Nokwanda Makunga
Nokwanda Pearl (Nox) Makunga bụ Prọfesọ nke Biotechnology na Mahadum Stellenbosch .

Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ 
Makunga tolitere na Alice na Eastern Cape, wee gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ nkeonwe ebe a na-ebi ebi dị na Grahamstown .  Nna ya, Oswald, bụ ọkà mmụta ihe ọkụkụ nke pụrụ iche na Iridaceae .  O tolitere na ịda ogbenye nke ime obodo wee nweta ohere ịgụ akwụkwọ na Mahadum Fort Hare .  Ọ gara mahadum dị na Pietermaritzburg .  Ọ gụchara nweta nzere PhD na Mahadum KwaZulu-Natal na 2004, na-arụ ọrụ na bayoloji ihe ọkụkụ.

Nnyocha na ọrụ 
Na 2005 e nyere Makunga ọkwa na Mahadum Stellenbosch . Ọrụ ya na-ele anya ịchọpụta usoro nke mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa na usoro mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nkedo nke abụọ na osisi ọgwụ.   Ọ na-agakarị n'ime ime obodo ka ya na ndị dibịa amaala kwurịta okwu.  O nyere aka na akwụkwọ abụọ: Protocols for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody plant and Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: Advances and Topical Issues .   Na 2010 o kwuputara okwu TED na ike nke Medicinal Wonderland.  Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka odeakwụkwọ, osote onye isi oche na onye isi otu South Africa Association of Botanists Council. 

Ọ ritere ihe nrite National Science and Technology Forum Distinguished Young Black Researcher award n'afọ 2011.  Ọ nwetakwara TW Kambule Award.  Na 2017 ọ bụ onye ọkà mmụta Fulbright na Mahadum Minnesota, Minneapolis .  Ya na Jerry Cohen rụkọrọ ọrụ na osisi ọgwụ sitere na Eastern Cape.   Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ osisi <i id="mwQg">stevia</i> .  Ọ na-ejide ikike maka ịgbasa ahịhịa. 

Makunga bụ onye na-ekwurịta okwu sayensị na-anụ ọkụ n'obi.   Ya na Tanisha Williams na Beronda Montgomery na-eduzi izu ụka Black Botanists kwa afọ.

Ebensidee 

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