Biography:
Khanyisile Ngcongco studied at Biochemistry at Rhodes University, South Africa and graduated her Master of Science in 2020. She is currently doing her PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in collaboration with Mintek, South Africa, supervised by Dr Pillay and Dr Govindsamy. Khanyisile’s research project focuses on synthetic strategies for metallic nanoparticle production using Aloe plant species to degrade industrial dyes in water.
Title : Green synthetic strategies for metallic nanoparticles and their biotechnological applications