Penny Moore - USA National Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to Prof Penny Moore from Wits University and Prof Kelly Chibale from UCT! They were both elected to the National Academy of Sciences in the USA last month. The NAS is a very select group of scientists and to be a member from outside of the USA or in South Africa is rare and prestigious. They join Profs Himla Soodyall, William Bond, and Richard Cowling as the five South Africans in this unique academy.

Penny’s lab focuses on how antibodies and viruses are in a race to outsmart each other. Read more about it and why we call her The Neutralizer here. Penny is also one of the 7 amazing scientists that are featured in our museum exhibit. It’s coming to a new location soon and we can’t wait for kids to learn all about them.