Who are We
XRD Analytical and Consulting CC is owned and run by Dr Sabine Verryn who has been responsible for the X-Ray Powder Diffraction Laboratory of the University of Pretoria for 23 years. She left this position to start XRD Analytical and Consulting CC. She is the author or co-author of 26 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and has presented or co-presented 33 papers at international conferences.
She is a member of the Geological Society of South Africa and of the Mineralogical Association of South Africa. In the latter she has been on the elected executive committee since 2001 and was elected Vice Chairperson in 2005 and Chairperson in 2006, Vice Chair in 2008 and Chair for 2009. In 2006, she was elected as the South African Representative on the International Mineralogical Association’s Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC).
She obtained a C3 NRF rating at the beginning of 2009 and is registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientists.
