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Lucia Steenkamp

Professor

CSIR

South Africa

Biography

Dr Lucia Steenkamp is a Principal Researcher at CSIR and Director of the Industrial Biocatalysis Hub in South Africa, specialising in Biocatalysis and has been an author and co-author of numerous peer-reviewed papers and two book chapters. She has developed technologies for industry clients in the pharmaceutical, veterinary, biocides, food, flavours and fragrance industries, leading to five granted patents, twelve technology demonstrators and 8 technologies licensed to external clients.  She has won the South African Women in Science Award (SAWISA) for Research and Innovation in 2018 for her work in biocatalysis leading to technologies for commercialisation. She has been a finalist in the NSTF rewards in 2012, 2019 and 2020 for the development of new Green technologies.  She is passionate about research which can lead to implementation of technologies on commercial scale and training the next generation of scientists.

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