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Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (29 December 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a South African botanist known for her work on the biology of plant seeds, especially seed recalcitrance. She was professor for 48 years at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN).

She earned a B.Sc. degree in biochemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand (1962), then went on to the University of Natal (now UKZN), earning a M.Sc. in mammalian physiology and biochemistry (1966) and PhD in seed biology (1969). She was a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, and a Fellow of the University of Natal, the Royal Society of South Africa and the Third World Academy of Sciences. She was awarded the Order of Mapungubwe (Silver) in 2006. The standard author abbreviation Berjak is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

References

1. Rondganger, Lee (28 January 2015). "UKZN scientist dies after short illness". IOL.
2. Mycock, David (2015). "Professor Patricia Berjak (1939–2015): World-renowned plant scientist and exceptional mentor". South African Journal of Science. 111 (5/6). doi:10.17159/sajs.2015/a0106.
3. Farrant, Jill M. (2015). "Patricia Berjak FRSSAf (1939–2015)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 70 (2): 191–192. doi:10.1080/0035919X.2015.1051341.
4. "Patricia Berjak (1939 - )". Order of Mapungubwe. The Presidency, Republic of South Africa. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
5. International Plant Names Index.  Berjak.

Further reading

• Sooryamoorthy, R. (2015). "Collaboration Experience: Portrait of an Eminent Scientist". Transforming Science in South Africa: Development, Collaboration and Productivity. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-1-137-49307-1.

• 1939 births
• 2015 deaths
• 21st-century South African botanists
• South African women botanists
• Fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa
• 20th-century South African botanists
• 20th-century South African women scientists
• Academic staff of the University of KwaZulu-Natal
• University of Natal alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Natal
• University of the Witwatersrand alumni
• 21st-century South African women scientists