Dr. Katete has published widely in biochemistry, biophysics, microbiology, biotechnology, environmental science, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Dr. Katete started his university education doing double majors in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Biotechnology, then continued with biochemistry and cell biology at MSc. He moved on to biophysics at MPhil and Ph.D., where he was introduced to calculus and physics used to solve protein structures and functions. Currently, his research focuses on structure-based drug/vaccine design.
Nundwe, M., Chizimu, J. Y., Mwaba, J., Shawa, M., Katete, R. S., Mutengo, M. M., Nakazwe, R., Mulunda, N. R., Sialubanje, C., Kalumbi, M. M., Kaunda, Y., Chanda, R., Chambaro, H., Kamboyi, H. K., Kapalamula, T., Mudenda, S., Chabala, F. W., Hang’ombe, B. M., Chilengi, R., ... Suzuki, Y. (2025). Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Serological Diversity of Shigella Species from Patient Isolates at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Bacteria, 4(2), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/bacteria4020018 (Indexed in Scopus)
Lombe, A. and Katete, R. S. (2024). Lead Remediation Techniques – Lessons for Sustainable Remediation of Lead-Contaminated Sites in Zambia’s Mining Towns. EQA – International Journal of Environmental Quality, 59, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/17928 (Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus)
Rodrick Symon Katete. (2023). Hypertension: Unmasking the Silent Epidemic in Developing Countries. Biomedical Sciences, 9(4), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.bs.20230904.12 (Indexed in Directory of Research Journals Indexing and CrossRef)
Zulu, E., Katete, R., Simusika, P., Mutengo, M., Chabala, F., & Kasonde, M. (2023). Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity in Zambia: Single-Center Study. Microbes and Infectious Diseases, 4(4), 1088-1099. doi: 10.21608/mid.2023.229457.1592 (Indexed in Scopus)
Rodrick Symon Katete, Given Kalonga, Magdah Ganashi, Ned Silavwe, Richard Mwenya, Photodynamic Therapy for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer, Advances in Biochemistry. Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2022, pp. 81-93. doi: 10.11648/j.ab.20221003.11 (Indexed in Directory of Research Journals Indexing and CrossRef)
Kalonga, G., Katete, R. S., Simfukwe, J. and Habanyama, A. (2022). Photon Characteristics and Behavior under Refractive Index. Journal of Advances in Physics, Vol 20 (1): 169-184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24297/jap.v20i.9220 ( Indexed in Scientific Indexing Services)
Kalonga, G., Habanyama, A., Silavwe, N. and Katete, R. S. (2022). Generation and Storage of Hydrogen Gas from Non-Metal and Metal Hydrides using Metal Complex Catalysts: A Review. International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy. Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 29-34. doi: 10.11648/j.ijrse.20221101.14 (Indexed in Directory of Research Journals Indexing and CrossRef)
Lombe, A., Pamba, J., Kasali, G., Mwaanga, P. and Katete, R. S. (2021). The current trends in lead contamination in Zambian towns: save the innocents. EQA – International Journal of Environmental Quality, 45-46 (2021) 9-25. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/12548 (Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus)
Katete, R. S., Sankar, R., Rajendran, R. and Kalonga, G. (2020). Website Ranking Estimation through Fuzzy Logical Hierarchy Process. UNNES Journal of Mathematics, 9 (1): 69-76. https://doi.org/10.15294/ujm.v9i1.33969 (Indexed in DOAJ)
Given Kalonga, Rodrick Katete, Ededias, Richard Mwenya & Luke N. K. Zulu. (2020). Artificial Photosynthesis for the Production of Hydrogen Gas for Fuel. To Physics Journal, 5, 138-151. https://www.purkh.com/abstract/artificial-photosynthesis-for-production-of-hydrogen-gas-for-fuel-62049.html (Indexed in The Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
John Pamba, Rajamuthu Rajendran, Rodrick S. Katete, Ravi Sankar, Given Kalonga (2020). Scrutinizing the Discrimination of African Senior Citizens through Linguistic Delphi Adapted Fuzzy Associative Memories. International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology, 60-71. http://www.ijmttjournal.org/archive/ijmtt-v66i8p507 (Indexed in Cross Ref)
Kalonga, G. & Katete, R. S. (2019). Student Model and Elimination of Examination Malpractices - The Zambian Case. The Journal of Educational Development, 7(1), 186 - 196. https://journal.unnes.ac.id/sju/index.php/jed/article/view/31626/14946 (Indexed in DOAJ)
Rodney Hull, Rodrick Katete, Monde Ntwasa. (2012). Therapeutic potential of antimicrobial peptides from insects. Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 7(2): 31-47. (Indexed in Chemical Abstracts (Indexed in CAS Source Index - CASSI))
Katete, R. S. (2012). Biophysical characterisation of the manganese transporter MntH from Enterococcus faecalis. Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Sheffield, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Western Bank Library Thesis 16213, Sheffield, UK.
Katete, R. S. (2008). Structural Basis of Transport Activity of Bacterial Membrane Proteins. MPhil Thesis - University of Sheffield, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Sheffield, UK
Katete, R. S. (2006). Heterologous expression optimisation, solubilisation, refolding, purification, and physicochemical characterisation of the recombinant c-Jun N-terminal Kinase 1. BSc Honours - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, School of Molecular and Cell Biology, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Katete, R. S. and Zulu, L. N. K. (2025). Serological Evidence of Newcastle Disease in Unvaccinated Village Chickens in Selected Districts of Western and Southern Provinces of Zambia. Manuscript submitted.
Katete, R. S., Lombe, A., Daniel, N. A., Kamwela, J. and Agabi, Y. A. (2025). Proteomics Insights into Rhodopseudomonas palustris for Sustainable Lead Bioremediation in Zambia’s Kabwe Township. Manuscript submitted.
Katete, R. S., Kamwela, J., Daniel, N. A and Agabi, Y. A. (2025). Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis: Broad-Spectrum Drug Target Identification Using Subtractive Genomics. Manuscript submitted.
Pamba, J., Rajendran, R. and Katete, R. S. (2025). Expert-Based Climate Change Modeling Using a Delphi-Enhanced Fuzzy Associate Memory Framework - An Effective Climate Resilience Planning Tool. Manuscript submitted.
Kamwela, J. and Katete, R. S. (2025). Optimization of Oncolytic viruses for the treatment of Kaposi Sarcoma among HIV patients. Working on the manuscripts.
Katete, R., Lombe, A., Daniel, N. A., Kamwela, J. and Agabi, Y. A. (2025). Proteomics Insights into Rhodopseudomonas palustris for Sustainable Lead Bioremediation in Zambia’s Kabwe Township. Manuscript submitted.
Katete, R. S. and Kamwela, J. (2025). Comparative Genomics and Molecular Evolution of COVID-19: New Drug and Vaccine Targets. Working on the manuscripts.
Katete, R. S. (2025). Structural Basis of Malaria Vaccine Design. Working on the manuscripts.
Blogs
Coronavirus touches Evolution’s Raw Nerve: Supremacy battle between RNA and DNA as Genomic Materials brings the planet Earth to a stand still https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-touches-evolutions-raw.html April 21, 2020
Trends in Improvement of Malaria Diagnosis and Biomarkers. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/08/trends-in-improvement-of-malaria.html August 30, 2019
Biopharmaceutical Industry in Africa: History and Future Perspectives. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/08/biopharmaceutical-industry-in-africa.html August 22, 2019
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/08/evolution-of-antibiotic-resistance-in.html August 13, 2019
Gene Drive as a tool to eradicate Malaria Disease in Africa: Africa's Perspectives. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/07/gene-drive-as-tool-to-eradicate-malaria.html July 26, 2019
Ebola Virus Disease: The Enemy at the Gates. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/07/ebola-viral-disease-enemy-at-gates.html July 11, 2019
The Current Approaches to the Development of the Tuberculosis Vaccine. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-current-approaches-to-development.html July 07, 2019
The Efficacy of mRNA Vaccines against Human Diseases. https://rskatete.blogspot.com/2021/09/theefficacy-of-mrna-vaccines-against.html. September 11, 2021