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Prof Ajayi is an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Department and a research leader at the Enzyme Sensor Laboratory, SensorLab at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). She teaches Physical Chemistry at second, third year and honours level and is involved in postgraduate research supervisions. Prof Ajayi has been at UWC for the past 18 years during which she completed both her undergraduate and postgraduate studies, and later her PhD in 2011. At SensorLab she specialises in research that involves the development of drug (particularly HIV and TB treatment drugs) metabolism sensors and the synthesis of various green method synthesized metallic nanomaterials and finding biological applications for them. Prof Ajayi has published various research articles and has contributed towards the completion of book chapters. She is also a Reviewer Team Member at Biosensors, MDPI Journal and a Material Science Advisory Board Member at Cambridge Scholars Publishing. She is the recipient of grant awards from the South African National Research Foundation and Water Research Commission of South Africa and has research collaborates at South Africa’s Council of Geosciences, Mintek, University of Johannesburg and iThembaLabs apart from UWC’s School of Dentistry and Biotechnology and Information Systems Departments. Internationally, she collaborates extensively in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya France and the USA. Ajayi has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia Campus, USA and the University of Cergy Pontoise in France. She is also an active member of South African Chemical Institute (SACI), International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) and is the current co-chair (2019-2020) at the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). Currently, Prof Ajayi serves on the University of the Western Cape’s Institutional Forum, and is part of the Research Task Team for University’s Institutional Operational Plan and the University’s Senate Academic Planning Commitee
Early 2017, Prof Ajayi established AmaQawe ngeMfundo a non-profit organization aimed at providing on-site science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experiments for learners in marginalized communities. Later the same her, she established KasiMaths; a scalable low cost mathematic HUB for learners in marginalised communities after winning first prize at the prestigious 2017 TechWomen Programme in Silicon Valley. In 2018 Prof Ajayi was named one of South Africa’s Inspiring Fifty Women in STEM in South Africa in recognition of her research work and its translation to the broader community. In 2019, Ajayi was also awarded the UWC DVC Community Engagement Award for the same reason. She is also the one of 20 nominated 2019 AIMS Next Einstein Fellow as well and one of two 2019 prestigious NRF Excellence Emerging Leader/Early Career Researcher Awardees. In 2020 she was also nominated as a fellow of the NRF Future Professors Programme.
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R. Fanelwa Ajayi, Simone Barry,Mulisa Nkuna,Nzumbululo Ndou,Tessia Rakgotho,Sphamandla Nqunqa, Nokwanda Ngema,Velaphi Thipe,Takalani Muluadzi
Emerging Freshwater Pollutantspp.331-358, (2022)
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