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Patience mthunzi biography
Patience Mthunzi-Kufa
South African laser scientist
Patience Mthunzi-Kufa (born 2 May 1976) is a South African physicist and head of biophotonics research at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
She received the Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze.
Early life and education
Patience Mthunzi-Kufa (Patience Mthunzi) was born on May 2, 1976, in Orlando, Soweto.[1] She attended Reasöma Secondary School and enrolled for bachelor's degree in Psychology.[1] She became interested in biological science, and switched majors, graduating from Rand Afrikaans University in 1999.[2] At the same institution, she completed postgraduate degrees in Biochemistry.[2] She cites her aunt as inspiration: a teacher, and the only member of her family to complete a master's degree.[3]
Mthunzi began to work for the National Laser Centre in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, where she set up a functional cell-culture facility