Full Member
Lethiwe Mthembu
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
South Africa Chemical Institute (SACI)
Degrees:
2016
Master Other
Organic chemistry (Biomass processing)
Publications resulting from Research
Thandeka Mkhize, Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, Rishi Gupta, Amandeep Kaur, Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Prashant Reddy, and Nirmala Deenadayalu. (2016). Enzymatic Saccharification of Acid/Alkali Pre-treated, Mill-run, and Depithed Sugarcane Bagasse. BioResources Journal, 11(3): 6267-6285.
Lisa M. Schmidt, Lethiwe D. Mthembu, Prashant Reddy, Nirmala Deenadayalu, Martin Kaltschmitt, Irina Smirnova. (2017). Levulinic acid production integrated into a sugarcane bagasse based biorefinery using thermal-enzymatic pretreatment. Industrial Crops and Products Journal, 99: 172-178.
7th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry
2025
Hitotsubashi Hall, Hitotsubashi University (Japan, Tokyo)42nd National Convention of South African Chemical Institute Conference
2025
Elangeni Hotel (Durban)