Bonex Mwakikunga completed his MSc and PhD on nanowires from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2009. His post-doctoral studies around the use of lasers to manufacture nanowires were undertaken at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in the division of National Laser Centre. He is currently leading an Advanced Materials for Device Applications (AMDA) group in the CSIR National Centre for Nano-Structured Materials. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals, three book chapters, graduated more than seven MSc and PhD students and has more than seven collaborating countries. Bonex Mwakikunga completed his MSc and PhD on nanowires from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2009. His post-doctoral studies around the use of lasers to manufacture nanowires were undertaken at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in the division of National Laser Centre. He is currently leading an Advanced Materials for Device Applications (AMDA) group in the CSIR National Centre for Nano-Structured Materials. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals, three book chapters, graduated more than seven MSc and PhD students and has more than seven collaborating countries.

Use of lasers to manufacture nanowires