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UP’s science leaders – A-rated scientists
A-rated researchers are unequivocally recognised by their peers as leading international scholars in their respective fields for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs. In 2018, UP had 14 science leaders with an A-rating.
NIGEL C BENNETT
Prof Bennett is in the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, and the Mammal Research Institute. He holds the UP Austin Roberts Chair of African Mammalogy and the DST-NRF SARChI Chair* of Mammalian Behavioural Ecology and Physiology.
DON A COWAN
Prof Cowan is in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology. He is the Director of the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, and of the Genomics Research Institute in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
PEDRO CROUS
Prof Crous is an Associate Professor in the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI). He is Director of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
ERIKA DE WET
Prof de Wet is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law and holds the DST-NRF SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law.
ANDRIES P ENGELBRECHT
Prof Engelbrecht holds the DST-NRF SARChI Chair in Artificial Intelligence and was the Director of the Institute for Big Data and Data Science in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology until end-2018. He has since moved to Stellenbosch University.
JOSUA P MEYER
Prof Meyer is Head of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering and Chair of the School of Engineering, and leads the Clean Energy Research Group in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology.
ROBERT P MILLAR
Prof Millar is Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
STELLA NKOMO
Prof Nkomo is Strategic Professor in the Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
YVES VAN DE PEER
Prof Van de Peer is part-time Professor at the Genomics Research Institute at UP, and Professor in Bioinformatics and Genome Biology in the Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, and the Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB.
CHARLES VAN ONSELEN
Prof Van Onselen is Research Professor in the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at UP.
JOHANNES VAN OORT
Prof Van Oort is Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Church History in the Faculty of Theology at UP.
BRENDA WINGFIELD
Prof Wingfield holds the DST-NRF SARChI Chair in Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. She is a member of the DST-NRF Centre for Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology and the Tree Protection Cooperative Programme in FABI.
MICHAEL J WINGFIELD
Prof Wingfield is the founding Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at UP, a position from which he stepped down in 2018. He is advisor to the UP Executive and has continued
as Research Professor at FABI. He also serves as President of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO).
XIAOHUA XIA
Prof Xia is Director of the Centre of New Energy Systems (CNES) and holds the Exxaro Chair in Energy Efficiency in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology.
* Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chairs Initiative.
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