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. Juliet Hermes
Manager
Research focuses on the Agulhas, the Indian Ocean, the Benguela and the Southern Ocean, coastal-offshore interactions, observations, numerical modelling
Prof. Sebastian Skatulla
Professor
I have founded and lead the Polar Engineering Research Group of the University of Cape Town since 2016. The group has been studying the impact of global warming on the Antarctic cryosphere, with a particular focus on sea ice and shelf ice dynamics.
Dr Anne M Treasure
Data, Products and Society Integrated Facility Manager
Anne has a background in the life sciences, predominantly in academic polar research spanning both the terrestrial and oceanographic sciences as well as the links between them. She has a diversity of expertise in data and information management, open science, reproducible research, data analytics and visualisation, data pipeline and workflow development, and project management, and a strong dedication to capacity development through training and mentorship.
Jonathan Ward
Engineering Manager
Jonathan has over 13 years of experience in Science Support Engineering and has trained and led multi-disciplinary teams across Africa as well as Antarctica involved in deploying, maintaining and operating geophysical instrumentation networks and managing large and diverse data sets for users nationally and abroad. His specialised areas of study are in Radar, Remote Sensing, High-frequency Electromagnetics and Space Applications.