Alta Ferreira is the team lead for Fe FT Research in Sasol Technology. She received her PhD in the field of homogeneous catalysis in 2004 from RAU (now University of Johannesburg) under the supervision of Prof. C. W. Holzapfel. She joined Sasol Technology in 2004 and started her career in the Homogeneous Catalysis team. Initially, her research focused on synthesizing higher value chemicals from FT product streams using homogeneous catalysts. In 2006, she joined the iron Fischer–Tropsch catalyst team. The research of the team is focused on fundamental understanding of iron Fischer–Tropsch catalyst systems. She is the co-author of several journal articles and the coinventor of one patent.