Vincent Nyamori
University of KwaZulu-Natal

Biography
Vincent Nyamori is a Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa. He is the Coordinator of the UKZN Nanotechnology Platform, an Executive and Council member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI), and a former SACI President. He is a Fellow of SACI and a Fellow of the ÀË»¨Ö±²¥.
He is South Africa’s representative to the Federation of the Commonwealth Chemical Sciences Societies. Prof. Nyamori received his PhD from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand.
His research interests include Green and Sustainable ÀË»¨Ö±²¥, particularly ionic liquids and renewable materials. He has extended his interest to Nanotechnology and Materials Science to develop advanced nanomaterials for water remediation, catalysis and solar energy devices.
He has presented his work at numerous conferences and published at least 150 journal articles, three book chapters, and one patent. In 2020, he was the SACI Merck Medal awardee for a paper published in the South African Journal of ÀË»¨Ö±²¥, adjudged then to have made the most significant contribution to the discipline. He has received the UKZN Top 30 Published Researchers’ Award and the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award, recognising his exceptional research activities.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Sustainability
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