V. K. Gupta
Professor of Chemistry
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Biography
Professor Gupta is the South African Research Chair for Nanotechnology for Water and a Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the University of Johannesburg. He joined the University as a Distinguished Visiting Professor under the Global Excellence and Stature initiative and was subsequently approved by the NRF as the aforementioned SARChI Chairholder. He was a Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany, Visiting Professor (DAAD) at the Technical University of Chemnitz and Freie University of Berlin, and a KFUPM Chair Professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He has visited more than 25 countries for research and academic collaborations.
Research Interest
Nanotechnology for Water, Environmental Engineering, Electro-analytical Chemistry, Chemical sensors, Waste Management.