Ndidi Mthunzi-Kufa

Patience Mthunzi-Kufa (amụrụ na 2 Mee 1976) bụ onye South African physicist na onye isi nke Biophotonics research na Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Ọ natara Order of Mapungubwe na Bronze.

## Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Patience Mthunzi-Kufa (Patience Mthundi) na Mee 2, 1976, na Orlando, Soweto .  Ọ gara Reasöma Secondary School ma debanye aha maka nzere bachelọ na Psychology .   malitere inwe mmasị na sayensị nke ihe ndị dị ndụ, wee gbanwee majors, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Rand Afrikaans na 1999. [1] 'otu ụlọ ọrụ ahụ, ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Biochemistry.  na-ekwu na nwanne nne ya bụ onye na-akpali ya: onye nkuzi, na naanị onye ezinụlọ ya mezue nzere masta.

Mthunzi malitere ịrụ ọrụ maka  Laser Centre na Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, ebe o guzobere ụlọ ọrụ cell-culture na-arụ ọrụ. Mgbe ọ nọ na nnọkọ na San Diego, Mthunzi-Kufa hụrụ ihe ngosi na tweezers anya nke mere ka ọ tụlee ọrụ na Biophotonics.  kweghị ike ịmụ nke a na South Africa, ya mere ọ kwagara Mahadum St Andrews, ebe ọ bụ nwa akwụkwọ PhD mbụ nke South Africa na nkuzi ahụ.  nwetara Ph.D. ya na 2010, "Optical sorting and photo-transfection of mammlian cells". [1]  bụ onye otu SPIE ụmụ akwụkwọ na St Andrews . [1]

## Ọrụ
Dị ka onye ndu maka nyocha Biophotonics na Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Mthunzi na-eji lasers dị elu iji gosipụta ma gwọọ ọrịa.   Ọ na-eji lasers iji jiri anya na-achịkwa mkpụrụ ndụ na microscopic scale, gụnyere: 

* Embryonic stem cells maka injinia anụ ahụ 
* Mkpụrụ ndụ Neuroblastoma maka ọmụmụ neurodegenerative
* Mkpụrụ ndụ HIV-1 maka nnyefe ọgwụ a na-elekwasị anya na ebe ndị a na-ahụ anya
* Mkpụrụ ndụ kansa iji mụọ usoro otu mkpụrụ ndụ

 gara Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology iji kwurịta Biomedical Applications of Lasers in Biophotonics na 2013. 

N'afọ 2015, a họpụtara Mthunzi ka ọ bụrụ onye TED Fellow .  Okwu TED ya, *Anyị nwere ike iji lasers gwọọ nje HIV?*, e lere ya ihe karịrị otu nde ugboro.  jiri ohere ahụ kwurịta ọchịchọ ịsụgharị nyocha ya site na efere petri gaa na nyocha mmadụ.  -ege ntị na Vancouver na ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị n'ụwa niile nabatara okwu ya nke ọma.

 -echegbu onwe ya banyere ụbụrụ nke ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị Afrịka si South Africa pụọ. 'afọ 2014 o kwuru okwu na Girlpower UNISA . [1] 'afọ 2016 ọ pụtara na SABC 2 Visionaries' Lounge . [1]  pụtakwara na *Moves na Shakers.* . [1]  gosipụtara ya na CNBC Africa. [1]  bụ onye na-enye aka na Talking Heads, ikpo okwu ndị na-asụ asụsụ Africa maka ndị na-eme mgbanwe.

Mthunzi  onye isi oche nke South African Young Academy of Science .   na-enyere ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na-eto eto nke Afrịka na Europe (YASE) aka na nzukọ ha nke afọ 2018, nke a raara nye ndị nchọpụta ọrụ mbụ nke Afrịka.

'afọ 2022, Onye isi ala South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa họpụtara Dr. Mthunzi-Kufa dị ka osote onye isi oche nke Kansụl ndụmọdụ na Iwu Mba.

## Onyinye na nsọpụrụ
2011 - A họpụtara ya isonye na nzukọ IAP / World Economic Forum's Summer Davos na Dalian, China 

2012 - Order of Mapungubwe na ọla nchara, nke Jacob Zuma nyere ya

2012 - SPIE Otu ka a ga-ele 

2012 - Magazin Forbes Ụmụ nwanyị iri kachasị ike n'Africa

2012 - Ụmụ nwanyị kachasị emetụta South Africa 

2014 - Ọkà okwu zuru oke na International Union of Pure and Applied Physics International Conference for Women in Physics 

2014 - A họpụtara ya na Global Young Academy

2014 - Onye ndu na-apụta na Genentech, San Francisco

2017 - A họpụtara ya ịga BRICS Young Scientist Forum na China, Mahadum Zhejiang 

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