ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
| Michelle Gabler | Astro |
| Nombuyiselo Nqakala | CRC |
ACADEMIC STAFF
| Ed Elson | Associate Professor |
| Lerothodi Leeuw | Professor |
| Michelle Lochner | Senior Lecturer (UWC/SARAO) |
| Roy Maartens | SARChI Professor, Astro Head |
| Siyambonga Matshawule | Lecturer |
| Mario Santos | SARChI Professor, CRC Director |
| Russ Taylor | Professor, IDIA Director (UCT/UWC/SARAO) |
| Mattia Vaccari | Professor, UWC eResearch Director |
RESEARCH STAFF
| Fangxia An | IDIA Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Marcin Glowacki | IDIA Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Melis Irfan | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Sheean Jolicoeur | SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Dionysios Karagiannis | SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Piyanat Kittiwisit | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Rahul Kothari | SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Yi-chao Li | SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Eliab Malefachlo | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Hengxing Pan | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Tamirat Gogo | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Louis Perenon | SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Matt Prescott | IDIA/CRC Senior Research Fellow |
| Jingying Wang | CRC Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Piyanat Boom Kittiwisit | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Gauri Sharma | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Hengxing Pan | SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Albertus Seyffert | LSST Postdoctoral Fellow |
POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
| Student | Superviser(s) |
| Simthembile Dlamini | Roy Maartens / Sheean Jolicoeur |
| Brandon Engelbrecht | Mario Santos / Jingying Wang / Yi-chao Li |
| Narusha Isaacs | Ed Elson |
| Mekuanint Kifle | Lerothodi Leeuw |
| Mponeng Kopana | Roy Maartens / Sheean Jolicoeur |
| Eliab Malefahlo | Mario Santos / Matt Jarvis |
| Mosima Masipa | Mario Santos / Sultan Hassan |
| Nomthendeleko Motha | Roy Maartens / Michelle Lochner / Louis Perenon |
| Omphile Rabyang | Lerothodi Leeuw |
| Nandrianina Randriamiarinarivo | Ed Elson / Andrew Baker / Roy Maartens |
| Liantsoa Randrianjanahary | Roy Maartens / Dionysios Karagiannis |
| Nicole Thomas | Romeel Dave / Ed Elson |
| Junaid Townsend | Mario Santos / Sourabh Paul |
| Jan-Albert Viljoen | Roy Maartens |
| Verlon Etsebeth | Michelle Lochner |
| Boikhutso Mabala | Russ Taylor / Mattia Vaccari |
| Kabelo Malapane | Mario Santos / Phil Bull |
| Sibusiso Mdhluli | Russ Taylor / Mattia Vaccari |
| Mfundo Mdwadube | Mattia Vaccari |
| Chaka Mofokeng | Mattia Vaccari / Russ Taylor |
| Malebo Moloko | Mario Santos / Matt Prescott |
| Thando Mothogoane | Ed Elson / Marcin Glowacki |
| Palesa Nombula | Mario Santos / Bruce Bassett |
| Malema Ramonyai | Michelle Lochner |
| Mpendulo Sibiya | Lerothodi Leeuw / Maarten Baes / Erwin de Blok |
| Walter Silima | Mattia Vaccari / Fangxia An |
| Fabio Luchsinger | Mattia Vaccari / Jordan Collier |
| Sifiso Mahlalela | Mario Santos / Melis Irfan |
| Jade Petersen-Charles | Michelle Lochner |
| Craig Smith | Ed Elson |
| Koketso Mohale | Michelle Lochner |
| Geoff Murphy | Mario Santos / Philip Bull |
| Ron-Ryan Baatjes | Roy Maartens |
| Felicia Setshabe | Mario Santos |
| Lwandile Gwebushe | Ed Elson |
SUPPORT STAFF
| Robin Hall | Senior Systems Administrator |
AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS
- Sambatra Andrianomena (SARAO)
- Mario Ballardini (Bologna)
- Phil Bull (Queen Mary London)
- Stefano Camera (Turin)
- Chris Clarkson (Queen Mary London)
- Michelle Cluver (Swinburne)
- Catherine Cress (UWC)
- Daniel Cunnama (SAAO)
- Romeel Davé (Edinburgh)
- José Fonseca (Queen Mary London)
- Sultan Hassan (Flatiron New York)
- Jarita Holbrook (Edinburgh)
- Matt Jarvis (Oxford)
- Dave Kilkenny (UWC)
- Alkistis Pourtsidou (Queen Mary London)
- Maciej Serylak (SKAO Manchester)
- Marta Spinelli (Zurich)
- Imogen Whittam (Oxford)
- Sourabh Paul (McGill University)
Latest news about our people:
- 2022 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS AT THE CENTRE FOR RADIO COSMOLOGY
The Centre for Radio Cosmology (CRC) at UWC is internationally recognised for its research in cosmology using MeerKAT and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). CRC faculty are involved in other MeerKAT and SKA key science, as well as in HERA, HIRAX and the Rubin Observatory (LSST). In 2021, the UWC Astro Group consists of 25 … - Science Belongs To All Of Us – NSTF “Science Oscar” For Science Communicator Prof Carolina Ödman
By Nicklaus Kruger, UWC Institutional Advancement. South Africa is a country of many languages – but for many of us, “science” isn’t one of them. Astrophysicist and Associate Professor Carolina Ödman has made it her mission to translate and share the joys of science with everyone – and her efforts have earned her the coveted Communication & … - UWC’s Best Masters student awarded to Mr Mogamad-Junaid Townsend
The award was announced during UWC’s Annual Research Recognition Awards and presented by the DVC Research and Innovation, Prof. Jozé Frantz. Mogamad-Junaid competed his MSc Summa Cum Laude within 2 years of enrolling. His hope is to go on and pursue a career as a cosmologist, studying the history and evolution of the universe, while … - Africa for Africa – Yao Marc becomes Ivory Coast’s very first astrophysicist
His dream has always been to come to South Africa to study astrophysics. Today, Harris Yao Marc can proudly say he became the first to earn a PhD in astrophysics in his home country, the Ivory Coast. Marc knew he was certainly aiming for the stars in wanting to become an astrophysicist, and when the … - UWC Astro members elected to IAU committees
The International Astronomical Union recently held its elections for members to lead the various scientific bodies organised as divisions and commissions. UWC Astronomy members Carolina Odman (IDIA) and Lucia Marchetti (former postdoc, now at UCT) were elected to Commission C2 “Communicating Astronomy to the Public” and Division J “Galaxies and Cosmology” respectively. We congratulate them … - Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Centre for Radio Cosmology (CRC) at UWC is internationally recognised for its research in cosmology using MeerKAT, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and other radio and optical/IR telescopes. CRC faculty are involved in MeerKAT and SKA key science, as well as in HERA, HIRAX and the Rubin Observatory (LSST). In 2021, the UWC Astro …