Manfred Scriba holds a Ph.D in Experimental Physics from the University of Cape Town on the Synthesis and characterization of doped silicon nanoparticles. He is the manager of the DST-CSIR Nanomaterial Industrial Development Program at the DST-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre and leads a team of researchers and engineers that develop nanomaterials and nanocomposites and also support the industry to develop…

Neil Coville obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, before proceeding to McGill University, Montreal in 1968 where he obtained his Ph.D degree (1973). After post-doctoral work at Harvard University he returned to Wits in 1976. He worked his way through the ranks in the School of Chemistry, from lecturer to Chair…