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Mokhotjwa S Dhlamini

Research areas: Materials Science · Materials Chemistry · Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials · Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

ORCID iD 0000-0002-4001-6408
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About

Mokhotjwa Simon Dhlamini was born in Aberfeldy near Harrismith. He matriculated
at Metsimatsho Senior Secondary school in Thaba-bosiu village, Phuthaditjhaba
(1997). He was educated at the University of the North (Qwa-qwa campus) and
University of the Free State. He started his research career in 2004 while he was
studying towards his MSc degree, studying oxidation and segregation of titanium
and its alloys. In 2005 he started a project in nanoscience/nanotechnology whereby
he was synthesizing and characterizing PbS doped silica glass. Since then, he has
been synthesizing the nanophosphors and characterizing them for possible
applications in field emission display (FED) technologies. Now his interest is in
applying these nanophosphors in health (biological imaging/labeling eg. DNA) and
energy (solar cells).
During his studies, he obtained several awards which include; Best student in
Mathematics in 1st, 2nd and 3rd years (1999 - 2001), best student in Physics in 2nd
and 3rd years (2000 - 2001), and best overall 2nd year student in the faculty
(2000). He was also awarded a merit award for the Best Overall Graduate in the
Bachelor’s degree programmes of the University of the North (2001). He obtained
an award for the Best PhD presentation in 2007: Condensed Matter Physics and
Materials Science group: South African Institute of Physics. In 2009, he was
presented with GOODFELLOW award for the most outstanding PhD work in the
form of a paper/publication: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
group: South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) 54th conference. He was also
invited by the Physica B journal to review an article.
Mokhotjwa is an Associate Professor of Physics at the sity of South Africa and is
also a visiting Research Scientist/Professor at the National Centre for Nano-
Structured Materials (NCNSM-CSIR). He is a Y2 NRF rated researcher and a
member of South African Young Academy of Science. Mokhotjwa is also listed in
the Mail and Guardian 2013 Top 200 Young South African. He has been selected to
appear in the 31st edition of the 2014 Who is Who in the World book to be
published in November 2013.

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