Biography

Kudzai Angeline Mchibwa is a PhD graduate from the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch Univerity, Perth. Australia. She worked under the guidance of Associate Professor Gamini Senanaye and Associate Professor Manickam Minakshi Sundaram on lithium extraction from mineral resources. The work helped define new processing techniques which can be used to produce lithium salts suitable for use as precursor materials for the demanding electric vehicle battery market. Kudzai is a chemical engineer who has studied and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Australia. She has experience in base metals refining, research and academic sectors. She holds a Masters in Engineering degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. The research involved the development of a process route to produce hematite nanoparticles via the bacterial leaching of pyrite ores. The value-add of the project was the generation of nanoparticles useful in a wide variety of applications from pyrite; which is often associated with acid mine drainage pollution. Kudzai is passionate about people, sustainable technologies and contributing to a clean energy future.