Tebello Nyokong, Date of Birth

Tebello Nyokong

South African chemist and professor

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1951

Profession: chemist

Nationality: Lesotho

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Tebello Nyokong (born October 20, 1951) is a South African chemist and professor at Rhodes University, and a recipient of the Presidency of South Africa's Order of Mapungubwe in Bronze.
She was awarded the South African Chemical Institute Gold Medal in 2012, and named one of the top 10 most influential women in science and technology in Africa by IT News Africa.
She is currently researching photo-dynamic therapy, an alternative cancer treatment method to chemotherapy.
In 2007, she was one of the top three publishing scientists in South Africa, and in 2013 she was awarded the National Research Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.