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06 December 2018
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Story Charlene Stanley
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Photo Charl Devenish
Innocensia Mangoato says she’s always had an interest in science, and initially wanted to study medicine. She ended up doing a BSc in Physiology and genetics.
Innocensia Mangoato, Pharmacology Masters graduate, recently appeared on SABC3's flagship youth programme Hectic Nine9, after her
research on using cannabis in cancer treatment earned her a 2018 Women in Science Award.
Young UFS scientist wins international award
2010-10-29
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| Prof. Martin Ntwaeaborwa |
The thin films division of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) selected Prof. Martin Ntwaeaborwa from the Department of Physics at the University of the Free State (UFS) as the 2010 awardee of the Paul Holloway Young Investigator Award.
Prof. Ntwaeaborwa has been given the award for novel work in the field of nanostructured luminescent materials, the optical properties of nanoparticles and photovoltaic applications. The award is named after Prof. Paul H. Holloway of the University of Florida who has a distinguished and continuing career of scholarship and service to the AVS.
The nominee must be a young scientist or engineer who has contributed outstanding theoretical and experimental work in an area important to the Thin Film Division of AVS.