PhD Students
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 (MARIS, UCT) and Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Jessica Burger
Thesis title: A stable isotopic approach to investigating the sources and cycling of atmospheric nitrate in the remote atmosphere of the Southern Ocean
Supervisor/s: Dr Katye Altieri(UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Wayne De Jager
Thesis title: Detection and identification of mechanisms and trends of sea ice drift variability in the Southern Ocean.
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Marcello Vichi (MARIS, UCT)
Ehlke De Jong
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Supervisor/s: A/Prof Marcello Vichi (MARIS, UCT)
Wade De Kock
Thesis title: An analysis of large summer rainfall events in the Western and Northern Cape
Supervisors: Prof Chris Reason(UCT)
Marc De Vos
Thesis title: The Nearshore Dynamics around The Cape Peninsula: Towards Comprehensive Marine Meteorological Information Services
Supervisors: Dr Christo Rautenbach(South African Weather Service) and A/Prof Marcello Vichi (UCT)
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 Marcello Vichi (UCT) Dr Pedro Monteiro(CSIR) and A/Prof Francois Engelbrecht (Wits Univ.)
Kirsty 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 Marcello Vichi (UCT) and Robert Landman (I&J)
Faith February
Thesis title: Influence of Environmental parameters on aerosol size distributions in False Bay, South Africa
Supervisors: Dr Katye Altieri(UCT) Prof Piazzola(Univ. of Toulon, France) Prof Alexander van Eijk(The Netherlands)
Website: The Altieri LAB
Raquel Flynn
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Supervisor/s: Dr Sarah Fawcett(UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Isabelle Giddy
Thesis title: Submesoscale processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of Antarctica
Supervisors: Prof Isabelle Ansorge (UCT) Dr Sebastiaan Swart (Univ. of Gothenburg) and Dr Nicolsen (CSIR)
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) and Dr Susanne Fietz (Stellenbosch University)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Bafana Gweba
Thesis title: Numerical modelling of wave-current interaction in the Agulhas current towards better sea-state information systems
Supervisors: Prof Mathieu Rouault (NTC, UCT), Dr Marjolaine Krug (CSIR) & Dr Pierick Penven (IRD, France)
Candice Hall
Thesis title: A novel technical approach to addressing wave power and energy flux variability over the last three decades.
Supervisor/s: Prof Isabelle Ansorge(UCT) Dr Robert Jensen(Chicago) & Dr David Wang(USA)
Herman Luyt
Thesis title: Assimilating regionally tailored satellite SSTs in an assimilative model of the Agulhas and Benguela Currents
Supervisor/s: Dr François Counillon, Dr Santha Akella, Dr Björn Backeberg(NERSC, Norway Dr Jennifer Veitch(SAEON), Prof Mathieu Rouault(UCT)
Precious Mahlalela
Thesis title: Rainfall Variability and Change over the east coast of South Africa
Supervisors: Prof Chris Reason and Dr Ross Blamey (UCT)
Tanya Marshall
Thesis title: Investigating the Nitrogen Budget of the Subtropical South Atlantic Ocean
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
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) and Dr Sandy Thomalla (CSIR)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Belinda Monyela
Thesis title: The role of ENSO on southern African rainfall
Supervisor/s: Prof Mathieu Rouault (Nansen-Tutu Centre, UCT)
Dedricks Morake
Thesis title: The intensification of mesoscale convective systems in the Mozambique Channel
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason (UCT)
Frieda Geldenhys Morrison
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 Marcello Vichi(UCT) Dr Stewart Bernard (CSIR) Dr Lisl Lain(UCT)
Oliver Moses
Thesis title: Climate variability and change in the Okavango River Basin
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason and Dr Ross Blamey(UCT)
Ayanda Mpalweni
Thesis title: Seasonal features of Antarctic sea ice and relationships with humpback whales and other marine mammals distribution
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Marcello Vichi(UCT)
Lerato Mpheshea
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Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT)
Ntanganedzeni Ramugondo
Thesis title: A synoptic climatology of extremely wet and dry seasons over South Africa's summer rainfall region
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT) and Dr Mark Tadross(CSAG, UCT)
Mishka Rawatlal
Thesis title: The chemical characterisation of aerosol organic nitrogen in the remote marine atmosphere
Supervisor/s: Dr Katye Altieri(UCT)
Website: The Altieri LAB
Jonathan Rogerson
Thesis title: Investigation of mechanisms leading to seasonal hypoxia in the Southern Benguela
Upwelling system
Supervisor/s: Dr Sarah Fawcett(UCT) & Dr Jennifer Veitch(SAEON)
Caroline Sejeng
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Supervisor/s: Prof Isabella Ansorge(UCT)
Kolisa Sinyanya
Thesis title: Microbe nutrient interactions and microbial community dynamics in the South Atlantic Indian Ocean
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Shantelle Smith
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Supervisor/s:
Mthetho Sovara
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Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT)
Luca Stirnimann
Thesis title: Zooplankton and phytoplankton dynamics in the open Southern Ocean and surrounding the Subantarctic islands
Supervisors: Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT) and Dr Tommy Bornman (SAEON)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Shaveenah Taukoor
Thesis title: Upwelling along the inshore edge of the Agulhas current: A modelling approach
Supervisor/s: Prof Isabelle Ansorge(UCT) Dr Pierrick Penven(IRD, France) Dr Thulwaneng Mashifane(UCT) Dr Tarron Lamont(DEA)
Wanjiru Thoithi
Thesis title: Regression analysis of the influence of topography on rainfall variability in the Limpopo River Basin
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT)
Serge Tomety
Thesis title: Coastal climate change and variability in the Benguela Current System
Supervisor/s: Prof Mathieu Rouault(Nansen-Tutu Centre, UCT) and Serena Illig (IRD, France)
Louw Uys
Thesis title: Wave field modification due to wave-current interaction in the northern Agulhas Current and potential impacts on ship safety.
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT)
Lynette van Schalkwyk
Thesis title: Drylines in southern Africa
Supervisor/s: Prof Chris Reason(UCT) and Dr Ross Blamey(UCT)
Sina Wallschuss
Thesis title: Oceanic N2O “hotspots”: an investigation of the sources, sinks and driving mechanisms of N2O in the Benguela upwelling system and Atlantic Southern Ocean.
Supervisor/s: Dr Sarah Fawcett(UCT) Anja Van der Plas(Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia) A/Prof Annie Bourbonnais(Univ South Carolina, USA)
Christo Whittle
Thesis title: Development of Benguela optimized MODIS earth observation algorithms to characterize the spatial and temporal variability of harmful algal bloom occurrence in the southern Benguela from 2001 to 2020
Supervisor/s: Prof Mathieu Rouault (Nansen-Tutu Centre, UCT)
Ashleigh Womack
Thesis title: Atmospheric drivers of sea-ice drift in the Antarctic marginal ice zone” for now.
Supervisor/s: A/Prof Marcello Vichi (MARIS, UCT)