IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PROF CATHERINE NGILA

PROFESSOR OF ANALYTICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL/ CHEMISTRY/NANOTECHNOLOGY AT DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG****honored with 2016 Women in Science AwardsProf Catherine Ngila received her Bachelor of Education in Science, BEd(Sci) and MSc in Chemistry from Kenyatta University, Kenya in 1986 and 1992, respectively. She obtained her PhD from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her teaching and research career started in 1989 when she was employed as a tutorial fellow at Kenyatta University and later promoted to lecturer position in 1996. She also worked at the University of Botswana as a Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer (1998-2006), and at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban South Africa, as Senior Lecturer (2006-2011) before joining University of Johannesburg, as a Full Professor of Analytical/Environmental Chemistry in April 2011. She has taught various courses at various levels from First Year General Chemistry to Masters in Chemistry in Analytical-, Environmental- and Industrial chemistry. Currently she is training students in chemical engineering in modelling –mass balance in wastewater treatment plants.