Inaugural Lectures
2022
Prof Dean Goldring
Prof Thomas Konrad
DPhil (Zimbabwe), BSc (Dundee)
Marvellous Meanderings with Malaria Parasites, Proteins and Teaching
PhD, MSc, Diploma of Imperial College, Dipl.Phys
Three Theses on Quantum Information Processing
and Communication
Prof Kavilan Moodley
Prof Ursula Scharler
BSc Hons (UCT), MSc (Natal), PhD (Cantab)
A Cosmic Odyssey
BSc (Salzburg), BScHons, PhD (UPE)
What Makes Ecosystems Resilient and Persist Over Time?
Prof Fhatuwani Mudau
Prof Johnson Lin
PhD (Horticultural Sciences)
Herbal Teas as a Strategic Focus Area for the National Industry Policy Framework: Potential Prospects for Future Industrialisation
PhD (SUNY at Buffalo), BSc (National Tsing Hua University)
Saving the Environment – Using the Little Things
Prof Genene Mola
Prof Moganavelli Singh
PhD (Bonn), MSc (Addis Ababa), BSc
Thin Film Polymer Solar Cells as an Alternative Source of Renewable Energy: Progress and Challenges
PhD (Biochemistry), MSc (Biochemistry), BSc Hons (Biochemistry), BSc (Biochemistry & Microbiology)
From Clusters to Stars – It’s All About Delivery
Prof Shaun Ramroop
Prof Naven Chetty
PhD (Statistics), MSc (Statistics), BSc Hons (Statistics), BSs (Applied Mathematics & Statistics)
Missing Data within the Ambit of Flexible Statistical Modelling
PhD (Physics), BSc Hons (Physics), BSc (Computational Physics)
Unlocking a New Generation of Physicists – What the Future Holds
Prof Oluwatosin Mewomo
Prof Ignatius Nsahlai
PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Notions of Amenability in Banach Algebras and
Fixed Point Theory: A Career in Two Parts
PhD (Reading), PGDip, BSc Maitrise (Yaoundé)
Seemingly Seamless? Roughage intake by Ruminants
2021
Prof Shahidul Islam
Prof Werner van Zyl
PhD (Okayama, Japan), MSc (Dhaka), BSc Hons
A Tale of a Neglected Pandemic
PhD (Texas A&M University), MSc (RAU), BSc Hons
Inorganic Molecules and Materials: A Career in Two Parts
Prof Hussein Shimelis
Prof Vincent Nyamori
PhD (Free State), MSc (Wageningen), BScAgric (Haramaya)
Empowering Public Sector Plant Breeding in Africa
FSACI, FRSC, PhD (NMMU), MSc (UPE), BSc Hons, BSc (Egerton)
From Sandwiches and Piano Stools to Devices
Prof Andrew Green
Prof Sudan Hansraj
PhD (Marine Geology), MSc (Marine Geology),BSc Hons (Environmental Science), BSc (Geology & Geography)
From Coelacanths to Crocodiles: Renewing SA’s Place in Marine Geoscience
PhD, MSc (Natal), BSc Hons (UNISA), SED (Springfield)
Einstein’s General Relativity: The next level