Christopher Chetsanga

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Residence Zimbabwe Doctoral students - Nationality Zimbabwean Name Christopher Chetsanga		Role Scientist Doctoral advisor -

Born 22 August 1935 (age 88) Murehwa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) ( 1935-08-22 ) Alma mater University of California, Pepperdine University, University of Toronto Education University of California, Berkeley, University of Toronto, Pepperdine University Fields Biochemistry, Molecular biology
Institutions University of Zimbabwe

Christopher J Chetsanga (born 1935 in Murehwa, Rhodesia) is a preeminent Zimbabwean scientist who is a member of the African Academy of Sciences.

Education

1965 obtained a BSc degree at the University of California, Berkeley and Pepperdine University in California, USA

1965-1969 obtained MSc and PhD degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Toronto, Canada

1969-1972 became a Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Harvard University

Discovered two enzymes involved in the repair of damaged DNA:

Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase, which removes damaged 7-methylguanine from DNA (1979).

DNA cyclase, which recloses imidazole rings of guanine and adenine damaged by x-irradiation (1985).

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, University of Michigan, 1972–1983

Professor of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, 1983–2017

Dean of Science University of Zimbabwe, (1986–1991)

Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Zimbabwe, (1991–1993)

Director General, Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Center, Zimbabwe, 1993-2003

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