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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Academic Staff
Dr Babatunde Abiodun
Lecturer; Atmospheric Science, Climatology
Dr Pippin Anderson
Lecturer; Postgraduate co-ordinator
Dr Shari Daya
Lecturer; Gender, Modernity
Dr Frank Eckardt
Senior Lecturer; Geomorphology, Remote Sensing
Professor Bruce Hewitson
Chair in Climate Change
Atmospheric Science, Climatology
Dr Richard Hill
Senior Lecturer; Environmental Assessment and
Management
Dr Peter Johnston
Research Officer; Seasonal Forecasting Applications;
Climate Change
Professor Mike Meadows
Head of Department; Quaternary Environmental Change
Associate Professor Sophie Oldfield
Political and Economic Geography
Professor Sue Parnell
Urban Studies, Historical Geography
Dr Zarina Patel
Senior Lecturer; Environmental governance and politics
Associate Professor Maano Ramutsindela
Political Geography, Transnational Regionalism
Associate Professor Merle Sowman
Environmental Planning and Management, Coastal and
Small-Scale Fisheries Management
Dr Kevin Winter
Lecturer; Environmental Management, Water Resources,
Monitoring and Evaluation
Associate Professor Rachel Wynberg
SARChI Chair in Environmental and Social Dimensions
of the Bio-economy Biodiversity and Social Justice,
Commercial Use of Biodiversity, Access and Benefit
Sharing; Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Dr Gina Ziervogel
Senior Lecturer; Vulnerability and Adaptation
Long-term Contract Staff
Dr Maria Hauck
Coastal and Small-Scale Fisheries Management
Contract Research Staff
Ms Lisa Coop
Research Assistant; Climate Data Analysis
Mr Chimango Hara
Intern; Environmental Law
Ms Philile Nonhlanhla Mbatha
Junior Researcher; Coastal and Marine Management
Dr Bradley Rink
Human Geography
Ms Kirsten Scott
Research Assistant; EIA, Social Scoping Reports
Ms Anna Steynor
Research Associate; Stakeholder Engagement
Ms Jackie Sunde
Research Assistant; Fisheries
Ms Kate Sutherland
Research Assistant; Climate Data Analysis
Ms Mathilda Jaci Van Niekerk
Research Assistant; Biodiversity and Social Justice,
Commercial Use of Biodiversity, Access and Benefit
Sharing
Ms Ruwani Walawege
Research Assistant; Climate Data Analysis
Dr Piotr Wolski
Senior Researcher; Hydrology
Administrative and Support Staff
Mrs Sharon Adams
Administrative Officer
Mr Aldino Arendse
Administrative and Financial Co-ordinator