Supervisors
Home » Faculties of Science » Departments » Biotechnology and Food Technology »Please note that applications for post-graduate studies in the Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology will only be considered if the applicant has identified a supervisor and the supervisor has agreed to supervise the applicant. Applicants are thus advised to contact academic staff members in the department for supervision before applying for admission.
| Name | Research Interests | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Ezekiel Green | Drug discovery and Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Cosmetics and secondary metabolites from plants and endophytes. | egreen@uj.ac.za |
| Prof Kulsum Kondiah | Nanobiotechnology. Specific focus on the application of nanoparticles in the development of diagnostics and antimicrobials for water-borne pathogens. | kulsumk@uj.ac.za |
| Prof Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini | Bacterial Genomics and Biotechnology Research Group Our research focuses on bacterial endophytes and we take a deeper look at the colonization, diversity, biotechnological applications, genomics and metagenomics of the bacterial endophytes, with further insights into the development of products for industries such as pharmaceutical, chemical, food and agriculture. | hopes@uj.ac.za |
| Prof Patrick Njobeh | Food safety with particular emphasis on mycotoxins and fungi. | pnjobeh@uj.ac.za |
| Dr Daniso Beswa | Food innovation using locally available sources of essential nutrients and health-promoting properties, mainly targeting the snack foods, to contribute to the health and well-being of snack food consumers. | beswad@uj.ac.za |
| Prof Oluwafemi Adebo | Improvement and reinvention of traditional processes to address hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. Research activities include fermentation, food product development, Metabolomics, Mathematical modelling, optimization, novel food processes and techniques. | oadebo@uj.ac.za |
| Dr Bhekisisa Dlamini | Food Safety, Food Microbiology and investigating antimicrobial agents that can be used as natural alternatives to chemical preservatives in food. | bcdlamini@uj.ac.za |
| Dr Adrian Abrahams | Enzyme technology: Specific focus on the functional potential of bacterial genes; identifying novel/putative enzymes and their application in various industries; proteomics (determining functional protein networks that exist at a given point in time in response to a specific stimulus). | adriana@uj.ac.za |