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RECOGNITION AND AWARDS:
Distinguished Prof Nyokong is an A-rated scientist and received the following awards during her career:
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2020 - Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry
2020 - Prof Nyokong was one of the 14 black women to feature in the book “Holding the Knife’s Edge: Journeys of Black Female Scientists” This book features the journeys of 14 award-winning and pioneering black women in Science, from their childhoods and education to their arrival in the upper echelons of various organisations, achieved through innovation, academic excellence, social intelligence, authentic leadership and tenacity. Included are tips for success for aspiring women who dream of following a career in the sciences.
https://publisher.co.za/product/holding-the-knifes-edge-journeys-of-black-female-scientists/
2020 - Prof Nyokong features in Violet Book.
Created in 2019, Violet , a space for powerful femininity to be investigated, celebrated, is a biannual print edition and ever-evolving website sharing women's stories and wisdom. Violet champion those whose work and insight are admired most.
https://www.violet-book.com/en_gb/in-conversation/the-scientists-professor-tebello-nyokong
2020 - Prof Nyokong also features in an Afrikaans book: Uitvinders, Planmakers en ander Slimkoppe van Suid-Afrika (English: Inventors, Planmakers and other Smartheads of South Africa)
This book includes stories about people who have made medical breakthroughs. Stories about people working with animals and plants. Stories about people trying to unravel the secrets of heaven. Stories about people making interesting discoveries about fossils, earth, water and the climate. This is truly a proudly South African book that will inspire and motivate each reader to ask, discover and create questions.
https://www.graffitiboeke.co.za/.../Books/Engela-Duvenage-Uitvinders-planmakers-en-ander-slimkoppe-van-Suid-Afrika
2020 - To celebrate World Science Day, Prof Nyokong was selected as one of the 20 women in science who are paving the way for future generations around the world, from scientists and professors to astronauts and founders of tech companies.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAHUh2QBxAI41DbyUusvrokePTr2YehQ3Jg?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3BPa%2ByYTsWQjWQCZMvhtitAw%3D%3D
Awarded Degree Of Doctor Of Science, Honoris Causa from Western University, London, Ontario, Canada (11-15 June 2019)
Awarded Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by University of Kwazulu-Natal, 18th April 2018
November 2017 - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Laser Centre Rental Pool Programme Award based on student training on lasers supplied through the programme:
- An award for the number of Doctoral students that graduated in 2016/2017 and
- Number of students trained in 2016/2017
November 2017 - Black Science, Technology & Engineering Professionals (BSTEP) identified Prof Nyokong as a legend and honoured her in its first ever Black Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) excellence award ceremony.
2016 – Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – National Laser Centre Rental Pool Programme Award for most publications and most doctoral students trained in 2015.
Continental Award - Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award by the African Union in 2016
Recognized by CEO (Celebrating excellence in organizations) in Johannesburg as the most influential woman in Education & Training in South Africa and the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region. CEO is a network of leaders from the SADC” – 2015
UNESCO Medal for Contribution to Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies - 2015
Appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as part of United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Technology Bank For Least Developed Countries - 2015
Jury - L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards 2014/2015
Featured in 21 Icons (SABC-3), South Africa - 2014
National Research Foundation "Lifetime Achievement Award" - 2013
National Research Foundation Rating: A
Awarded Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) Medal - 2013
ISE Electrochemistry Excellence Award: Teaching & Research – 2013
Elected fellow of the African Academy of Sciences - 2013
South African Chemical Institute (SACI) Gold Medal award – 2012
Included in the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), located in Burgos, Spain to be one of their "13 NAMES TO CHANGE THE WORLD” – 2012
Named by IT News Africa as one of the top 10 most influential women in science and technology in Africa.
Awarded the Distinguished professorship at Rhodes University 2012
RSC (Royal Society in Chemistry)/ PACN (Pan African Chemistry Network) Distinguished Women in Chemistry: 2011
Invited by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, to be a member of the UNESCO High-level panel on Science, Technology and Innovation for sustainable Development, June 2011
International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materiel (ICFPAM) award in memory of the centenary of the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to a woman: Marie Curie. And also this is the year of Chemistry, 26th May 2011.
Inducted by Vodacom Lesotho into the Lesotho Hall of Fame, 2010
Awarded Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by Walter Sizulu University, 3rd May, 2010
Awarded Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by University of South Africa, 11th May, 2010
Elected Fellow of Third World Academy of Science -2009.
Awarded NRF President’s award as Champion for the transformation in research – 2009.
Awarded 2009/2010 CEO (Celebrating excellence in organizations) Most Influential Women in
Business and Government (MIW) – Education and Teaching Sector.
Received L’Oreal-UNESCO award for “Women in Science” as a Laureate representing Africa and the Arab States in 2009. Committee chaired by Prof A Zawail (Recipient of Nobel prize in Chemistry, 1999). Also in the committee C. de Duve, recipient of Nobel prize in Medicine, 1974).
September, 2009, a motion was passed in the National Assembly acknowledging her role in transformation of science in South Africa. Subsequently she addressed the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Science.
Recognized as one of the top three publishing scientists in South Africa for 2007.
Awarded City Press / Rapport Prestige Awards for Inspirational Women Achievers – 2008.
Awarded Research chair for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation, starting 2007.
Bestowed with the Order of Mapungubwe: Bronze by the State President Mbeki -2005.
Awarded a Grant-Holder medal for 2005 from CSIR for being the best NLC grant holder of the year 2005.
Chosen as Rhodes University Rhodes Women of the Year in the Senior Research category, 2006.
Winner of SABC2/Shorprite-Checkers Woman of the year 2004 in Science and Technology.
Runner-up- DST Women in Science, 2004 and 2008.
Selected by Department of Science and Technology to present the Frances Ames Lecture, 2004.
Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Senior Research award - 2003.
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa (FRSSA).
Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
Fulbright Award, 1990. Visited the Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Financial Mail little black book list for two years (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) for top 100 influential people in South Africa.
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