Posted on March 06, 2014
Based on his citation rate, Prof Kenneth Ozoemena, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Chemistry, was ranked in the world's top 1% of chemists. This is according to the Essential Science Indicators of ISI Thomson Reuters and is based on journa
Posted on February 17, 2014
Prof Jolanda Roux from the University of Pretoria
Posted on January 23, 2014
A seasoned and experienced actuary who also has an excellent academic record was appointed as the new Head of the Department of Insurance and Actuarial Science in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, from January 2014. Prof Anton Str
Posted on December 11, 2013
Despite all the accolades and international awards he received during his illustrious career, Prof Pat Eriksson is still a very humble man. Prof Eriksson will retire at the end of 2013, after serving as the Head of the Department of Geology for seven year
Posted on December 10, 2013
Prof Brenda Wingfield, a researcher of high international standing received an A-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF), effective from 2014. She is also the first women in the Faculty to receive this rating. This achievement is even more e
Posted on December 05, 2013
The latest edition (Nov/Dec 2013) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.
Posted on December 05, 2013
The pioneering model landscape for the new Mining Engineering Study Centre and the
Posted on November 06, 2013
Prof Robert Vleggaar, Professor and former Head of the Department of Chemistry passed away on Monday 4 November 2013. Robert Vleggaar was a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Pretoria (UP) and he was the Head of the Department of Chemi
Posted on November 04, 2013
Although mathematics has long been intertwined with the biological sciences, an explosive synergy between biology and mathematics is happening. For the past few decades this has contributed greatly to the enrichment and extension of both fields. As JE Coh
Posted on October 25, 2013
At the recent International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) meeting in Beijing it was announced that two South Africans (both from the University of Pretoria
Posted on October 25, 2013
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from the Republic of Poland, Mr Stanislaw Kalemba, visited the University of Pretoria (UP) on 18 October 2013.
Posted on October 21, 2013
Prof Brenda Wingfield was appointed for a second term of four years as the Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences as from 1 October 2013. Prof Wingfield is a researcher of international repute
Posted on October 18, 2013
In September this year staff members teaching in the University of Pretoria (UP)
Posted on September 27, 2013
The first female head of the Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Prof Andri
Posted on September 26, 2013
Prof Roumen Anguelov, a mathematician with a keen interest in Dynamical Systems, Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis was appointed as the new Head of the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultura
Posted on September 26, 2013
Prof Marietjie Potgieter was appointed as the Deputy Dean for Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, as from 1 September 2013. Prof Potgieter is an associate professor in the Chemistry Department and has been acting
Posted on September 20, 2013
International travel has turned the earth into a global village, creating an opportunity for new viruses to potentially spread rapidly across the world. More than 70% of emerging diseases are zoonotic of nature and can be transferred between animals an
Posted on August 01, 2013
Casper Jan Hendrik Schutte, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Chemistry and associated with the Institute for Advanced Studies passed away on 29 July 2013. Prof Schutte was born in Steytlerville on 30 October 1934. He obtained the degree
Posted on July 11, 2013
As the demands of the global - and rapidly growing - middle-class spiral upwards, the challenges of climate change and ocean degradation to our planet dominate. But we also face the challenges of maintaining sustainable food, mineral, freshwater and energ
Posted on June 19, 2013
Prof Mike Wingfield, the Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) in the University of Pretoria
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