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Dr CM Kalu

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Ecological and Human Sustainability | Department: Environmental Sciences

Tel: 011 670 9825
Campus: Unisa Science Campus (Florida)
Building: Calabash
Office: 01-001

  • PhD in Agriculture
  • MSc in Agriculture

  • Environmental microbiology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Water quality

  • Environmental bioremediation
  • Wastewater and drinking water treatment processes
  • Omics study

  • Comparative isolation, characterization, and bioremediation studies of plastic degrading microorganisms
  • Characterization of Disinfectant byproducts in different treatment stages of five selected drinking water treatment plants in South Africa
  • Assessing the shift in the microbial diversity, metabolites, and heavy metal concentrations impacted by industrial effluents on municipal wastewater treatment plants in Vaal, South Africa
  • Microbial activity and diversity response to different restoration methods in semi-arid rangelands of South Africa