Panellists Catherine Ngila
Professor Ngila is currently the Interim Executive Director of the African Foundation for Women and Youth in Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. She is the Vice President (Emerging Economies) of the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development as the (IOCD). Prof Ngila is the immediate former Acting Executive Director of African Academy of Sciences; former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Riara University; former Deputy Director of the Institute of Oil and Gas, Kenya; former Head of Applied Chemistry department at University of Johannesburg; Has worked at University of KwaZulu Natal, University of Botswana and Kenyatta University. She is a Board Chair of Smart Science Africa; Global Community Initiative for Growth; St Angela’s Girls School Alumnae Association. Prof Ngila is a Fellow of TWAS, AAS; ASSAf; former Co-Chair for the 2021 Commonwealth Science Conference 22-26 Feb; Member of various Chemical Societies (ACS, RSC, SACI). She has won various Awards; 2021 L’Oréal-UNESCO For International Women in Science Awards for excellence in Water Research; 2017 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Women Scientific Awards; 2016 South Africa Distinguished Women in Science Awards; various grants from South Africa NRF, WRC, and CSIR. Prof Ngila’s research work is in Analytical/ Environmental Chemistry and focuses on water quality/pollution monitoring; mathematical modelling and nanotechnology methods for water treatment; development of analytical methodologies for detecting chemical substances in water. Research Links: www.researchgate.net/profile/Jane_Ngila/ scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=NNc4NEYAAAAJ&hl=en www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-ngila-68a620114 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0121-4567
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