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How Mzamo Shozi’s love for physics and maths were the catalyst for his Ph.D in chemistry.

08 December 2020

Throughout high school, Mzamo Shozi knew he was going to study medicine. His mother, like many parents, was hoping he would become a doctor. He applied to the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and got accepted into its medical programme, but turned down the placement when he realised his passion was actually physics and mathematics.

“When I started my undergrad at UKZN, I was the first cohort of a new degree, B.Sc Applied Chemistry,” says Shozi, who received a Sasol bursary at the time. “This is how I came to do my Master’s at UKZN. And then, instead of stopping there and going to work, I said to myself, ‘You’re one degree away from a Ph.D’. I grew up wanting to have that sought-after doctor title anyway, so I registered for a Ph.D, and the rest is history.”

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