Professor Emmanuel Iwuoha is an NRF A1-rated scientist and the Tier 1 South African Research Chair in NanoElectrochemistry and Sensor Technology at the University of the Western Cape. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS), and the Royal Society of South Africa (FRSSAf). His research advances electro-photovoltaic energy materials and point-of-care diagnostic technologies, with a focus on aptamer- and antibody/nanobodybased detection of tuberculosis and cancer biomarkers. Throughout his distinguished career, Prof Iwuoha has authored more than 440 publications, delivered over 75 plenary and keynote addresses, and mentored more than 85 PhD graduates. His outstanding contributions have been recognised through numerous prestigious honours, including the UWC Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Researcher Award (2015), Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC, 2020), the NRF Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation Award (2020), and the NSTF Engineering Research Capacity Development Award (2024).