Lucia Steenkamp started her working career at Delta G Scientific in 1987 until 1993. She obtained her PhD on the synthesis of peptides which will block the gp120 of the HIV virus from binding to T4 cells, while she was working at Delta Scientific. She worked at AECI from 1994 to 1999 and this is where her passion for Biocatalysis started. In 1999, AECI was taken over by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and She continued her career at CSIR Biosciences. She is a Principal Researcher and her work is based on the development of green technologies and Biocatalytic technologies for implementation in Manufacturing Industries. She has developed 10 Technology Demonstrators at TRL level 6 to 8, transferred 5 complete Technology Packages to industrial partners and granted 5 patents. She received the South African Distinguished Women in Science Award for Research and Innovation in 2018 and she has been a finalist in the NSTF awards three times since 2013.
