Speakers - PMBWC2024

Biography

Jeremiah Hlahla is a South African PhD student in Botany (plant stress physiology) at the University of the Free State (UFS, South Africa). He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Botany and Biochemistry (University of Johannesburg, South Africa). Honours in Botany (Marine ecology) from Nelson Mandela University (South Africa), and a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Botany (Plant Stress Physiology) from the UFS. He currently works as a research assistant at UFS and does a lot of work in plant physiology. His master's program investigated the effect of drought stress on the physiology and biochemistry of six edamame cultivars. In his PhD, he investigates the impact of combined drought and heat (DH) stress on three edamame cultivars' biochemistry, physiology, morphology, and yield.