Phd Students 2019
Emma Bone
Thesis title: A novel approach to investigating chlorophyll-a fluorescence quantum yield in the Southern Ocean
Supervisors: A/ Prof. Marcello Vichi (UCT), Dr. Sandy Thomalla (CSIR), Dr. Stewart Bernard (CSIR), Dr. Marié Smith (CSIR) & Dr. Thomas Ryan-Keogh (CSIR)
Laura Braby
Thesis title: The evolution of meanders in the Agulhas Current
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Dr. Bjorn Backeberg (CSIR / Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research, UCT), Dr. Marjolaine Krug (Earth Observation Research Group, CSIR / Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research, UCT)
Wade de Kock
Thesis title: An analysis of large summer rainfall events in the Western and Northern Cape
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason(UCT)
Liaque 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 (MaRe, UCT) ,Dr Pedro Monteiro(CSIR) & A/Prof. Francois Engelbrecht(CSIR, Wits Univ.)
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. Marcello Vichi (UCT) & Robert Landman (I&J)
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. Marcello Vichi (UCT) & Dr Charine Collins (SAEON)
Faith February
Thesis title: Influence of Environmental parameters on aerosol size distributions in False Bay, South Africa
Supervisors: Dr. Katye Altieri (UCT), Prof. Jacques 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 Marcello Vichi (UCT), Dr Stewart Bernard (CSIR) & Dr Elisabeth Lain
Isabelle Giddy
Thesis title: Submesoscale processes in the Marginal Ice Zone of Antarctica
Supervisors: A/Prof Isabelle Ansorge (UCT), Dr Sebastiaan Swart (Univ. of Gothenburg) & Dr Sarah-Anne 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) & 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 (UCT), Dr Marjolaine Krug (CSIR) & Dr Pierrick Penven (IRD, France)
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 (UCT)
Nomkwezane Kobo
Thesis title: Antarctic sea-ice variability and feedbacks to the mid-latitude atmosphere
Supervsiors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT) , Prof. Francois Engelbrecht (CSIR) & Dr. Thando Ndarana (Univ. Pretoria)
Jeremy Krawitz
Title: Remote Sensing of Eutrophic Systems
Supervisor/s: Dr Mark Matthews (CyanoLakes), Dr Stewart Bernard (CSIR) & Dr Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Renae Logston
Thesis title: Environmental effects on marine trophic levels in False Bay, South Africa
Supervisors: A/Prof. Isabelle Ansorge (UCT)
Precious Mahlalela
Thesis title: Rainfall Variability and Change over the east coast of South Africa
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason(UCT) & 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) & Dr. Sandy Thomalla (CSIR)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Belinda Monyela
Thesis title: The role of ENSO on southern African rainfall
Supervisors: A/Prof. Mathieu Rouault (Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine-Environmental Research, UCT)
Dedricks Morake
Thesis title: The intensification of mesoscale convective systems in the Mozambique Channel
Supervisor/s: Prof. Chris Reason(UCT)
Moagabo Natalie Ragoasha
Thesis title: The circulation of the inner shelf region of the Benguela Upwelling System
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Dr. Steven Herbette (UBO, France), Dr. Claude Roy (IRD, France) & Dr. Gildas Cambon (IRD, France)
Ramontsheng Rapolaki
Thesis title: A Lagrangian analysis of atmospheric moisture transport leading to extreme precipitation events of over south-eastern Africa
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Dr. Ross Blamey (UCT) & Dr. Juliet Hermes (SAEON Egagasini Node)
Kolisa Sinyanya
Thesis title: Microbe nutrient interactions and microbial community dynamics in the South Atlantic Indian Ocean
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Blog: https://womeninsciencehub.wordpress.com/
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Mthetho Sovara
Thesis title: Simulations of low-frequency variability in the Indian Ocean using the Parallel Cubic Ocean Model
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Prof. Francois Engelbrecht (CSIR), Dr. Juliet Hermes (SAEON) & Dr. Julie Deshayes (LOCEAN/IPSL, France)
Luca Stirnimann
Thesis title: Zooplankton and phytoplankton dynamics in the open Southern Ocean and surrounding the Subantarctic islands
Supervisors: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT) & Dr. Tommy G. Bornman (South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Serge Tomety
Thesis title: Coastal climate change and variability in the Benguela Current System
Supervisor/s: Mathieu Rouault(Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine-Environmental Research, UCT) & Serena Illig (IRD/UCT)