Season 8 Episode 11

Professor Thulani Makhalanyane on his upcoming Expert Lecture hosted by the University of Pretoria

28 April 2023 · 14:25 min

Professor Thulani Makhalanyane is a lecturer in the University of Pretoria’s Department of Genetics.He lectures to third-year students in the fields of phylogenetics and microbial ecology.Professor Makhalanyane was educated at the North West University (Mafikeng Campus), where he completed his BSc… (Hons) degree in Microbiology.He then moved to the University of the Western Cape to begin his microbial ecology research, and earned his MSc and PhD qualifications in 2010 and 2013 respectively.Makhalanyane now serves as a Young Ambassador for the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), Reviews Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, and is currently a Guest Associate Editor for the Terrestrial Microbiology section.He has been nominated and selected as a finalist for the prestigious NSTF Awards as an Emerging Researcher, too.In this Business Talk interview, Professor Makhalanyane unpacks his field of expertise, and why he chose to specialise in it.He then talks about his upcoming presentation on 4 May, where he will be speaking at the 31st Expert Lecture hosted by the University of Pretoria. Show more