Dr Cecilia Ojemaye

Dr Cecilia Y. Ojemaye bagged her PhD at the Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She obtained her M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Her research interest is in the area of Analytical and environmental chemistry, her research focuses on the monitoring, identification and quantification of contaminants of emerging concerns in different environmental matrices. She has contributed to knowledge by the publication of articles in quality journals and press publications as well as presentations in conferences and workshops. She worked in the industry for 7 years as a Senior Laboratory Analyst and she is a member of a few professional bodies including the South Africa Chemical Institute (SACI), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA). On completion of her PhD, she picked up a research position as a Post-doctoral fellow at the Environmental and Nano Science Research Group, University of the Western Cape in 2021, before joining the Environmental Humanities South, University of Cape Town as an SDG research fellow where she is currently conducting her research.