Prof Lembe Magwaza, University of KwaZulu Natal

Prof Lembe Magwaza is a crop scientist with a PhD in horticultural sciences (University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2013). His major research interest lies in developing strategies to maximise the post-harvest shelf life of various food products. Professor Magwaza holds a Y rating from the NRF. He has also won an award for the best paper at the Institution of Agricultural Engineers conference (2017) and was listed among the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Top 10 Young Published Researchers (2018) and among that university’s Top 30 in 2019.