Hello, my name is Mpho Mafata. I use this site to version instructional scripts I use most frequently and those used for generating publications, tutorials and workshop material. I work in interdisciplinary environments with very different types of data (structured and unstructured).

I have technical skills in separation sciences (chromatography), analytical chemistry (mass spectrometry, UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy), wet lab/preparatory chemistry (sample preparation of organic compounds and natural products), oenology (winemaking and sensory analysis), scientometrics (patent statistics), and multivariate data analysis (MDS, MCA, PCA, MFA).

I love research on the applications of Data Science in the fields: Analytical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Sensory evaluation, Food Science, and Oenology.

Chromatographic analysis Unboxing the various structures and complexity in spectral data sets. Read more here	Sensory analysis Focused on the specifics of sensory and consumer data, their structures, and features. Read more here
Multivariate analysis Analysing data using multivariate toolboxes. Focused on visualization using combinations of graphs. Read more here	Data science Analysing data of various structures using SQL, R or Python. Assessing relationships and patterns using fuzzy techniques and network analysis. Read more here

I have some old and new poster list presented at conferences, neatly listed here: https://mphomafata.wordpress.com/category/posters/

ResearchGate scientific output neatly presented at https://researchgate.net/profile/Mpho-Mafata/research/ .

My scientific publication list at https://mphomafata.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/my-list-of-publications/ .

• 2022 - present | Center for Research on Evaluation Science and Technology (CREST, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• 2021 - 2022 | South African Grape and Wine Research Institute (SAGWRI, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• 2020 - 2022 | Language Centre, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• 2014 - 2022| School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• 2014 - 2017 | Agricultural Research Council, Nietvoorbij, South Africa
• 2009 - 2013 | Department of Chemistry, Univesity of Caoe Town, South Africa

For collaborations and conversations email [email protected]
Read more about my research interests at https://mphomafata.wordpress.com/