Member Profile
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Lethiwe Mthembu
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Durban General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences-
Degrees
2016 Master Other -
Current Research Activities
Other
Ph.D. Candidate Project title Ionic liquid optimization and synthesis of levulinic acid and levulinic acid derivatives from sugarcane bagasse
Publications resulting from Research:
Thandeka Mkhize, Lethiwe Debra Mthembu, Rishi Gupta, Amandeep Kaur, Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Prashant Reddy, and Nirmala Deenadayalu. (2016). Enzymatic Saccharification of Acid/Alkali Pre-treated, Mill-run, and Depithed Sugarcane Bagasse. BioResources Journal, 11(3): 6267-6285.
Lisa M. Schmidt, Lethiwe D. Mthembu, Prashant Reddy, Nirmala Deenadayalu, Martin Kaltschmitt, Irina Smirnova. (2017). Levulinic acid production integrated into a sugarcane bagasse based biorefinery using thermal-enzymatic pretreatment. Industrial Crops and Products Journal, 99: 172-178.
Affiliations
South Africa Chemical Institute (SACI)Presentation given
2015Enzymatic Saccharification of Acid Alkali Pre-treated Depithed Sugarcane BagasseHitotsubashi Hall, Hitotsubashi University (Japan, Tokyo)Event: 7th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry2015Production of Levulinic Acid from Sugarcane BagasseElangeni Hotel (Durban)Event: 42nd National Convention of South African Chemical Institute Conference
