| 词条 | Nokwanda Makunga |
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| name = Nokwanda Makunga | workplaces = Stellenbosch University University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | alma_mater = University of KwaZulu-Natal }} Nokwanda Pearl (Nox) Makunga is a Professor of Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Early life and educationMakunga grew up in Alice in the Eastern Cape, and attended a private boarding school in Grahamstown.[1] Her father, Oswald, was a botanist.[1] He grew up in rural poverty and won a scholarship to study at University of Fort Hare. She attended university in Pietermaritzburg.[1] She completed her PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004, working on the molecular biology of plants.[2] Research and careerIn 2005 Makunga was offered a position at Stellenbosch University. Her work looks to identify the molecular and genetic regulation of the secondary metabolism in medicinal plants.[3][4] She often travels to rural areas to talk to traditional healers.[5] She has a contributed to two books: Protocols for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody plants and Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical Issues.[6][7] In 2010 she delivered a TED talk on the Potential of a Medicinal Wonderland.[8] She has acted as honorary secretary, Vice President and President of the South African Association of Botanists Council.[9] She won the 2011 National Science and Technology Forum Distinguished Young Black Researcher award.[10] She also won the TW Kambule Award.[11] In 2017 she was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.[12] She worked with Jerry Cohen on medicinal plants from the Eastern Cape.[12][13] She studied the Stevia plant.[14] She holds a patent for vegetative plant propagation.[15] Makunga is a passionate science communicator.[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite journal|last=Nordling|first=Linda|date=2018-02-08|title=How decolonization could reshape South African science|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01696-w|journal=Nature|language=EN|volume=554|issue=7691|pages=159–162|doi=10.1038/d41586-018-01696-w|issn=0028-0836}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Makunga, Nokwanda}}2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.saasta.ac.za/getsetgo/issues/201505/10.php|title=SAASTA getSETgo, May 2015: Meet live wire scientist and innovative science communicator - Prof. Nox Makunga|website=www.saasta.ac.za|access-date=2018-07-21}} 3. ^{{Cite journal|last=Makunga|first=Nokwanda P.|date=2011-09-14|title=African medicinal flora in the limelight|url=https://journals.sajs.aosis.co.za/index.php/sajs/article/view/890|journal=South African Journal of Science|language=en|volume=107|issue=9/10|issn=1996-7489}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/science/botany-zoology/staff/academic-staff/nox-makunga|title=Prof. Nox Makunga|website=www.sun.ac.za|language=en|access-date=2018-07-21}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://whyy.org/segments/indigenous-traditions-get-science-backing/|title=Indigenous traditions get science backing|work=WHYY|access-date=2018-07-21|language=en-US}} 6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262677669|title=Protocol for somatic embryogenesis in woody plants|last=Gupta|first=edited by S. Mohan Jain and Pramod K.|date=2005|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781402029851|location=Dordrecht|oclc=262677669}} 7. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/75713050|title=Floriculture, ornamental and plant biotechnology : advances and topical issues|date=2006|publisher=Global Science Books|others=Silva, Jaime A. Teixeira da.|isbn=490331300X|location=Isleworth|oclc=75713050}} 8. ^{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=TEDxStellenbosch - Nox Makunga - The Potential of a Medicinal Wonderland|date=2010-11-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etpqj1w9mOw|access-date=2018-07-21}} 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbd.org.za/team/|title=CBD Team|website=www.cbd.org.za|language=en|access-date=2018-07-21}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.nstf.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/10-Press-Release-Announcement_Final-DevV4.pdf|title=NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards|last=|first=|date=2011-05-27|website=NSTF|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-07-21}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2011-05-27-rewarding-outstanding-research|title=Rewarding outstanding research|last=Supplement|first=Advertorial|work=The M&G Online|access-date=2018-07-21|language=en}} 12. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.cies.org/grantee/nokwanda-pearl-makunga|title=Nokwanda Pearl Makunga {{!}} Fulbright Scholar Program|website=www.cies.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-21}} 13. ^{{Cite journal|last=Freund|first=Dana M.|last2=Sammons|first2=Katherine A.|last3=Makunga|first3=Nokwanda P.|last4=Cohen|first4=Jerry D.|last5=Hegeman|first5=Adrian D.|date=2018-06-21|title=Leaf Spray Mass Spectrometry: A Rapid Ambient Ionization Technique to Directly Assess Metabolites from Plant Tissues|journal=Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE|issue=136|doi=10.3791/57949|issn=1940-087X|pmid=29985332}} 14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.co.za/health/sweet-surprize/|title=Sweet Surprise - Good Housekeeping|date=2013-10-30|work=Good Housekeeping|access-date=2018-07-21|language=en-US}} 15. ^{{Citation|title=Sustainable and industrial production of guaianolides based on organ tissue culture|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2017144065A1/fi|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2018-07-21}} 10 : African scientists|Living people|People from the Eastern Cape|Stellenbosch University faculty|University of KwaZulu-Natal alumni|University of Minnesota alumni|Year of birth missing (living people)|Fulbright Scholars|Biotechnologists|Women biotechnologists |
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