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Awards

January 2019 C2-NRF Rating

March 2015 Australian African Award

July 2014 Rectors Award

June 2017 INP Visiting Professor

October 2006 Women in Science

June 2007 The Knut and Kringstad Award for best poster presentation
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
Leadership for Environment and Development
Systems Dynamics

Degrees:

2010
Doctorate     Engineering sciences
Process Engineering, Bioresource Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering
1997
Master     Engineering sciences
Postharvest Technology, Agro-processing, Controlled/Modified atmosphere storage,

Publications resulting from Research
Mugwagwa, L. R., & Chimphango, A. F. A. (2019). Box-Behnken design based multi-objective optimisation of sequential extraction of pectin and anthocyanins from mango peels. Carbohydrate polymers, 219, 29-38.

Chimphango, A. F. A. (2019). Sorption Behaviour of Enzymatically and Chemically Formed Beechwood (Fagus sylvatica) Xylan Hydrogels onto Cellulosic Materials Under Different Sorption Conditions. Journal of polymers and the environment, 27(3), 561-570.

Dzigbor, A., & Chimphango, A. (2019). Production and optimization of NaCl-activated carbon from mango seed using response surface methodology. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 9(2), 421-431.

Dzigbor, A., & Chimphango, A. (2019). Evaluating the potential of using ethanol/water mixture as a refrigerant in adsorption cooling system by using activated carbon-sodium chloride composite adsorbent. International Journal of Refrigeration, 97, 132-142.

Dzigbor, A., & Chimphango, A. (2019). An integrated strategy targeting drying and cooling unit operations to improve economic viability and reduce environmental impacts in a mango processing plant. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 21(1), 139-153.

Nkolisa, N., Magwaza, L. S., Workneh, T. S., & Chimpango, A. (2018). Evaluating evaporative cooling system as an energy-free and cost-effective method for postharvest storage of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for smallholder farmers. Scientia horticulturae, 241, 131-143.

Chitawo, M. L., Chimphango, A. F., & Peterson, S. (2018). Modelling sustainability of primary forest residues-based bioenergy system. Biomass and bioenergy, 108, 90-100.

Mihiretu, G. T., Brodin, M., Chimphango, A. F., Øyaas, K., Hoff, B. H., & Görgens, J. F. (2017). Single-step microwave-assisted hot water extraction of hemicelluloses from selected lignocellulosic materials–A biorefinery approach. Bioresource technology, 241, 669-680.

Chitawo, M. L., & Chimphango, A. F. (2017). A synergetic integration of bioenergy and rice production in rice farms. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 75, 58-67.

Koegelenberg, D., & Chimphango, A. F. (2017). Effects of wheat-bran arabinoxylan as partial flour replacer on bread properties. Food chemistry, 221, 1606-1613.

Chimphango, A. F., Görgens, J. F., & van Zyl, W. H. (2016). In situ enzyme aided adsorption of soluble xylan biopolymers onto cellulosic material. Carbohydrate polymers, 143, 172-178.

Chimphango, A. F., & Görgens, J. F. (2015). Postharvest technology for advancing sustainable bioenergy production for food processing. British Food Journal, 117(12), 2850-2862.