Staff - Chemical Engineering

Staff

Academic Staff

Academic Staff

Prof Guven Akdogan

Professor | Mineral & Waste Processing

Mr Marno Basson

Junior Lecturer | Probabilistic Modelling, Machine Learning & Statistics

Prof Steven Bradshaw

Distinguished Professor | Extractive metallurgy, metal recycling & machine learning

Prof Annie Chimphango

Professor | Bioresources, waste valorisation, biorefineries & biomaterials

Dr Jamie Cripwell

Senior Lecturer | Thermodynamic modelling, thermophysical property measurement & machine learning

Prof Christie Dorfling

Dept. Chair | Professor | Hydrometallurgy, metal recycling & process modelling

Prof Neill Goosen

Associate Professor | Biorefineries, Bio-feedstock valorisation & Water-energy-food nexus

Prof Johann Görgens

Distinguished Professor | Biorefineries, techno-economics & bioprocessing

Mrs Naomi Harrisankar de Oliveira

Junior Lecturer | Catalysis, Photocatalysis & Photoreactors

Associate Professor | Process modelling & monitoring

Mr Zwonaka Mapholi

Junior Lecturer | Bioresources, photocatalysis & coal gasification

Junior Lecturer | High pressure equilibria & supercritical fractionation

Prof Prathieka Naidoo

Professor | Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemical Separation Technologies

Dr Mieke Nieder-Heitmann

Lecturer | Bioresource valorization & Techno-economic evaluations

Prof Lingam Pillay

Associate Professor | Water/wastewater treatment & reuse & membrane technology

Prof Robbie Pott

Professor | Biofuels, bioreactors & waste beneficiation

Prof Cara Schwarz

Professor | Thermodynamics & separations at high & low pressures

Dr Margreth Tadie

Senior Lecturer | Geometallurgy, Electrochemistry/Electrometallurgy, Tailings Management & Processing

Prof Eugéne van Rensburg

Associate Professor | Fermentation systems, Bioprocess development & Bioenergy from waste

Mr Petrie van Wyk

Lecturer | Hydrometallurgy, PGM recovery & metals recycling

Extraordinary Staff

Extraordinary Staff

Prof Chris Aldrich

Extraordinary Professor

Prof Lidia Auret

Extraordinary Associate Professor

Prof Gideon Botes

Extraordinary Professor

Prof André Burger

Emeritus Professor

Prof Jacques Eksteen

Extraordinary Professor

Prof Dale Gyure

Extraordinary Associate Professor

Prof Hansie Knoetze

Emeritus Professor

Prof Leendert (Leon) Lorenzen

Extraordinary Professor

Prof Izak Nieuwoudt

Extraordinary Professor

Dr Quinn Reynolds

Extraordinary Professor | Numerical & computational modelling of multiphysics phenomena in pyrometallurgy

Dr Riccardo Swanepoel

Extraordinary Senior Lecturer | Polymer thermodynamics | Sustainable process technoeconomics | Uncertainty analysis

Prof Johan van Dyk

Extraordinary Professor

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Researchers

Researchers

Dr Calizé Bosman

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Dr Sefakor Dogbe

Bioresource Engineering, Process development & Exergy-based methods

Dr Jafaru Egieya

Supply Chain Optimization of Alternative Energy generation

Dr Somayeh Farzad

Bioprocess Engineering & Life-cycle assessment

Bioprocess Engineering

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW | BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

Dr Evelyn R Manjengwa

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Dr Roelof Maritz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Life cycle assessment, Lithium-ion battery recycling & Hydrometallurgy

Dr David Morrison

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW | Recombinant protein expression and purification of medical and pharmaceutical production relevant enzymes

Dr Amsalu Tolessa Mossissa

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW | BIORESOURCE ENGINEERING

Dr Abdul Petersen

Postdoctoral Fellow

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Dr Kim Trollope

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Erik Wolfaardt

Postdoctoral fellow | Circular Economy

Support Staff

Support Staff

Mrs Samantha Abrahams

Admin Officer: Undergraduate

Mr Heinrich Bock

Facilities Manager

Mrs Mieke de Jager

Postgraduate & Research Manager

Mr Oliver Jooste

Principal Technical Assistant

Mrs Ronelle Koopman

Principal Assistant

Mrs Francis Layman

Administrative Officer: Finances & Chairman Office

Mrs Farah Loggenberg

Financial Administrator to Prof Görgens

Ms Dimakatso Mashigo

Principal Financial Administrative Officer

Mr Ayanda Matiwane

Technical Assistant

Mr Stuart Milne

Senior Mechanist

Mr Alvin Petersen

Senior Technical Officer

Mrs Levine Simmers

Junior Technical Officer: Analytical Laboratory

Ms Lynndal van der Molen

Technical Officer: Analytical Laboratory

Mrs Gini van der Westhuizen

Prospective Student Liaison & Marketing

Mr Jaco van Rooyen

Senior Technical Officer: Analytical Laboratory