Nazira Karodia

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Nazira Karodia

MBE CChem FRSC
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Alma mater University of Natal
University of St Andrews (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsSTEM education
Organic synthesis
Institutions University of Florida
University of Bradford
University of Wolverhampton
Thesis Preparation, structure and reactivity of some new types of stabilised phosphorus ylides  (1996)
Doctoral advisor Alan Aitken [1]
Website www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/nazira-karodia/

Nazira Karodia MBE CChem FRSC is a chemist, Professor of Science Education and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Edinburgh Napier University (2021- current). She was previously Pro-Vice Chancellor for Regional Engagement at the University of Wolverhampton. She works on organic synthesis, green chemistry, heterocyclic compounds and science education. [2]

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Early life and education

Karodia was born and grew up in South Africa under apartheid. [3] Like most people not of European origin, she suffered from racial segregation during her schooling. She was able to study chemistry at the University of Natal, which had been only for white people, and she graduated in 1990. [4] She left South Africa in 1992. [4] Karodia completed her PhD at the University of St Andrews, [1] working on phosphorus ylide supervised by Alan Aitken in 1995. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Career and research

Karodia joined the University of Florida as a fellow in the Centre for Heterocyclic Chemistry where she worked on developed Benzothiazines and Benzotriazoles. [3] [9] [10] Karodia was appointed senior lecturer at the University of Bradford and made director for STEM in 1998. [4] Here Karodia developed her interest in science education and science outreach programs that looked to benefit the local community. She was a senior member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) STEM programme, where she was made Regional Director (Yorkshire, Humber and North East) of the National HE STEM programme. [11] [12] Her chemistry research focused on ionic liquids and liquid crystalline polymers. [13] [14] Karodia is part of the European Union funded GENOVATE project: Transforming organisational culture for gender equality in research and innovation. [2] [15] She is also working on programmes to promote careers in science and engineering, especially for students from underrepresented parts of the community. [16]

Since 2021 she has held the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor at Edinburgh Napier University. Prior to this she worked at the University of Wolverhampton where she was Pro Vice Chancellor Regional Engagement (February 2020 – July 2021), Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (February 2016 -January 2020) and Professor of Science Education. [17] [18] She has partnered with the Doaba Group of Colleges. [19] In 2018 she launched a new partnerships health science course. [19]

Awards and honours

Karodia received a commendation from the National Educational Opportunities Network (NEON) in 2015 for Outstanding Contribution to Widening Access. [12] She was selected as one of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Top 175 Faces of Chemistry in 2016. [20] In 2017 she was honoured at the ShruthiUK Birmingham Thyagaraja Festival with a Women-in-Science award. [21] In 2015 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). [4]

Karodia was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the chemical sciences. [22]

Personal life

Karodia has twin daughters, both of whom studied physics at university. [3] She lost one twin to sickle cell disease in 2012. [23] The University of York, where she was a student, have an award in her honour. [24]

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References

  1. 1 2 Karodia, Nazira (1996). Preparation, structure and reactivity of some new types of stabilised phosphorus ylides (PhD thesis). University of St Andrews. hdl:10023/15005. OCLC   1049717145. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.750669. Lock-green.svg
  2. 1 2 "Nazira Karodia - University of Wolverhampton". www.wlv.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Pain, Elisabeth (2017). "Battling inequality for herself and others". Science. doi:10.1126/science.caredit.a1700018. ISSN   0036-8075.
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  5. ↑ Aitken, R. Alan; Karodia, Nazira; Massil, Tracy; Young, Robert J. (21 January 2002). "Flash vacuum pyrolysis of stabilised phosphorus ylides. Part 17.1 Preparation of aliphatic amino acid derived γ-alkoxycarbonylamino-β-oxo ylides and pyrolysis to give α,β-acetylenic γ-amino acid and GABA analogues". Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 (4): 533–541. doi:10.1039/B110243E. hdl:10454/3312. ISSN   1472-7781.
  6. ↑ Aitken, R. Alan; Hérion, Hugues; Janosi, Amaya; Karodia, Nazira; Raut, Swati V.; Seth, Shirley; Shannon, Ian J.; Smith, Fiona C. (1994). "Flash vacuum pyrolysis of stabilised phosphorus ylides. Part 5. Selective extrusion of PH3PO from β,γ,β′-trioxo ylides to give diacylalkynes". J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (17): 2467–2472. doi:10.1039/P19940002467. ISSN   0300-922X.
  7. ↑ Aitken, R. Alan; Karodia, Nazira; Lightfoot, Philip (2000). "The solid state conformation of oxo stabilised ylides: X-ray structures of four new polyoxo phosphorus ylides". Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (2): 333–340. doi:10.1039/A905747A. ISSN   1470-1820.
  8. ↑ Aitken, R. Alan; Karodia, Nazira; McCarron, Hollie B.; Rouxel, Cécile; Sahabo, Nina; Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. (2016). "Synthesis, structure and pyrolysis of stabilised phosphonium ylides containing saturated oxygen heterocycles". Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14 (5): 1794–1804. doi: 10.1039/C5OB02467F . hdl: 10454/8426 . ISSN   1477-0520. PMID   26751733.
  9. ↑ Katritzky, Alan R.; Wang, Jin; Karodia, Nazira; Li, Jianqing (1997). "A Novel Transformation of Esters to Alkynes with 1-Substituted Benzotriazoles". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62 (12): 4142–4147. doi:10.1021/jo962291t. ISSN   0022-3263.
  10. ↑ "Facile Synthesis of Benzotriazines and Indoles by Ring-Scissions of α-Benzotriazol-1-yl Hydrazones". Synthetic Communications. 27 (22): 3963–3976. 1997. doi:10.1080/00397919708005918. ISSN   0039-7911.
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  12. 1 2 "Dr Nazira Karodia - NEON". NEON. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  13. ↑ El Mansoury, Ahmed; Bushby, Richard J.; Karodia, Nazira (2012). "Triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystals: star-shaped oligomers and branched-chain polymers". Liquid Crystals. 39 (10): 1222–1230. doi:10.1080/02678292.2012.707691. ISSN   0267-8292. S2CID   96351481.
  14. ↑ Karodia, Nazira; Liu, Xihan; Ludley, Petra; Pletsas, Dimitrios; Stevenson, Grace (27 November 2006). "The ionic liquid ethyltri-n-butylphosphonium tosylate as solvent for the acid-catalysed hetero-Michael reaction". Tetrahedron. 62 (48): 11039–11043. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2006.09.052. hdl:10454/3694. ISSN   0040-4020.
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  17. ↑ University of Wolverhampton (16 March 2018), Research - Open Your Mind Campaign - Professor Nazira Karodia , retrieved 6 September 2018
  18. ↑ "Professor Nazira Karodia - Leading Learning". Leading Learning. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  19. 1 2 "New partnership healthcare course launched - Midlands Enterprise Universities". Midlands Enterprise Universities. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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  23. ↑ Banning-Lover, Rachel (19 June 2012). "Memorial service held in Physics for "sorely missed" James student". Nouse. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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