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Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Management of Chemicals (Chemical, Microbiological and Pharmaceutical) Manufacturing Laboratory (Production, Packaging, Quality Control).Analytical Chemistry (ICP, AA, Wet Chemistry, Chromatography)Microbiology (Water, Soil, Pharmaceutical, Plant/Mammalian Tissue Culture)Contract Micropropagation of Commercial PlantsEcosystem Restoration Research (Wetlands, Desert Environments, Coastal Mangroves, Regenerative Farming)Current Research and Development: Ewaste BeneficiationElectrochemistry and ElectroplatingFungi based Biomaterial Research and DevelopmentFertilizersMicronutrientsBiological Control AgentsWater DisinfectantsSanitiser testing and product developmentMedical Face Masks microbial testing (SANS 1866)Water Chemistry and Treatment TechnologiesCarbon Cycling - Circular Economy Design PrinciplesLithium Chemistry and Process DesignBiohydrometallurgyARD RemediationSoil RemediationBiostimulants- Humic and FulvicNovel PrebioticsNovel AntibioticsBioplasticsBiomaterialsBiopesticides

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Agricultural Biotechnology-Plant/Mammalian Tissue Culture-Production of Plant Tissue Culture Media for MicropropagationWater Chemistry-Treatment, Value Creation, TestingEnvironmental Sustainability-Circular Economy, Life Cycle Assessment, Integrating ProcessesBiohydrometallurgy-Bioleaching, Acid Rock Drainage, Acidophile ResearchSale of Chemicals and Microbiological ReagentsContract ConsultingCurrent Research: Plant Tissue Culture of Indigenous Plants. Biocontrol Agents. Nutrient Cycling

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Mobile application development for software hackathons. Applications involved aspects of augmented reality, social networking, geolocation, gamification, machine learning, mass data analytics and visualisation.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Plant tissue culture (Propagation of Commercial Plant Tissue Culture Clones)Mammalian tissue culture (Propagation on Mammalian Cell Lines)Analytical ChemistryDevelopment of Novel Water Quality Diagnostic Tests Hydrometallurgy

Investigation into the microbial ecology of industrial bioleaching tanks which are used to facilitate the sustainable pre-treatment and recovery of precious metals (gold, platinum, copper etc.) from sulphidic minerals.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Biohydrometallurgy , Gold extraction processes using microorganisms.

Master’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: University of Cape Town Brewing Team, Scientific Cafe Talks, City of Eden World Design Capital Project.

Masters Course, Mining And Mineral Engineering, Physical Processing Of Minerals And Extractive Metallurgy.

Minerals Processing, Physical Characterisation of Minerals, Particle Size Distributions, Extractive Metallurgy, Hydrometallurgy.

Bachelor’S Degree, Honours Biotechnology, With Distinction

Investigation into the role of viruses within marine ecosystems. Viruses were identified through metagenomics and using bioinformatic.

Honours, Biotechnology, A

Short Course (Technology Innovation Agency), Biotechnology, With Distinction

Entrepreneurship course on technology commercialisation fundamentals within the biotechnology space.

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemistry, Biochemistry And Microbiology, With Distinction

Activities and Societies: Fly fishing club; Surfing club; Biochemistry; Microbiology and Biotechnology Society; Zoology Society; Geology.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Distinction