Sehliselo (Selo) Ndlovu is a Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and a DSI/NRF funded SARChI chair holder in Hydrometallurgy and Sustainable Development in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She has established a strong teaching and research base in hydrometallurgy spanning precious and base metals, effluent treatment and new emerging technologies in metal extraction and recovery processes.