Dr. Kentse Mpolokeng is a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy in the Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). She joined UCT in 2016 as part of the inaugural cohort of the New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP). She holds a BSc in Human Biology, an Honours and Master’s degree in Anatomy and Cell Morphology (both cum laude) from the University of the Free State, and a PhD in Anatomy from University of Cape Town. In 2017, she was recognised in the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans list under the Education category.

Dr. Mpolokeng teaches across multiple programmes, including BSc Physiology (2nd year), MBChB (Years 1–3), BSc Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (2nd year), and co-convenes the first-year BSc Speech and Audiology “Anatomy of Communication Sciences” course. She also facilitates weekly dissection sessions for MBChB Year 2 students and previously contributed to Problem-Based Learning (2016–2018).

Prior to joining UCT, she worked at the University of the Western Cape as an Anatomy Officer (2014) and was promoted to Senior Anatomy Officer in 2015.

Her research interests span medical education, gross anatomy, human anatomical variations, and anatomical imaging. Her PhD focused on angiographic variations in the arterial supply from the external and internal carotid arteries to the bony orbit and eyeball across developmental stages (fetus to adult). To date, she has supervised or co-supervised 18 Honours and 3 Master’s students to completion and currently supervises two PhD students.

Dr. Mpolokeng is an active member and member of council for the Anatomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA), an active member South African Women in Science and Engineering (SAWISE), and the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA). She has presented her research nationally and internationally, receiving several awards for her contributions.

Links to research:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wv0iI30AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kentse-Mpolokeng

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0824-9591