Dr Pamela Welz is a Senior Researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology and an MSc in Environmental Science and Management, with undergraduate majors in Microbiology and Biochemistry. Currently, her main research niches are centered around the treatment, re-use, resource recovery and valorization of agri-industrial residues and effluent. Current projects include semi-passive remediation of winery effluent at small local wineries, resource recovery and anaerobic digestion from/of solid waste from wineries and tanneries, and the use of agri-industrial residues to synthesize biopolymers for plastics manufacturing.