Dr Phila M. Msimang is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University and is the former Head of Stellenbosch’s CIRCoRe Workstream IV on Race, Human Categorisation and Science (RHCS). He is a fellow of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), the coordinator of the International Philosophy of Biology Circle (IPBC), and the Secretary of the Azanian Philosophical Society (APS). Msimang is involved in several research groups working on problems regarding race and racism in the sciences. His work on race includes investigations on the history and definition of the concept, exploring the challenges with the use of the concept of race in health, the metaphysics of race debate, scientific controversies about race, and the uses and abuses of the concept of race in research and policy.