Elected: 2015
Country (Nationality)
South Africa
Discipline
Engineering Technology & Applied Sciences
Bio
Prof Ramjugernath has over a relatively short time as an academic and researcher supervised 65 MSc and MScEng and 24 PhD graduates, the majority in the field of chemical engineering. In his capacity as Director of the Thermodynamics Research Unit at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and as South African Research Chair in Fluorine Process Engineering and Separation Technology, he built what is arguably the largest and best research group in chemical thermodynamics and separation technology in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of the top 3 groups globally.
Prof. Ramjugernath has to date published in excess of 240 peer-reviewed journal papers and over 300 national and international conference papers. He has also authored numerous consulting and technical reports. In addition, he has published 5 chapters in books and has 5 patents which have been either granted or filed.
Recognitions: membership in national and other academies, prizes:
- Member: Academy of Sciences of South Africa
- Fellow: South African Academy of Engineering
- National Research Foundation (NRF) (South Africa) President’s Award
- National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) (South Africa) Award: Exceptional Young Black Researcher over the last 2 to 5 years
- National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Award: Researcher for Research Capacity Development over the last 5 to 10 years
- University of KwaZulu-Natal Vice-Chancellor's Research Award