Dr TS Maliehe is a lecturer at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. He obtained his BSc degree in Biotechnology and BSc-Honours, MSc and PhD in Microbiology at the University of Zululand, South Africa. He previously held postdoctoral fellowship position at the University of Zululand (2019-2022) and University of Limpopo (2022-2024) in South Africa. His research interests fall within Environmental Microbiology and include wastewater treatment using bioflocculants, water quality evaluation, health and ecological risk assessment, determination of antimicrobial resistance among waterborne and foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial evaluation of microbial and plant secondary metabolites. Apart from teaching, he is actively involved in supervision of postgraduate (MSc and PhD) students. He is currently collaborating with a large number of researchers from academic and research institutions and published his work in highly rated peer reviewed accredited journals. He has also been awarded research funding by the University of Kwazulu-Natal and the National Research Foundation of South Africa.