Speaker: Prof. Resia Pretorius 
Host: A/Prof. Gasnat Shaboodien 

Prof. Resia Pretorius

Bio-sketch Prof. Resia Pretorius: I am a Physiologist, distinguished professor and Head of Department in the Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Stellenbosch. I was awarded the NSTF-BHP Billiton Distinguished Research Award in 2018, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) South African Women in Science award (runner-up) in 2017 and 2019, and a finalist in the Standard Bank Top women awards in 2019. Previous awards also include the African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards Programme awarded in 2011 for Basic Science and Technology: African Women in Science and the University of Pretoria’s Exceptional Young Researcher award in 2008. I am a rated Scientist of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa and a member of the Royal Society of South Africa. Together with the aid of INNOVUS, the Technology Transfer Office of Stellenbosch University, I have filed six patents (three treatment methods and three biosensors for early detection of inflammation and disease risk). Since 2000, I have published/in press nearly 300 papers in ISI rated research papers. I was also associate editor of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Impact Factor 2017) and currently on the editorial board of two Nature journals, Scientific Reports and Cardiovascular Diabetology. I have delivered keynote and plenary lectures at numerous international conferences, and I am a regular reviewer for numerous ISI- rated journals. I have supervised 56 completed MSc and PhDs and currently supervising a further 15 postgraduates. 

See my website resia.pretorius.net for full-text papers and more information.