Astronomers at South African Institutions

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1	Institution(s)	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
2	IDIA	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
3		Prof	Rob Simmonds	Associate Director IDIA	IDIA / UCT Computer Science	Execution environments and data distribution
4		Dr	David Aikema	Senior Data Scientist	IDIA / UCT	Scientific computing
5		Dr	Angus Comrie	Senior Visualisation Developer	IDIA / UCT	Cloud-based data visualisation for radio astronomy, immersive data visualisation
6		Mr	Eslam Hussein	Data Scientist	IDIA / UWC	Applied machine learning, hackathons for development
7		Ms	Kechil Kirkham	Project Manager	IDIA / UCT	Outreach
8		Ms	Adrianna Pinska	Visualisation Developer	IDIA / UCT	Scientific visualisation, scientific programming
9		Mr	Walter Silima	Astronomy Support Specialist	IDIA / UCT	AGN, star-forming galaxy classification, machine learning
10		Mr	Jeremy Smith	Operations Manager	IDIA / UCT ICTS	Scientific computing, source detection & cross-matching
11	NWU	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
12		Prof	Thebe Medupe	Deputy Dean	Centre for Space Research	Stellar astronomy / history of astronomy
13		Prof	Amare Abebe	Professor, CSR Director	Centre for Space Research	Cosmology
14		Prof	Markus Boettcher	Professor	Centre for Space Research	High-energy astrophysics (extragalactic)
15		Prof	Eugene Engelbrecht	Professor	Centre for Space Research	Cosmic-ray physics
16		Prof	Stephanus Ferreira	Professor, NASSP Director	Centre for Space Research	Heliospheric physics / astrospheres
17		Prof	Ilani Loubser	Professor	Centre for Space Research	Galaxies / clusters
18		Prof	Toit Strauss	Professor	Centre for Space Research	Cosmic-ray physics
19		Prof	Christo Venter	Professor	Centre for Space Research	High-energy astrophysics (pulsars)
20		Prof	Donald Ngobeni	Associate Professor	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
21		Prof	Lynndle Square	Associate Professor	Centre for Space Research	Computational physics
22		Prof	Don Kurtz	Extraordinary Professor	Centre for Space Research	Optical astronomy, astroseismology
23		Prof	Adri Burger	Post-65 Retiree	Centre for Space Research	Heliospheric physics
24		Prof	Johan van der Walt	Post-65 Retiree	Centre for Space Research	Radio astronomy (masers)
25		Dr	Bruno Letarte	Senior Lecturer, Subject Chair	Centre for Space Research	Optical astronomy
26		Dr	Katlego Moloto	Senior Lecturer	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
27		Dr	Christopher Ndiitwani	Senior Lecturer	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
28		Dr	Ruhann Steyn	Senior Lecturer	Centre for Space Research	Solar physics and outreach; amateur optical astronomy
29		Mr	Ntsikelelo Charles	Lecturer	Centre for Space Research	Radio astronomy
30		Mr	Daniel Nhlapo	Lecturer	Centre for Space Research	Stellar astronomy
31		Dr	Anton Dmytriiev	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	High-energy astrophysics (extragalactic)
32		Dr	Anu Kundu	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	High-energy astrophysics (pulsars)
33		Dr	Shambel Sahlu	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Cosmology
34		Dr	Jabus van den Berg	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Heliospheric physics
35		Dr	Adebusola Alabi	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Galaxy formation and evolution
36		Dr	Satish Sonkamble	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Galaxy groups and clusters
37		Dr	Sulona Kandhai	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Cosmology
38		Dr	Ephrem Tesdaye	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Heliospheric physics
39		Dr	Rukaiya Khatoon	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	High-energy astrophysics
40		Dr	Dejene Zewudie	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Galaxies
41		Dr	Bosco Oryema	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
42		Dr	Joseph Omojola	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
43		Dr	Rami Alsaberi	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Radio astronomy
44		Dr	Juandre Light	Post-doc	Centre for Space Research	Space physics
45	Planetary Science Institute	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
46		Dr	Amanda Sickafoose	Senior Scientist		Planetary astronomy, instrumentation
47	Rhodes	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
48	SKAO/Rhodes/SARAO	Prof	Justin Jonas	Emeritus Professor / Director RATT	Physics & Electronics	Radio telescope instrumentation, Galactic continuum emission, CMB foregrounds
49	Rhodes/SARAO	Prof	Oleg Smirnov	Distinguished Professor (SKA SARChI)	Physics & Electronics	Algorithms, calibration and imaging
50		Dr	Kenda Leigh Knowles	Senior Research Fellow	Physics & Electronics	Galaxy clusters (optical, radio, X-ray, SZ), radio AGN, astronomy outreach
51		Dr	Mpati Ramatsoku	Research Fellow	Physics & Electronics	Galaxy evolution/dynamics/AGN, interferometry, HI
52	Oxford/Rhodes	Prof	Ian Heywood	Visiting Professor	Physics & Electronics	Radio astronomy, calibration and imaging, large surveys, galaxy evolution
53	INAF-IRA/Rhodes	Prof	Tiziana Venturi	Visiting Professor	Physics & Electronics	Radio astronomy, galaxy clusters, AGN, galaxy evolution
54	INAF-IRA/Rhodes	Prof	Gianni Bernardi	Visiting Professor	Physics & Electronics	21 cm cosmology: Epoch of Reionization, Cosmic Dawn, Intensity Mapping; galaxy clusters; interferometric calibration and imaging; radio transients (especially Fast Radio Bursts)
55	MPIfR/Rhodes	Prof	Gyula I. G. Józsa	Visiting Professor	Physics & Electronics	Galaxy evolution/dynamics/AGN (feedback), interferometry, computational techniques
56	Oxford/Rhodes	Prof	Aris Karastergiou	Visiting Professor	Physics & Electronics	Pulsars
57		Dr	Ramij Raja	Post-doc	Physics & Electronics	Galaxy clusters, radio AGN
58		Dr	Konstantinos Kolokythas	Post-doc	Physics & Electronics	Galaxy clusters, galaxy groups
59	SARAO/Rhodes	Dr	James Dawson	Post-doc	Physics & Electronics	HI, machine learning, algorithms
60		Dr	Jonathan Kenyon	Post-doc	Physics & Electronics	Algorithms, calibration and imaging
61		Dr	Marcellin Atemkeng	Senior Lecturer	Mathematics	Algorithms, calibration, imaging, and machine learning / AI
62	SAAO	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
63		Dr	Rosalind Skelton	SALT Astronomer (acting MD)	Astronomy / Operations	Galaxies, galaxy environments, galaxy quenching and star formation, observational optical/NIR
64		Dr	Ramotholo Sefako	Head of Telescope Operations (TOPS)	Astronomy / Operations	Exoplanets, observational optical astronomy, AGNs, pulsar wind nebulae
65		Dr	Encarni Romero Colmenero	Head of SALT Astronomy Operations	Astronomy / Operations	AGN, especially reverberation mapping of AGN, CVs; observational optical astronomy
66		Dr	Lisa Crause	SALT Observatory Scientist	Astronomy / Operations / Instrumentation	Instrumentation, developing SALT exoplanet science capability
67		Dr	Daniél Groenewald	SALT Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Brightest cluster galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution in clusters, galaxy mergers
68		Dr	Alexei Kniazev	SALT Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Observational optical astronomy, data pipelines for optical data/spectra, cepheids, RR-Lyres stars, spectral binaries, massive stars, LBVs, planetary nebulae, HII regions, extragalactic HII regions and planetary nebulae, extremely metal poor dwarf galaxies and their evolution, S0 galaxies and their evolution
69		Dr	Rudi Kuhn	SALT Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Exoplanets, intrumentation, data pipelines
70	SAAO/UCT	Dr	Moses Mogotsi	SALT Astronomer / Lecturer	Astronomy / Operations	Star formation, feedback, interstellar medium and multi-phase dynamics in nearby galaxies, multi-wavelength studies of star forming galaxies
71		Dr	Solohery Randriamampandry	SALT Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Extragalactic, galaxy evolution, star formation, active galaxies, multiwavelength
72		Dr	Lee Townsend	SALT Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Observational astronomy, optical and X-ray transients, massive X-ray binaries, neutron stars, Be stars, the Magellanic Clouds, optical spectroscopy, telescope operations
73		Dr	Enrico Kotze	Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations	Interacting binaries, instrumentation, data flow and data reduction software (pipelines)
74		Dr	Nicolas Erasmus	Instrumentation Scientist	Instrumentation / Astronomy	Instrumentation development and testing, solar system science (main-belt and near-Earth asteroids)
75		Dr	Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay	Astronomer, Interim SARChI	Astronomy / Instrumentation	Galaxy morphology and evolution, Integral field spectroscopy
76		Dr	Retha Pretorius	Astronomer	Astronomy / Instrumentation	Compact binaries, time-domain astrophysics
77		Dr	Hannah Worters	Astronomer	Astronomy / Operations / Instrumentation	Instrumentation, interacting binaries, post-AGB stars, subdwarfs, M dwarfs
78	SAAO/UJ	Prof	Stephen Potter	Head of Astronomy / Visiting professor UJ	Astronomy	Time-domain astrophysics, compact binaries, transients, optical astronomical polarimetry, observational astrophysics, observatory operations
79	SAAO/UCT/Radboud	Prof	Paul Groot	SALT SARChI	Astronomy	Binary populations of stars, in particular those at the extremes of physics, including transients and gravitational wave sources
80	SAAO/UCT	Prof	Patricia Whitelock	Astronomer	Astronomy	International collaboration, AGB stars, Local Group galaxies, the distance scale, transients and infrared astronomy
81	SAAO/UCT/UFS	Prof	David Buckley	(Emeritus) Darragh O'Donoghue Astronomer / UCT Honorary Research Associate / UFS Affiliate Professor	Astronomy	Transients and time domain astronomy; accretion driven compact binaries (CVs, X-ray binaries, transitional millisecond pulsars); multi-messenger astronomy (GW and neutrino events); white dwarfs (binaries, magnetic, pulsating); polarimetry of magnetic accretion phenomena; optical instrumentation
82		Dr	Daniel Cunnama	Science Engagement Astronomer	Astronomy	Science engagement, galaxy evolution, cosmological hydrodynamical simulations, semi-analytic models
83	UCT/SAAO	Dr	Itumeleng Monageng	Senior Lecturer / Astronomer	Astronomy	Multiwavelength studies of X-ray binaries
84		Dr	Zara Randriamanakoto	Astronomer	Astronomy	Extragalactic, observational optical/NIR, starburst galaxies, star clusters, deep radio continuum surveys, AGN & faint radio sources, low-frequency observations
85		Dr	Sarah White	Astronomer	Astronomy	Active galactic nuclei, radio astronomy, near infrared astronomy, extragalactic astronomy
86	AfAS/SAAO	Dr	Charles Takalana	Head of Secretariat	Secretariat (AfAS)	Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect; 21cm cosmology: Epoch of Reionization & Cosmic Dawn; galaxy clusters
87	UCT/SAAO	Prof	Bruce Bassett	Professor	Mathematics (UCT)	Machine learning, Bayesian statistics, LSST / MeerKAT / SKA synergies
88		Dr	Luis Balona	Emeritus		Stellar astrophysics, stellar pulsation, stellar rotation
89		Dr	Ian Glass	Emeritus		Active galaxies, infrared, long period and semiregular variables, P-L relations of these, history of astronomy
90		Dr	John Menzies	Emeritus		Late stages stellar evolution, Local Group galaxies, exoplanets
91		Dr	Sunil Chandra	Post-doc	Astronomy	High-energy astrophysics (X-ray - gamma-ray; instrumentation)
92		Dr	Narges Hatamkhani	Post-doc	Astronomy	Extragalactic astronomy, clusters, Zone of Avoidance, brightest cluster galaxies
93		Dr	Siddharth Maharana	Post-doc	Astronomy / Instrumentation	Instrumentation, polarimetry and physics of interstellar dust
94		Dr	Antoine Mahoro	Post-doc	Astronomy	Extragalactic astronomy, galaxy evolution, AGN, data pipeline for IFUs
95	SANSA	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
96	SANSA/UWC	Prof	Martin Snow	Professor (SARChI Space Weather)	Space Science	Space weather, solar physics
97	SARAO	Title	Name	Position	Department/Faculty	Interests
98		Dr	Fernando Camilo	Chief scientist	Science	Pulsars; everything that MeerKAT can do
99		Dr	Kim McAlpine	Senior Science Pipelines Developer	Science Data Processing	AGN, far-infrared radio correlation
100		Dr	Richard Armstrong	Senior Software Developer	Science Data Processing	Data science for radio astronomy, transients, imaging, hardware acceleration