Dr Salmina Mokgehle
Dr Salmina Mokgehle is a Lecturer in Horticultural Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga (UMP). Since 2014, she has been working on medicinal plants and underutilized crops. Before joining UMP, she held a position as a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council’s in Pretoria (2017 to 2022).
Her extensive teaching, engagement, and research publication expertise focuses on sustainable production techniques and the conservation of endangered indigenous crop species. She is an accredited facilitator, moderator, and assessor who is AgriSeta certified. She has presented her research findings at various local and international conferences, including the 10th African Crop Science Society, where she received the best paper and oral presentation award.
In 2018, she was awarded the second-place winner of the Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Biosciences (The Innovation Hub) for advances in the development of nutritious, healthy, and affordable products from underutilized crops. She works with various organizations, interacts with communities, and mentors undergraduate and postgraduate students. In addition, she serves as an external moderator of postgraduate research projects at several South African universities. She was the associate editor (mentee) for the South African Journal of Science (Agriculture and Forestry) from 2019 to 2020 and is currently an associate editor for the South African Journal of Botany.
Dr Mokgehle holds a PhD in Horticulture from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is a Y2 Researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.