Thokozani Majozi

Professor Majozi is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and a full professor in the Wits School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering.

Prof Majozi is also the president of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Council in the S20 - the official engagement group for science academies within the G20 to foster science-based dialogue and provide policy advice.

He also serves as the National Research Foundation/Department of Science and Innovation Chair in Sustainable Process Engineering. His main research interest is in batch chemical process integration, where he has made significant scientific contributions that have earned him international recognition. Some of these contributions have been adopted by industry.

Prior to joining Wits, Prof Majozi spent almost 10 years at the University of Pretoria, initially as an associate professor and later as a full professor of chemical engineering. He also served as an associate professor in computer science at the University of Pannonia in Hungary from 2005 to 2009. He completed his PhD in Process Integration at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the United Kingdom.

Prof Majozi started his professional career as a junior process engineer at Unilever in 1994. In 1996 he was appointed as a senior process engineer: competency improvement specialist at Dow AgroSciences and in 2002 he joined Sasol Technology as a technology leader for optimisation and integration.