PEOPLE
EXPERT DATABASE
We are establishing a database of South African marine and polar researchers to provide a platform where experts in the various specialisations can be found by, for example, potential collaborators, students looking for supervisors, organisers of speaking events, media reps, etc.
Finding experts in the field of polar and offshore marine research, within South Africa
ATTENTION: Polar & Offshore Marine Researchers
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r.mathakutha@saeon.nrf.ac.za
Prof. Susanne Fietz
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Earth Sciences at Stellenbosch University
I am an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Earth Sciences at Stellenbosch University. My research focus includes past climatic changes and ecosystem responses that serve projections of the future, organic molecules tracking environmental changes and organism acclimation that support understanding responses to expected global changes, phytoplankton, microbes and biogeochemistry of the modern oceans helping understanding food webs and CO2 dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and air quality surveys improving marine coastal and human health
Prof. Alakendra Roychoudhury (Roy)
Professor
I am a Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at Stellenbosch University. My research is in the field of marine chemistry where I focus on bioactive trance metal dynamics and linkages with phytoplankton productivity in polar oceans and sea-ice.
Ria Olivier
Principal Investigator, Project Manager and Digital Archivist
I focus on the improvement of processes and activities, as well as the on-time delivery of outputs, and I fulfil the role of digital archivist for the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa data repository. With over 30 years of experience in Information Sciences since beginning my career in 1982, I bring extensive expertise in information management. I have in-depth knowledge of South Africa’s involvement in the Antarctic region and specialise in data management within the Antarctic environment