Prof. Trudi-Heleen Joubert is registered as a professional engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and holds Senior Member status with the IEEE. She is the Director of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics (CEFIM) at the University of Pretoria, as well as the Director of the DSTI Nano-Micro Manufacturing Facility (NMMF) Printed Electronics Node. She received both the B.Eng and M.Eng degrees in electronic engineering with distinction, and earned a Ph.D in electronic engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her core pursuit is CMOS and BiCMOS mixed signal circuit design, mainly in readout and signal processing for imaging arrays, biologically inspired electronic circuit applications, and specialised devices for analog IC design. Her most recent endeavour is integrated printed electronics circuits for point-of-need physical, electrochemical, and optical sensor microsystems towards interdisciplinary applications in environmental monitoring, such as for water and air quality, smart agriculture, as well as diagnostics devices. The contributions of her work to the South African innovation system spans university teaching, applied research, and leading industrial development of prototypes and products.