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Prof Thokozani Majozi, CSIR Fellow and SERA PICCT Team Co-Leader. |
Co-Leader of the SERA Process Integration for Clean Coal Technologies (PICCT) Focus Area Team and University of Pretoria (UP) Professor, Thokozani Majozi, has been appointed as a CSIR Fellow.
This appointment and that of Majozi recently becoming a full-time professor at UP, is affirmation of SERA's commitment to identifying and pooling some of the foremost research competence on the African continent. CSIR Fellows can be appointed only by the President and CEO of the CSIR. The stature of a CSIR Fellow should be of a high local and international level - responsibilities include networking and leadership, technology foresight, shaping the direction of technology, mentoring, coaching, and contributing to
transformation.
At the age of 36, Majozi has already achieved what may take other people a life-time. He is the recipient of the National Science and Technology Forum 'Distinguished Young Black Researcher in the past five to 10 years' award, and is also a fellow of the Water Institute of South Africa. Other awards include the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) British Association Medal, 2008; the Leading Minds (1908 - 2008) Centenary Award, University of Pretoria, 2008; and the 2007, Majozi received the National Research Foundation President's Award.
An Associate Professor at the University of Pannonia, Hungary since 2005, he worked for the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 2000, and for AspenTech Warrington in 1999. On completing his PhD in process integration from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK, Majozi joined Sasol Technology as a technology leader in optimisation and integration until he joined UP as an Associate Professor in 2004.
A KwaZulu Natal-born researcher, Majozi regards his most recent appointment as an affirmation and recognition of the work he has done. He believes that becoming a CSIR Fellow gives credence to one's commitment to the job and that the appointment will allow him to play a meaningful role in his discipline. "This is the kind of recognition that researchers and academics in particular want to see. It is indeed outstanding to be part of the CSIR. I currently serve on various scientific committees locally and internationally but I now need to cut my niche as a researcher and I need to refine my standing internationally to represent the CSIR accordingly", says Majozi.
Majozi has chaired various national and international conferences and boasts more than 80 contributions to published reports and books, non-refereed journals, and refereed ISI-listed journals. He is a member of the board of directors of PELCHEM, a division of NECSA, as well as a member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa.
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