Dr Mamoeletsi Mosia is the Managing Director at the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement, a business unit of the National Research Foundation (NRF-SAASTA). Prior to joining NRF-SAASTA, she worked at the CSIR as a senior manager in different roles including Human Capital Development, Research Management and Operations Management. Before then, she was a scientist at Sasol where she grew within the ranks to Principal Scientist level. Throughout her career, she has been involved in the development of STEM
professionals in one way or the other, a role she is very passionate about.
Mamoeletsi earned her BSc (Hons) and MSc in Chemistry from the University of Natal, and her PhD in Chemistry from the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. She also completed a MCom degree in leadership studies from University of KwaZulu-Natal as well as BA (Hons) in Psychology from UNISA