Abridged CV

Name: / Prof JC (Jaco) Breytenbach
Rank: / Professor
Telnr: / 018 299 2256
E-mail: /
Qualifications: /
  • BSc (Chemistry and Mathematics) (1974)
  • BSc (Hons) Chemistry (1975)
  • MSc (cum laude) Organic Chemistry (1977)
  • PhD Organic Chemistry (1980)
  • Diploma in Tertiary Education (cum laude) (1990)

Experience (teaching and otherwise): /
  • Analytical Chemist, South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (SASOL), Sasolburg, South Africa
  • Research Assistant, South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (SASOL), Sasolburg, South Africa.
  • Scientific Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University, South Africa

Research area: /
  • Medicinal Chemistry

Publications (during past three years) /
  1. LM Monene, C Goosen, JC Breytenbach, J Hadgraft and J du Plessis. Percutaneous absorption of cyclizine and its alkyl analogues, Eur. J. Pharm. Sci., 2005, (24) 239-244.
  2. I le Roux, HM Krieg, CA Yeates and JC Breytenbach, Use of chitosan as an antifouling agent in a continuous bioreactor, J. Membrane Sci., 2005, 248, 127-136.
  3. H Swart, JC Breytenbach, J Hadgraft and J du Plessis, Synthesis and Transdermal Penetration of NSAID Glycoside Esters, Int. J. Pharm., 2005, 301/1-2, 71 – 79.
  4. M Gerber, JC Breytenbach, J du Plessis and J Hadgraft, Synthesis and transdermal properties of acetylsalicylic acid and selected esters, Int. J. Pharm., 2006, 310, 31-36.
  5. J Zah, HM Krieg and JC Breytenbach, Pervaporation and related properties of time-dependent growth layers of zeolite NaA on structured ceramic supports, J. Membrane Sci., 2006, 284, 276–290.
  6. E Holmes, J C Breytenbach, J du Plessis and M Gerber, The synthesis of stavudine derivatives for transdermal delivery, SA Pharmaceutical Journal, 2006, Vol 73 (10), 28 – 56.
  7. J Zah, HM Krieg and JC Breytenbach, Layer development and growth history of polycrystalline zeolite A membranes synthesised from a clear solution, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2006, 93, 141.
  8. CA Yeates, MS van Dyk, AL Botes, JC Breytenbach and HM Krieg, Optimisation of the biocatalytic resolution of styrene oxide by Rhodotorula glutinis, Enz. & Microbial Tech., 2007, 40, 221–227.
  9. CA Yeates, HM Krieg and JC Breytenbach, Hydroxypropyl--cyclodextrin induced complexation for the biocatalytic resolution of a poorly soluble epoxide, Enz. & Microbial Tech., 2007, 40, 228–235.
  10. J Zah, HM Krieg and JC Breytenbach, Single gas pervaporation through thin layered zeolite NaA membranes: improved permeance through an unconventional semicrystalline layer, J. Membrane Sci., 2007, 287, 300–310.
  11. A van Niekerk, J Zah, JC Breytenbach and HM Krieg, Direct crystallisation of a hydroxy sodalite membrane without seeding using a conventional oven, J. Membrane Sci., 2007, 300, 156–164.

Current projects: /
  • Derivatives and transdermal penetration behaviour of nucleoside drugs
  • Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of artemisinin-based antimalarial mutual prodrugs

Collaborations:

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Abridged CV: Prof JC Breytenbach