Dr F Matebese

• Membrane Technology
• Water purification & wastewater treatment
• Wastewater treatment system integration
• Resource Recovery

• Polymeric Membranes
• Nanotechnology
• Inorganic Chemistry

1. Funeka Matebese, Meladi L. Motloutsi, Nonkululeko Malomane, Muthumuni Managa, and Richard M. Moutloali. Synergistic effect of acrylic acid grafting and graphene oxide incorporation on polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes for sewage wastewater treatment. FlatChem, 2026, 57, 101054, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flatc.2026.101054
2. Funeka Matebese, Meladi L. Motloutsi, Mabore J. Raseala, and Richard M. Moutloali. Smart ultrafiltration: pH-modulated polyacrylic acid-grafted polyethersulfone (PAA-g-PES) membranes for efficient natural organic matter (NOM) foul mitigation and cleaning process. Eng. J. Adv. 2025, 24, 100935, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2025.100935.
3. Funeka Matebese, Ronewa Phadagi, Meladi L. Motloutsi, Mabore J. Raseala, and Richard M. Moutloali. Tailoring PAA-g-PES Membranes with UiO-66-NH₂ MOF for Performance Evaluation of Laundry Wastewater Management: Fouling Mitigation and Reusability. Next Research, 2025, 2, 100981, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexres.2025.100981.
4. Funeka Matebese, Nonkululeko Malomane, Meladi L. Motloutsi, Richard M. Moutloali, and Muthumuni Managa. Porphyrin-Modified Polyethersulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes for Enhanced Bacterial Inactivation and Filtration Performance. Membranes, 2025, 15, 230, https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15080239.
5. Meladi L. Motloutsi, Mashawe J. Madito, Funeka Matebese, Mxolisi M. Motsa, Muthumuni Managa, Richard M. Moutloali. Grafting of N-aminoethyl piperazine propane sulfonate onto graphene oxide to improve PES ultrafiltration antifouling and selectivity properties. Water Proc. Eng. 2025, 76, 108189, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.108189.
6. Mabore J. Raseala, Funeka Matebese, Mxolisi M. Motsa, Rudzani A. Sigwadi, Richard M. Moutloali. Assessment and understanding of the impact of zwitterionization of polyethersulfone on the fouling of the polymeric membranes used for ultrafiltration of abattoir wastewater. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 116120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.116120.
7. Funeka Matebese, Mabore J. Raseala, Meladi L. Motloutsi, and Richard M. Moutloali. Fabrication and Characterization of PAA-g-PES Polymers and Resultant Membranes: Combating Fouling Through the Introduction of Hydrophilic PAA Brushes. ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 22397−22411, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c05443.
8. Funeka Matebese, Alseno K. Mosai, Hlanganani Tutu, and Zenixole R. Tshentu. Mining wastewater treatment technologies and resource recovery techniques: A review. Heliyon, 2024, 10, e24730, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24730.
9. Funeka Matebese and Richard M. Moutloali., Integrating ultrafiltration membranes with flocculation and activated carbon pretreatment processes for membrane fouling mitigation and metal ion removal. ACS Omega, 8, 9074-9085, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03524.
10. Funeka Matebese and Richard M. Moutloali. Greywater reclamation: A comparison of the treatment performance of UiO-66-NH₂@GO nanocomposites membrane filtration with and without activated carbon pretreatment. Environ. Chem. Eng., 9, 104906, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104906.

• Member of Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA)
• Member of Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World

• Advanced membrane fabrication and assessment
• Treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater using advanced polymeric membranes
• Technology integration for wastewater treatment 

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