Posted on December 19, 2021
Ané Kritzinger, a master’s student in the Department of Chemistry, is bridging the fields of chemistry and physics to develop an ultra-sensitive instrument for pollutant detection.
Posted on December 08, 2021
A master's student in Education (Chemistry) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Micke Reynders, turned a crisis into an opportunity to help others.
Posted on August 25, 2021
Women's Month: Focus on Prof Marietjie Potgieter
Posted on August 01, 2021
NAS celebrates Women’s month in style, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Women’s Month
Posted on July 28, 2021
UP’s natural product library, created for high throughput screening programmes, presents a unique resource for discovering natural ingredients for the pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries.
Posted on July 23, 2021
Meet Mr Manfred Molomo, Faculty Manager in the Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), who was appointed to NAS in June this year.
Posted on July 22, 2021
NAS Featured scientist Prof Tjaart Krüger - Department of Physics
Posted on July 20, 2021
An article by UP PhD student Adedapo Adeola on advances in water treatment technologies has been highlighted in the international Water Environment Research journal as a “comprehensive review” of existing and emerging technologies in the sector.
Posted on May 05, 2021
Chemistry was added to UP's list of ESI Research Fields.
Posted on May 05, 2021
A recent publication from the Department of Chemistry by Adedapo Adeola and Prof Patricia Forbes entitled “Advances in water treatment technologies for removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Existing concepts, emerging trends, and future prospects”, published in Water...
Posted on February 16, 2021
It is well documented that mosquitoes use chemical compounds present on the human skin surface to locate and ultimately bite their human host. But why do mosquitoes prefer certain individuals above others? This was the research question set out to be answered by Madelien Wooding, PhD...
Posted on December 11, 2020
Madelien Wooding, PhD Candidate under the supervision of Dr Yvette Naudé, was selected as one of the 10 leading minds from Africa for her pioneering work and passion. The Power List celebrates the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity and leadership present across all corners of analytical science.
Posted on December 01, 2020
Professor Patricia Forbes, incumbent of the Rand Water Chemistry Research Chair in the Department of Chemistry at UP, was not only recently elected to the Professional Standards Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry, she has also been made a Fellow of the South African Chemical Institute.
Posted on February 07, 2020
Wiehan Rudolph, a master’s student in Analytical and Natural Product Chemistry at the University of Pretoria, has recently been awarded the James Moir Medal. The South African Chemical Institute annually awards this medal to the best BSc Honours student in Chemistry at each tertiary...
Posted on February 06, 2020
Latest T&[email protected] Bulletin (2020) now available
Posted on January 31, 2020
Prof Patricia Forbes was announced as the recipient of the prestigious Chromatographer of the Year award for 2019.
Posted on December 16, 2019
What started off as a departmental initiative grew exponentially and culminated in an awards ceremony where excellence in teaching was celebrated at Faculty level. At the last [email protected] event for 2019, cluster awards in all four clusters (Biological Sciences, Food and Agricultural Sciences,...
Posted on December 11, 2019
Dr Hanieh Montaseri, who received a PhD from the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria in April 2019, was recently awarded a South African Chemical Institute (SACI) Postgraduate Award.
Posted on November 27, 2019
A very unique postgraduate spring school on solar energy and photosynthesis recently took place at the University of Pretoria (UP). This annual event, which attracts overwhelming interest, is unlike any other around the world due to three key elements: the African focus, the truly...
Posted on November 13, 2019
Amanda Mahlangu, a master’s student in Chemistry at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, recently won an award for the Best Student Paper at the 2019 National Association for Clean Air Conference.
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