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Jane Catherine Ngila

Career
Ngila obtained her B.Ed. in 1986 and M.Sc. in chemistry in 1992 from Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya. She was awarded a scholarship, AIDAB/EMSS scholarship, by the Australian government. Professor Ngila obtained her PhD in Analytical-Environmental chemistry from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1996. She started her career as a tutor in the Chemistry department at Kenyatta University in 1989, and was appointed as a lecturer in 1996. She later worked at the University of Botswana (1998-2006) and then as a senior lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (2006-2011) before being appointed a Professorship of Applied Chemistry at the University of Johannesburg in 2011. Prof Ngila has been a Deputy Director at the Morendat Institute of Oil & Gas (MIOG), Kenya Pipeline Company.

Research
Water purification using chemical resins and other adsorbents is a focus of Ngila's research. Ngila is an author or co-author of over 150 papers and review articles. Her current h-index is 23.