Name: Dr. David Rohindra
Position: Associate Professor in Chemistry (Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching)
Email: david.rohindra@usp.ac.fj
Phone: (+679) 32 32867
Building/office location: Chemistry new wing
Room Number: 010 008
An academic at the University of the South Pacific for 20 + years in the area of Physical Chemistry. Obtained my Doctor of Engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokodai) now renamed as Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. Research expertise is in polymer physics, physical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Polymer Engineering where new materials are developed and designed using soft materials (plastics) for medical and pharmaceutical applications.
Web of Science
Orcid
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-9346
A seasoned research supervisor who has graduated several students. Testimonial abstract from some research students;
https://www.usp.ac.fj/usp-sageons/tejesvi-patel-stories-and-journey/
Research expertise is in polymer physics, physical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Polymer Engineering, where new materials are developed and designed using soft materials (plastics) for medical and pharmaceutical applications. Also have an interest in the movement of energy in chemical processes
Undergraduate Courses:
Postgraduate Course:
2013 and 2017
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
2013 -2024
Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research.
Selected from 2020 till present
Lata, Roselyn A. and Waqainabete, Timaima and Aru, Steven and Rohindra, David (2025) Measurement and daily consumption of microplastics in drinking water from a Small Island Developing State—Fiji: from freshwater to groundwater sources. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197 (434). NA. ISSN 1573-2959
Patel, Tejesvi and Lata, Roselyn A. and Arikibe, Joachim E. and Rohindra, David (2025) Towards sustainable microplastic cleanup: Al/Fe ionotropic chitosan hydrogels for efficient PET removal. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197 (228). NA. ISSN 1573-2959
Sharma, Reeha and Lata, Roselyn A. and Patel, Tejesvi and Bikiaris, Dimitrios N. and Kuboyama, Keiichi and Rohindra, David (2025) Estimating the activation energy of crystallization in blends of poly L-lactic acid and poly(propylene 2,5-furan dicarboxylate) during isothermal melt crystallization using temperature dependent infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 142 (1). NA. ISSN 0021-8995
Botleng, Jacinta S. and Patel, Tejesvi and Lata, Roselyn A. and Chang, Robert and Rohindra, David (2024) Adsorption of azo dyes onto environmentally friendly bacterial cellulose/kappa-carrageenan hydrogel: isotherm and kinetic studies. Adsorption, 30 . pp. 1315-1331. ISSN 0929-5607
Patel, Tejesvi and Lata, Roselyn A. and Sharma, Reeha and Rohindra, David (2023) In vitro release kinetics of Nystatin and Tannic acid in artificial body fluids from Hydrogels prepared by using Polyvinylpyrrolidone crosslinked with Tannic acid. ChemistrySelect, 8 (31). NA. ISSN 2365-6549
Edward, Kaamil and Mamun, Kabir and Narayan, Sumesh and Assaf, Mansour and Rohindra, David and Rathnayake, Upaka (2023) State – of – the – Art Graphene synthesis methods and environmental concerns. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, NA . NA. ISSN 1687-7667
Sisi, Misel J. and Ahmed, Mohammed R. and Rohindra, David (2022) Experimental investigation on the estimation of the viscous thermodynamic activation energy parameters of vegetable oils extracted from Cocos nucifera, Calophyllum inophyllum and Canarium indicum. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 53 . NA. ISSN 2213-1388
Barrientos, Eduardo E. and Paris, Andrew and Rohindra, David and Rico, Ciro (2022) Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (Batissa violacea) on Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73 (4). pp. 528-539. ISSN 1323-1650
Kiatiporntipthak, Krittameth and Thajai, Nanthicha and Kanthiya, Thidarat and Rachtanapun, Pornchai and Leksawasdi, Noppol and Phimolsiripol, Yuthana and Rohindra, David and Ruksiriwanich, Warintorn and Sommano, Sarana R. and Jantanasakulwong, Kittisak (2021) Reaction mechanism and mechanical property improvement of Poly(Lactic Acid) reactive blending with Epoxy Resin. Polymers, 13 (15). NA. ISSN 2073-4360
Arikibe, Joachim E. and Lata, Roselyn A. and Rohindra, David (2021) Bacterial Cellulose/Chitosan hydrogels synthesized in situ for biomedical application. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 162 . pp. 16675-16693. ISSN 1997-5902
Prakash, Anshu and Lata, Roselyn A. and Martens, Penny J. and Rohindra, David (2020) Characterization and in – vitro analysis of poly (ε-caprolactone)-“Jackfruit” mucilage blends for tissue engineering applications. Polymer Engineering and Science, NA . NA. ISSN 0032-3888
Sisi, Misel J. and Ahmed, Mohammed R. and Rohindra, David (2020) Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine employing straight vegetable oils from Vanuatu as fuels. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 12 (9). NA. ISSN 1687-8140
Homsaard, Nattagarn and Kodsangma, Araya and Jantrawut, Pensak and Rachtanapun, Pornchai and Leksawasdi, Noppol and Phimolsiripol, Yuthana and Seesuriyachan, Phisit and Chaiyaso, Thanongsak and Sommano, Sarana R. and Rohindra, David and Jantanasakulwong, Kittisak (2020) Efficacy of cassava starch blending with gelling agents and palm oil coating in improving egg shelf life. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, NA . NA. ISSN 0950-5423
Arikibe, Joachim E. and Lata, Roselyn A. and Rohindra, David (2020) Synthesis, preparation and characterization of Amine -induced bacterial cellulose – poly(Vinyl alcohol) semi -interpenetrating network hydrogel. Key Engineering Materials, 841 . pp. 238-242. ISSN 1013-9826
Ferreira, Marta and Thompson, Jameel and Paris, Andrew and Rohindra, David and Rico, Ciro (2020) Presence of microplastics in water, sediments and fish species in an urban coastal environment of Fiji, a Pacific small island developing state. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 153 . NA. ISSN 0025-326X
For detailed
https://repository.usp.ac.fj/view/creators/Rohindra=3ADavid=3A=3A.html
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