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Ntholi, T. 2012. In situ purification of acid mine drainage
using low enthalpy geothermal energy and sulphate
reducing bacteria in the abandoned deep gold mines of
South Africa. MSc. Supervised by de Wit, M.
Scharf, T.2012. Denudation rates and geomorphological
analysis in the Cape fold belt. MSc. Supervised by de Wit,
M. and Codilean, A.
Viglietti, P. 2012. Life after extinction: palaeoenvironments
of the earliest Triassic lower Katberg formation, including
the origin of Lystrosaurus bonebeds from the Karoo
Basin, South Africa. MSc. Supervised by Compton, J. and
Smith, R.
Department ofMathematics
and Applied Mathematics
(Including theCosmologyandGravityGroup,
the Laboratory of Foundational Aspects of
Computer Science (FACS-Lab), the Marine
Resource Assessment and Management
Group (MARAM), Industrial Mathematics,
and the Topology Research Group)
Head of Department: Associate Professor
Vasco Brattka (up until 30 June 2012)
(Acting Head of Department: Professor
Hans-Peter Kunzi (as of 01 July 2012)
Departmental Profile
The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
houses a number of research groups and individual activities
which, in total, cover a large part of the mathematical
spectrum. Examples are: cosmology and relativity,
computational and applied mechanics, marine resource
assessment and management, rangeland modelling,
industrial mathematics, foundational aspects of computer
science, topology, category theory, nonlinear mathematical
physics, functional analysis, cryptography, string theory,
financial mathematics and algebra. The Department has
active research collaboration with other groups in the
country and abroad. There is a strong postgraduate
program, with M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in a variety of
fields. A number of staff have NRF A-ratings and B-ratings.
The Department has a good technical and administrative
infrastructure, and regularly hosts visitors from abroad.
More information can be found on the website www.mth.
uct.ac.za.
Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professors
8
Associate Professors
4
Senior Lecturers
10
Lecturers (full-time)
14
Senior Scholar
1
Research Staff
3
Technical Support Staff
3
Administrative and Clerical Staff
12
Total
55
Honorary staff
Emeritus Professors
5
Emeritus Associate Professor
1
Visiting Professor and Principal research officer
1
Research Associate
2
Total
9
Students
Postdoctoral
12
Doctoral
35
Master
70
Honours
13
Undergraduate
7476
Total
7606
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Professor Igor Barashenkov
Nonlinear waves and solitons; nonlinear dynamics;
mathematical physics
Professor Bruce Bassett
Observational and theoretical cosmology; nonlinear
optimization. Research astronomer at the South African
Astronomy Observatory and senior researcher, African
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Professor Doug Butterworth
Director, Marine Resource Assessment and Management
Group (MARAM); particular focus on South African
fisheries, northwest Atlantic fisheries, southern bluefin
tuna, Antarctic whale and krill resources