Posted on December 14, 2021
Prof Marthán Bester from the Department of Zoology and Entomology was recently awarded the Excellence in Wildlife Research and Management Award at the 50th-anniversary conference of the Southern African Wildlife Management Association (SAWMA).
Posted on December 13, 2021
Congratulations to postdoctoral research fellow Dr Ezette du Rand of UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology and PhD student at UP’s FABI Agil Katumanyane on receiving L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science awards for their work.
Posted on December 13, 2021
Prof Inger Fabris-Rotelli from the Department of Statistics was recently appointed to the Council for South African Natural Scientists (*SACNASP) for five years representing statisticians.
Posted on December 10, 2021
Celebrating World Human Rights Day 2021 with an opinion piece.
Posted on December 10, 2021
Welcome to NAS: Dr Najmeh Nakhaei Rad
Posted on December 08, 2021
A master's student in Education (Chemistry) in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Micke Reynders, turned a crisis into an opportunity to help others.
Posted on December 06, 2021
The world is making progress in its fight against malaria, averting 1.5 billion cases of the disease and preventing 7.6 million deaths since 2000. This is largely thanks to a combination of several vector control tools.
Posted on November 24, 2021
UP’s Dr Selma Karuaihe is one of 296 global scientist who are asking the WTO to ban harmful subsidies to the fisheries sector in the promotion of sustainable utilisation of the fisheries resources and protection of the ecosystem.
Posted on November 16, 2021
Clarivate has recognised UP researchers Profs Rangan Gupta and Mike Wingfield as Highly Cited Researchers 2021, as demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1%.
Posted on November 16, 2021
On 17 November 2021, people across the globe are celebrating World GIS day. "This is not just an event. It's a global movement. This day brings universities, government agencies, schools, nonprofits, and GIS professionals together to build knowledge of GIS in their communities and create...
Posted on November 15, 2021
Prof Zander Myburg of UP’s Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute is part of an international team that will embark on a large-scale genome sequencing of 2 000 eucalyptus trees.
Posted on November 12, 2021
The work of the UP team led by Prof Ncholu Manyala takes Africa and the world closer to the elusive “Water-Energy-Waste Nexus” – a recycling loop where water used to grow food can be cleaned using energy from food waste.
Posted on November 11, 2021
UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology, which has been ranked 45th globally for its research and impact by the University Ranking by Academic Performance, has also been ranked number one in Africa once again.
Posted on November 04, 2021
“I wish to join in on congratulating all these hardworking individuals for their achievement, but also for using their research to contributions for the betterment of all,” said UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe
Posted on November 02, 2021
Professor Michael Bruford, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently received his A2-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Posted on October 30, 2021
NAS Featured scientist Dr Johan Ferreira - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Statistics
Posted on October 29, 2021
Four of the University of Pretoria (UP) academics recently formed part of the 43 new members of the country’s leading scholars and scientists who were inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at the annual awards ceremony on 20 October 2021.
Posted on October 29, 2021
You may not know it, but we're all engaging with statistics every day. “We're daily data detectives, spying for data that will inform our next move or major life decision.” – UP stats lecturer Dr Johan Ferreira.
Posted on October 29, 2021
NAS Featured scientist: Prof Hettie Schonfeldt
Posted on October 28, 2021
Hardy cyanobacteria in the Namib Desert rely on rock shelters and opportunistic water consumption to safely carry out photosynthesis and survive.
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