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NRF Category (January 2020)
Surname
Specialisation
C2
Prof D Jaganyi
Kinetics, Kinetics/reaction mechanisms, Academic management, Analysis
Prof T Kudanga
Biocatalysis, Bioactive compounds, Antioxidants, Biotransformations, Antimicrobials, Environmental biotechnology, Lignocellulose, Biomaterials
Dr M Moyo
Plant sciences, Plant biotechnology, Plant tissue culture, Plant growth regulators, Plant growth and development
Prof CE Napier
Public Health Sciences
Prof K Permaul
Enzyme application in biocatalysis, Microbial enzymes, Directed evolution, Enzymes – industrial application
C3
Prof N Dorasamy
Governance and public management, Public administration - Ethics, Values-based leadership
Prof KJ Duffy
Mathematical modelling, Ecological modelling, Monte Carlo methods, Computational mathematics
Prof RM Gengan
Bio-organic chemistry, Organic synthesis, Natural products – isolation characterisation, Nanochemistry
Dr SK Kuttan Pillai
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Biological wastewater treatment, Biohydrogen, Microalgae, Waterborne diseases, Drug resistance, Antibiotic and metal resistance
Prof BO Odhav
Antimalarial drugs, Anticancer drug development, Biochemistry (medicinal plants), Cellular and molecular biology, Food – Nutrition, Antituberculosis compound tests, Anti-diabetic drugs – Research, HIV drugs, Plant tissue culture, Algae biotechnology
Prof OO Olugbara
Computer science, Information technology, Information technology – applications
Prof CA Potgieter
Lesbianism, gay and lesbian psychology
Prof GG Redhi
Chemical thermodynamics; Thermodynamic properties/fluid
Prof N Sibiya
Primary health care, Maternal and child health
Dr K Venugopala
Antimicrobial screening, Pharmaceutical sciences, Antimalarial compounds, Antituberculosis drugs, X-ray crystallography, Anticancer plant products, Antimicrobial peptides, Isolation and structural elucidation, Antioxidants, Anticancer drug development
Dr KG Zloschastiev
Superfluidity, Gravitation, Quantum physics, Degenerate quantum gases, Open quantum systems, Quantum field theory, Elementary particles, Cosmology, Differential equations, Nonlinear and complex systems
Y2
Prof EO Amonsou
Food processing, Food chemistry
Dr K Erwin
Sociology, Urban, Community-based research, Ethnography, Sociology – race, class and gender, Urban housing, Race
Dr L Madikizela
Analytical chemistry
Dr OA Olanrewaju
Energy modelling
Dr JD Pillay
Community public health, Health Promotion through physical activity,
Physical activity in the workplace, Physical activity and health, Physical activity measurement, Physical activity and noncommunicable diseases, Physical activity epidemiology
Dr M Sabela
Bioanalytical chemistry
Dr S Sabiu
Biochemical toxicology, Molecular and cell biology, Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants, Advanced human genetics, Ethnobotany – medicinal plants, Phytomedicine and phytopharmacology
Dr A Vahed
Metallographic structure of newly developed dental materials, and Teaching, learning and assessment.
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