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• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof E van Marle-Kӧster
• Position:Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Animal Science
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Animal breeding DNA technology Genomic data Genomic diversity Beef cattle Dairy cattle Animal welfare traits Livestock production Application of genomic information for genetic improvement of beef & dairy cattle Application of genomic technology in local livestock breeds New phenomes for genetic improvement of welfare traits in beef & dairy cattle

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof HL de Kock
• Position:Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Consumer and Food Sciences
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sensory science shelf life studies food neophobia whole grains meat processing Sensory Analysis Critical Control Points SACCP Alternative food neophobia scale https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095032932200101X Consumer sensory research in African countries Sensory Science and the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs

• Titles:Mr
• Names:Mr K Mahloromela
• Position:Lecturer
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Statistics
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Spatial Statistics Point pattern analysis Image Processing Applied Statistics

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof AA Yusuf
• Position:Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Zoology and Entomology
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Entomology Chemical ecology Edible insects Behavioural ecology Integrated Pest management Pollination ecology Social Insects Sustainability Analytical chemistry Evolution and social organisation Chemical ecology Biodiversity

• Titles:Dr
• Names:Dr HJ Fisher
• Position:Senior Lecturer
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Consumer and Food Sciences
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Food literacy Food sensory research Cultural food National food identity Gastro tourism Food culture Heritage food Food heritage Culinary identity Food tourism Hospitality management Culinary arts Food culture Food sensory research Indigenous edible plants

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof RJ Roberts
• Position:Associate Professor/Term Head (C1)
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Geology
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Igneous petrology bushveld complex mineralogy geochemistry Bushveld Complex Igneous Geochemistry

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof TPJ Krüger
• Position:Associate Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Physics
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Biophysics Spectroscopy Photosynthesis Quantum biology Single-molecule spectroscopy Ultrafast spectroscopy Organic solar cells Photosynthetic light-harvesting Laser pulse shaping Photon correlation spectroscopy Non-photochemical quenching Photoprotection Biosensing Light-harvesting complexes Photon correlation spectroscopy to probe quantum coherences in light-harvesting complexes Quantum Sensing Using Photon Antibunching Using neural networks to calculate linear optical spectra of light-harvesting complexes Resolving photoprotection mechanisms in photosynthesis Investigating light harvesting processes in natural and bio-inspired materials Ultrafast spectroscopy of organic solar cells Development of two-dimensional fluorescence lifetime correlation spectroscopy Investigating photoprotection of diatoms Comparing the properties of organic solar cells and light-harvesting complexes Single-particle tracking spectroscopy to explore single-protein dynamics in realistic environments Designing minimal photosynthetic light harvesting systems

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof MN Emmambux
• Position:Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Consumer and Food Sciences
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Food science Food and nutrition security food structure design Nutrient density of foods Energy density of Foods Low Glycaemic index foods Fat replacer Prebiotoc Biopackaging Plant food biopolymer science and technology of indegenous African crops Reducing Energy density of African Foods by lowering the glycaemic index and use of fat replacers Increasing nutrient density using various technologies and structure design of African foods Relationship between African foods and gut microbiota Developing novel food bio-packaging for food and non food use from waste Extraction, characterisation and application of novel food biopolymers byproducts and waste

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof L Milani
• Position:Associate Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Geology
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Economic Geology, Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits associated with mafic/ultramafic intrusions Petrogenesis of granitic rocks and their economic potential Large-scale AMCG complexes and associated sulphide mineralisation

• Titles:Prof
• Names:Prof Z Apostolides
• Position:Professor
• Faculty:Natural and Agricultural Sciences
• Department:Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
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computer assisted drug development (CADD) Natural products ethnopharmacology machine learning for drug development type 2 diabetes metabolomics enzyme assays cheminformatics bioinformatics artificial intelligence for drug development Test novel drugs for selective inhibiton of target enzymes, in computer models and in the laboratory Discovery of new drugs with higher efficacy and lower toxicity for type 2 diabetes with AI and ML Improving the yield and quality of black tea produced in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Kenya Develop new value added products from green and black tea