Graphene-Bearing Polymer Composites / Springer Series in Materials Science Bd.340 (PDF)

international conference proceedings. He also has 7 patents (registered or filled) and 10 new demonstrated technologies (commercialized) shared with colleagues, collaborators, and industrial partners. So far, his team commercialized 19 different products. Over the last 15 years, he has trained 23 postdoctoral fellows, produced 43 PhD and 23 Master students under his direct supervision. His honours and awards include Most Prestigious 2016 National Science and Technology Award (NSTF); Prestigious 2020 CSIR-wide career-achievement award; Prestigious 2014 CSIR-wide Leadership Award; Prestigious 2014 CSIR Human Capital development award; Prestigious 2013 Morand Lambla Awardee, International Polymer Processing Society, USA; Distinguish Visiting Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arab (2012); Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2013); Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2012); Global Star Award 2011 from the Engineering ceramic division, the American Ceramic Society; CSIR MSM Prestigious Established Researcher Award (2010); Adjacent Professor, Free State University, South Africa (2009); Prestigious CSIR President's Award (2008); CSIR MSM Director's award (2008); JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Japanese Government (2002). He is an Editorial Board member of the ACS Omega and Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.
Lesego Tabea Temane received her M-Tech in Chemical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Senior Technologist at the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on synthesizing, processing, and characterizing advanced 2D materials and nanostructured polymeric materials.




Jonathan Tersur Orasugh received his Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)from the University of Calcutta, India. He is currently working as a Researcher at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, and associated as a senior researcher at the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. His research focuses on processing and characterizing of 2D materials, polymer composites, biopolymer-based immiscible polymer blends for water and biomedical applications, particularly drug delivery and tissue engineering.