Abstract

Stephen Ojwach obtained his PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Johannesburg in 2008. He is currently a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and immediate former Assistant Dean & Head of School (Administration) in the School of Chemistry and Physics. Prof Ojwach has also been a visiting research professor at various universities; University of Lethbridge (Canada), RTWH Aachen University (Germany), Moi University (Kenya) and Technical University of Kaiserslautern (Germany).  His main research focus is onApplied Organometallic Chemistry and catalysis, but also has collaborative projects on Bioinorganic Chemistry and Environmental chemistry. Prof Ojwach is a recipient of several research grants such as DST-NRF Center of Excellence in catalysis (c*change) and NRF-competitive program for researchers (SA), International Foundation for Science (IFS), Third World Academy of Science (TWAS).  He has also received several accolades including Top Young Researcher (Universityof KwaZulu-Natal), C2 (NRF-SA) rated researcher among others.  Prof Ojwach has published about 100 scientific articles in international journals and graduated 10 PhD doctorate and 15 MSc students.

Original language	en
Publication status	Published - 2022