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Awards

April 2016 DAAD scholarship

June 2016 FAMELAB SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL FINALIST

August 2016 WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD (SOUTH AFRICA)
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
African Membrane society
SOUTH AFRICAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE

Degrees:

2015
Master     Chemical Sciences
My research field encompasses both water treatment and nanotechnologies.
2020
Doctorate     Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
1. Yokwana, K., Gumbi, N., Adams, F., Nxumalo, E., Mhlanga, S., Mamba, B. (2015), Development of functionalized doped carbon nanotube/polysulfone nanofiltration membranes for fouling control. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132, 41835

2. N.N. Gumbi, T.G. Tshabalala, S.D. Mhlanga, B.B. Mamba, A.I. Schäfer,E.N. Nxumalo, Chapter 8 - Prospects and State-of-the-Art of Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Desalination Processes A2 - Arafat, Hassan A, in: Desalination Sustainability, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 305-339..

3. N.N. Gumbi, M. Hu, B.B. Mamba, J. Li, E.N. Nxumalo, Macrovoid-free PES/SPSf/O-MWCNT ultrafiltration membranes with improved mechanical strength, antifouling and antibacterial properties, Journal of Membrane Science, 566 (2018) 288-300.

4. N.N. Gumbi, B.B. Mamba, J. Li, E.N. Nxumalo Relating the performance of sulfonated thin-film composite nanofiltration membranes to structural properties of macrovoid-free polyethersulfone/sulfonated polysulfone/O-MWCNT supports, Desalination, 474 (2020) 114176.

5. Jiaye Li, Zhenyu Cui, Ran Tao, Shuqian Yang, Mengyang Hu, Nozipho N. Gumbi, Jianxin Li,Tailoring polyethersulfone/quaternary ammonium polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane with positive charge for dye and salt selective separation, Journal of Polymer Science, (2020)

2 nd African Membrane Society International Congress (AMSIC-2)
2025
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11 th International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM2017)
2025
icon-pin-location Hilton San Francisco Union Square San Francisco, CA USA,
Advanced Membrane Technology,
2025
icon-pin-location Maryborough Hotel and Spa, Cork, Ireland

OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE PERIODIC TABLE (IYPT2019)
2025
icon-pin-location UNESCO HEADQUARTERS, PARIS