Staff

 
 

Full-time Academic Staff

Head of Department

Prof Natasia Naudé, PrEng

MEng, PhD (Stellenbosch)

Tel: +27 12 420 4208

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Minerals Processing

 

 Professor (Division Head: Pyrometallurgy)

Prof Andrie (AM) Garbers-Craig (Anglo American Chair in Pyrometallurgy)

MS (MIT), PhD (UP)

Tel: +27 12 420 3189

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Pyrometallurgy& Refractory Materials

 

Associate Professor (Division Head: Welding)

Prof Pieter Pistorius, PrEng (SAIW Centre for Welding Engineering)

PhD (UP), IWE

Tel: +27 12 420 3186

Email: [email protected]

Specialities: Welding

 

Associate Professor

Prof Charles (CW) Siyasiya, PrEng

PhD (UP)

Tel: +27 12 420 3191

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Physical Metallurgy

 

 

 

 

Senior Lecturer

Dr Robert (RD) Cromarty, PrEng

BEng (Hons) (Metal), BEng (Hons) (Industrial), MEng (Electronic Eng) (UP), PhD (Metal)(UP), BCom (Economics) (UNISA)

Tel: +27 12 420 5922

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Pyrometallurgy& Refractory Materials

 

Senior Lecturer

Dr Theresa Coetzee

MEng (UP), MBA (Heriot-Watt, UK), PhD (UP)

Tel: +27 12 420 4550

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Pyrometallurgy & Hydrometallurgy

 

Senior Lecturer

Dr Tulani Mukarati

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senior Lecturer

Dr Shatish Ramjee

Pr. Eng., PhD

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Lecturer

Mr Vinod Kurup

MTech (India)

Tel: +27 12 420 4549

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Physical Metallurgy

 

Lecturer

Mr Wynand (WP) Roux

MEng (UP)

Tel: +27 12 420 3192

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Minerals Processing

 
 

Support Staff

Technical Assistant

Mr Muhammed Salojee

E-mail: [email protected]

   

Control Instructor

Mr Dirk Odendaal

E-mail: [email protected]

   

Control Instructor

Mr Sibusiso Mahlelela

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Control Instructor

Mr Mfesane Tshazi

E-mail [email protected]

 
 

Administrator

Ms Gabi Ngema

 
 

Assistant Administrator

Mr Ofentse Matlhabe

 
 

Assistant Administrator

Ms Refilwe Mashele

Part-time Academic Staff

Professor

Prof Roelf (RJ) Mostert, PrEng, PhD (UP)

Tel: +27 12 420 3182

E-mail: [email protected]

Specialities: Materials and Structural Failure, Transformations

Professor

Prof Johan (JPR) de Villiers

MSc (UOFS), PhD (University of Illinois)

Tel: +27 12 420 2239

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Professor

Prof Roelf Sandenbergh

Specialities: Hydrometallurgy & corrosion

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Professor

Prof Kathy Sole

Hydrometallurgy

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Senior Lecturer

Dr Malika Khodja

Physical Metallurgy

Tel: 012 420 5010

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Honorary Academic Staff and Research Associates 

Hein Möller (PhD)

Senior Lecturer

Dr Hein Moller

   

Senior Lecturer

Dr Kofi Annan

 
 

Professor

Prof Chris Pistorius

Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

Posco Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Co-Director of Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research

E-mail: [email protected]

 
 
 
   
 
 

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