PROFILE: Velile Vilane, postdoc researcher, Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

My name is Velile Vilane, I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (CHRTEM) at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. I am originally from Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and I migrated to South Africa to complete my doctorate in Materials Engineering.
I am also involved in Trans activism which challenges institutional systems and legislative bodies to address the systemic exclusion of transgender persons from achieving full citizenship.
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