Dr Soraya P. Malinga is an Associate Prof at the University of Johannesburg. Dr Soraya Malinga holds research grants from Water Research Commission (WRC), National Research Funding (NRF) and ESKOM tertiary scholarship programme to sponsor her research interests. Dr Malinga has authored/co-authored a total number of 27 peer-reviewed articles and two book chapters. Her research work has been presented at over 20 scientific conferences and her students received several awards for poster and oral presentations. Dr Malinga has successfully graduated 17 MSc students of which eight obtained cum laude and currently supervises one MSc students and four PhD students. She has reviewed articles for various journals including the Chemical Engineering Journal, Desalination & Water Treatment Journal, Water SA, Colloid and Polymer Science, African Membrane Society conference proceedings, and the Arabian Journal of Chemistry.