NAS NICHE RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS:

AGRICULTURE: Wide-ranging expertise in crop breeding, pre- and post-harvest applications, crop pests and pathogens, animal breeding, animal welfare, agricultural economics and extension, food production, consumer adoption, sensory evaluation, African crops, food systems and food security. 

BIG DATA AND DATA SCIENCE: Bioinformatics and computational biology, mathematical modelling in bioengineering and biosciences

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: Hazards modelling, environmental modelling, sustainable environmental management  and biodiversity conservation 

INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Human (Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria) and veterinary diseases (ticks and tick-borne diseases, rabies, Helminths, African Horse sickness, bluetongue disease, etc)

PHYSICAL SCIENCES: Radio astronomy, biophysics, green chemistry, drug discovery, separation science, renewable energy

BIOPROSPECTING AND BIODISCOVERY: Traditional medicines, natural product drug discovery, medicinal plant science

Click here for research areas for postgraduate students in the different departments of the Faculty.

Research Matters - this curated website highlights some of the University of Pretoria’s (and Faculty of Natural and Agicultural Sciences)'most impactful and innovative research

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