Head of Department 

Departmental Secretary

Mrs W Maputha

Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-36
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-2455
E-mail: [email protected]


 

Academic Staff

Prof R Deane

Title: Extraordinary Professor
Research Area: Radio Astronomy
Teaching: NASSP Radio Astronomy
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-73
E-mail:roger.deane at up.ac.za

Prof M Diale

Title: Associate Professor
Research Area: Solar Energy Research
Teaching:
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-7
Tel:+27-(0)12-420 4418
E-mail:

Prof R Duvenhage

Title: Associate Professor
Research Area: Mathematical physics
Areas of Specialisation: Quantum dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Teaching: Classical Dynamics PHY 702, Statistical Physics PHY 704
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-48
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-2790
E-mail:

Dr T Hlatshwayo

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Nuclear materials
Teaching: Physics PHY 147
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-59
Tel:+27-(0)12-420-4777
E-mail:

Dr C Janse van Rensburg

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Quantum Entanglement
Teaching: PHY255 Modern Physics, Electrodynamics PHY 705
Office: Natural Sciences I, 5-4
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-5135
E-mail:

Mr D Langa

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Nuclear Materials and Surface Physics
Teaching: Physical for Biologists PHY 131
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-22
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3132
E-mail:

Mr M Legodi

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Electronic Materials and Thin Films
Teaching: Electromagnetism PHY 356
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-5
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-4413
E-mail:

Mr AGJ Machatine

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Group Theory
Teaching:
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-57 (Main Campus)
Physics and Chemistry Building, F223 (Mamelodi Campus)
Tel: +27-(0)12-420 2459 (Main Campus)
+27-(0)12-842-3536 (Mamelodi Campus)
E-mail:

Prof JB Malherbe

Title: Professor of Physics
Research Area: Nuclear materials & surface physics
Teaching:
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-66
Tel: +27 (0)12 420 2455
E-mail:
 

Prof N Manyala

Publications
Title: Professor of Physics and SARCHI Chair in Carbon Technology and Materials
Research Area: Carbon Technology and Materials
Teaching: Physics of Materials PHY 263
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 4-6 (Main Campus)
South Campus 2, Room 1-36
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-2908/3549
E-mail:

Dr E Mapasha

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Theoretical and Computational Solid State Physics
Teaching: PHY 133 , FSK 700 (Computational Physics)

Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-50 (Main Campus)

E-mail: edwin.mapasha at up.ac.za

Prof W Meyer

Title: Associate Professor
Research Area: Electronic Materials and Thin Films
Teaching: First course in physics PHY 114, Classical Mechanics PHY 263, Electronic Materials PHY 713
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-44
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-2637
E-mail:
 

Prof  J Nel

Title: Associate Professor
Research Area: Electronic Materials and Thin Films, Optical Characterisation, Scanning Probe Microscopy
Teaching: First-year engineering physics FSK 176
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-11
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3580
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Mr Q Odendaal

Title: Lecturer
Teaching: FSK 116, Computational Modelling PHY 364
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-51
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3903
E-mail:

Prof S Rakitianski

Curriculum Vitae
Title: Professor of physics
Research Area: Quantum Few-Body Theory
Areas of specialization: Quantum resonances, computational methods in quantum few-body theory, meso-nuclear and hyper-nuclear systems.
Teaching:
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-53
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3173
E-mail:

Prof PA Selyshchev

Title: Professor of physics
Research Area: Complex Systems
Areas of specialization: Complex non-linear systems and their evolution
Teaching: Statistical Physics PHY 364
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-70
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-6641
E-mail:

Dr TT Thabethe

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Nuclear Materials Research
Areas of specialization: Nuclear Materials and Solid State Interactions
Teaching:
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-54
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-6204
E-mail: thabsile.thabethe @ up.ac.za

Title: Associate Professor
Research Area: Radio Astronomy
Areas of specialization: Radio Astronomy
Teaching: PHY300 Observational Astronomy
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-66
Tel:
E-mail: kshitij.thorat @ up.ac.za

Associated Staff

Prof P Chakraborty

More detailed personal information

Title: Honorary Professor
Presently: Senior Professor of Physics at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
Research interest: Atomic collisions in solids, SIMS, RBS, XPS, XTEM, XRR, MBE
Tel: +91 33 2337 5345-49 (5 lines) Extn: 1215 (India)
E-mail:
 

Prof D Grayson

Title: Professor Extraordinarius
Research Area: Physics Education
 

Prof W Gries

Title: Honorary Professor
Research Area: Cognitive Physical Science
Research Interest: Implications of findings of the cognitive sciences for physical science
E-mail:

 

Support Staff

Mr D Joubert

Title: Mechanical technician
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 1-27
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-6806
E-mail:

Wisdom Dineo Maphutha

Title: Administrative Assistant (SARChI chair on Clean Energy)
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 5-10
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-3508
E-mail: [email protected]

Mr J Motsoeneng

Title: First-year practical coordinator (Mamelodi)
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 4-8
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-4967
E-mail:
 

Mr S Shithlane

Title: Workshop assistant
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 1-27

Mr J Smith

Title: Electronics technician
Office: Natural Sciences 1, Room 4-32
Tel: +27-(0)12-420-2863
E-mail:

Past Members

Prof FD Auret

Title: Professor of Physics
Research Area: Electronic Materials and Thin Films
 

Prof JCA Boeyens (deceased)

Title: Extraordinary Professor
Research interest: Quantum Chemistry

Prof R Booth

Research Area: Radio Astronomy
 

Prof L Bredell

Title: Associate Professor in Physics
 

Mr G Chabangu

Title: Messenger
 

Prof N Chetty

Research Area: Theoretical and Computational Solid State Physics

Areas of Specialisation: Quantum mechanical studies of solid state systems, density functional theory, Computational physics education research

Mrs L Cilliers

Title: First-year practical coordinator

 

Prof EKH Friedland

Title: Extraordinary Professor
Research Area: Nuclear materials


 

Mr J Janse van Rensburg

Title: Lecturer
Research Area: Electronic Materials and Thin Films
Areas of Specialisation: Radiation defects in semiconductors
 

Dr M Mlambo

Title: Researcher (Raman & FTIR)
Research Area: Optical Characterisation
Areas of Specialisation: Raman & Infrared Spectroscopy
Research Interests: Synthesis, characterization of nanoparticles and their application in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
 

Dr C Moji (deceased)

Title: Senior Lecturer
Research Area: Physics Education

Dr L Prinsloo

Title: First Technical Assistant (Raman & FTIR)
Research: Optical Characterisation
Areas of Specialisation: Raman & Infrared Spectroscopy

Dr H Throop

Research Area: Planetary Astronomy
Teaching: Observational Astronomy, Astrobiology

Dr N van der Berg (deceased)

Title: Senior Lecturer
Research Area: Surface physics & Nuclear materials
 

Mr A van der Heever

Title: Technical Assistant first-year laboratory

 

Prof J van der Merwe (deceased)

Title: Honorary Professor
Research Area: Theory of Epitaxy

Prof J van Staden

Title: Honorary Professor
Teaching: Exploring the Universe SCI 154