Full First Name(s)
Samantha
Title (honorific)
Dr
Academic Qualifications
PhD (2009, University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
Brief Biography (English)

Dr Samantha Meyer is employed at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, where she is actively involved in the teaching and learning of undergraduate students in the BHSc (Medical Laboratory Science) programme; lecturing Anatomy & Physiology to first year students, and Research Methodology to final year students. She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of the Western Cape, South Africa

As part of her research activities, she heads the Phytotherapy Research Group  where she train postgraduate students by conducting research on the antimicrobial, wound-healing and cosmeceutical potential of indigenous South African medicinal plants and their derived nanoparticles.

Dr Meyer is an NRF C2-rated Researcher, and is also appointed as an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape.

She additionally holds the following positions at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT):

  • Chairperson: Health & Wellness Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HWS-REC)
  • Deputy Chairperson: HWS-Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (FHDC)
  • Deputy Chairperson: HWS-Faculty Research Innovation Committee (FRIC)
  • Chairperson: Biomedical Sciences Research Ethics Committee (BMS-REC)
  • Faculty Representative: Senate Research Ethics Committee (SREC)
  • Ethics Representative: Senate Higher Degrees Committee (SHDC)
  • Subject Head/Co-ordinator: Anatomy, Physiology & Disease (BHSc I)
  • Subject Co-ordinator: Research Project (BHSc IV)
  • Departmental Research & Postgraduate Co-ordinator
  • Departmental Timetable Co-ordinator

 

Job Title
Senior Lecturer
Primary Organisation
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Website Address for Primary Organisation
African Country
South Africa
African Region
Southern Africa
Non-African country/countries of residing and working (present & past)
None

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