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)

 

 

 

 

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