Member Profile
Membership type: full
Bongekile Khanyisile Ndwandwe
Country of origin: Eswatini (Kingdom of) Currently in: Eswatini (Kingdom of), Manzini General field of specialization: Agricultural Sciences-
Degrees
2022 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Agricultural Sciences
development of smart packaging based on plant pH-sensitive pigments and nanoparticles for monitoring food freshness status
Publications resulting from Research:
a) Ndwandwe, B.K., Malinga, S.P, Kayitesi, E. and B.C. Dlamini (2024). Recent developments in the application of natural pigments as pH‐sensitive food freshness indicators in biopolymer‐based smart packaging: challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.16990.
b) Ndwandwe, B.K., Malinga, S.P, Kayitesi, E. and B.C. Dlamini (2022). Selenium nanoparticles enhanced potato starch film for active food packaging application. International Journal of Food Science and Technology. http://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.15990.
c) Ndwandwe, B.K., Malinga, S.P, Kayitesi, E. and B.C. Dlamini (2021). Solvothermal synthesis of selenium nanoparticles with polygonal-like nanostructure and antibacterial potential. Material Letters, 304, 130619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130619.
d) Ndwandwe, B.K., Malinga, S.P, Kayitesi and E. and B.C. Dlamini (2021). Advances in green synthesis of selenium nanoparticles and their application in food packaging. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 56, 2640 – 2650. https://doi:10.1111/ijfs.14916
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Research
Workshop and Conference Attended
2021 virtual SAAFoST’s 24th Biennial International Virtual Congress 2021Affiliations
University of JohannesburgPresentation given
2021Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles via Moringa Oleifera and its Antimicrobial PropertiesvirtualEvent: SAAFoST’s 24th Biennial International Virtual Congress 2021
