PhD Students
Bafana Gweba
Thesis title: Numerical modelling of wave-current interaction in the Agulhas current towards better sea-state information systems
Supervisors: Prof. Rouault (Nansen-Tutu, UCT), Dr Krug (CSIR) & Dr Penven (IRD, France)
Belinda Monyela
Thesis title: The role of ENSO on southern African rainfall
Supervisor/s: Prof. Rouault (Nansen-Tutu, UCT)
Candice Hall
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Caroline Sejeng
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Dedricks Morake
Thesis title: The intensification of mesoscale convective systems in the Mozambique Channel
Supervisor/s: Prof. Reason (UCT)
Ehlke De Jong
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Faith February
Thesis title: Influence of Environmental parameters on aerosol size distributions in False Bay, South Africa
Supervisors: Dr Altieri (UCT), Prof. Piazzola (Univ. of Toulon, France) & Prof. Alexander van Eijk (The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
Frieda Geldenhuys
Thesis title: Intriguing Phytoplankton Dynamics: Incorporating additional carbon and ultrastructure components into the Equivalent Algal Population (EAP) and Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) models
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Vichi (MaRe, UCT), Dr Bernard (CSIR) & Dr Lain
Giles Fearon
Thesis title: Predicting climate change impacts on phytoplankton blooms in the Benguela upwelling system using a coupled physical-biogeochemical model
Supervisors: A/Prof. Vichi (MaRe, UCT) & Dr Collins (SAEON)
Herman Luyt
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Isabelle Giddy
Thesis title: Submesoscale processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of Antarctica
Supervisors: Prof. Ansorge (UCT), Dr Swart (Univ. of Gothenburg) & Dr Nicolsen (CSIR)
Jeremy Krawitz
Title: Remote Sensing of Eutrophic Systems
Supervisor/s: Dr Matthews (CyanoLakes), Dr Bernard (CSIR) & Dr Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Jessica Burger
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Website: The Fawcett LAB
Johan Stander
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Kirsten Du Plessis
Thesis title: Upwelling along the Agulhas bank in relation to commercial fisheries data, modelled data, and hake stocks in the region of interest
Supervisors: A/Prof. Vichi (MaRe, UCT) & Robert Landman (I&J)
Kolisa Sinyanya
Thesis title: Microbe nutrient interactions and microbial community dynamics in the South Atlantic Indian Ocean
Supervisor: Dr. Fawcett (UCT)
Blog: https://womeninsciencehub.wordpress.com/
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Laique Djeutchouang
Thesis title: An Investigation of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Drivers of the Decadal Variability of the Seasonal Cycle of Air-Sea CO2 Fluxes in the Southern Ocean
Supervisors: A/Prof. Vichi (MaRe, UCT) ,Dr Pedro Monteiro(CSIR) & A/Prof. Francois Engelbrecht(CSIR, Wits Univ.)
Louw Uys
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Luca Stirnimann
Thesis title: Zooplankton and phytoplankton dynamics in the open Southern Ocean and surrounding the Subantarctic islands
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Supervisors: Dr Fawcett (UCT) & Dr Tommy Bornman (SAEON), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
Lynette Van Schalkwyk
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Marc deVos
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Mark Hague
Thesis title: Mechanisms controlling phytoplankton phenology in the Southern Ocean: A modeling approach focussing on the role of sea ice
Supervisors: A/Prof. Marcello Vichi (MaRe, UCT)
Mhlangabezi Mdutyana
Thesis title: A seasonal comparison of the kinetics and biogeochemical implications of nitrogen uptake and regeneration in the Southern Ocean
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT) & Dr Thomalla (CSIR)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Oliver Moses
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Supervisor/s: Prof. Reason(UCT)
Precious Mahlalela
Thesis title: Rainfall Variability and Change over the east coast of South Africa
Supervisors: Prof. Reason(UCT) & Dr Blamey (UCT)
Raquel Flynn
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Riesna Audh
Thesis title: Physical and biogeochemical processes in the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone: observations and modelling.
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Marcello Vichi (UCT), Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Robyn Granger
Thesis title: Ground-truthing organic and inorganic palaeoceanographic proxies in the Benguela Upwelling System in order to reconstruct oceanic changes throughout the last glacial-interglacial cycle.
Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT) & Dr. Susanne Fietz (Stellenbosch University)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Ruan Parrot
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Serge Tomety
Thesis title: Coastal climate change and variability in the Benguela Current System
Supervisor/s: Mathieu Rouault(Nansen-Tutu, UCT) & Serena Illig (IRD, France)
Sina Wallschuss
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Shantelle Smith
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Shaveenah Taukoor
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Tamaryn Morris
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Tanya Marshall
Thesis title: Investigating the Nitrogen Budget of the Subtropical South Atlantic Ocean
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Wade de Kock
Thesis title: An analysis of large summer rainfall events in the Western and Northern Cape
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason(UCT)