Young Affiliate. She works closely with the RSC through her involvement with Commonwealth Chemistry where she serves as the African regional representative of the Early Career Chemists Network committee.

Discover some of her recent publications:

Computational study of the interaction of the psychoactive amphetamine with 1,2-indanedione and 1,8-diazafluoren-9-one as fingerprinting reagents

Divya Bhikharee, Lydia Rhyman and Ponnadurai Ramasami

RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 4077-4088

A study of the thermodynamics and mechanisms of the atmospherically relevant reaction dimethyl sulphide (DMS) with atomic chlorine (Cl) in the absence and presence of water, using electronic structure methods

Lydia Rhyman, Edmond P.F. Lee, Ponnadurai Ramasami and John M. Dyke

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 47780-4793

Unveiling the non-polar [3+2] cycloaddition reactions of cyclic nitrones with strained alkylidene cyclopropanes within a molecular electron density theory study

Luis R. Domingo, Mar Ríos-Gutiérrez, Rishikesh Chulan, M.H.H. Mahmoud, Mohamed M. Ibrahim, Salah M. El-Bahy, Lydia Rhyman and Ponnadurai Ramasami

RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 25354-25363

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