School of Life Sciences

Of the 10 313 graduands being awarded degrees and diplomas during the 2021 UKZN Autumn virtual Graduation ceremonies, 382 will graduate cum laude and 149 summa cum laude – with women making up 68% of

MSc Biochemistry summa cum laude graduate, Mr Keelan Jagaran is passionate about science and it shows in his outstanding academic achievements. After matriculating from Raisethorpe Secondary School in Pietermaritzburg, Jagaran completed a

The first in her family to complete a postgraduate degree, Ms Farzana Mohamed has graduated with 73% for her MSc in Microbiology. Mohamed, who attributes her Science acumen to her

Ms Seetha Govender hopes to commercialise a formulation created during research work she did for her MSc degree which will in turn contribute towards the bio-economy of South Africa. Govender

Having done her masters at UKZN – supervised by Professor Rob Slotow – on the costs and consequences of immunocontraception implementation in elephants, it was only natural that Dr Audrey

Tea was the subject of research by Chinese national Dr Xin Xiao who graduated with a PhD in Biochemistry. Xiao examined the antioxidative and antidiabetic potential of a variety of