Dr. Manfred Scriba

PhD in Experimental Physics from the University of Cape Town on the Synthesis and characterization of doped silicon nanoparticles.

He is the manager of the DST-CSIR Nanomaterial Industrial Development Program at the DST-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre and leads a team of researchers and engineers that develop nanomaterials and nanocomposites and also support the industry to develop and scale up processes in nanomaterials. He was responsible for the development of the DST National Nanotechnology Strategy and its initial stages of implementation.