Phd Students 2018
Sarah Asdar
Thesis title:Climate change impact on ecosystems of Prince Edward Islands: role of oceanic mesoscale processes
Supervisor/s: A/Prof. Isabelle Ansorge (UCT), Dr. Pierrick Penven (IRD/LOPS) & Dr. Julie Deshayes CNRS/LOCEAN)
Emma Bone
Thesis title: A novel approach to fluorescence quantum yield determination in the Southern Ocean
Supervisors: A/Prof. Marcello Vichi (UCT), Dr. Stewart Bernard (CSIR) & Dr. Sandy Thomalla (CSIR)
Laura Braby
Thesis title: The evolution of meanders in the Agulhas Current
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Dr. Bjorn Backeberg (Coastal Systems Research Group, 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)
Fehmi Dilmahamod
Thesis title: Modeling the South Indian Ocean and the South-East Madagascar Phytoplankton bloom
Supervisors: Prof. Chris Reason (UCT), Dr. Juliet Hermes (South African Environmental Observation Network, Egagasini Node) & Dr. Pierrick Penven (Laboratoire des Physique des Oceans CNRS), IFREMER, IRD, UBO
Blog: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fehmi_Dilmahamod
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)
Marcel Du Plessis
Thesis title: Observing intra-seasonal variability of the Subantarctic mixed layer
Supervisors: A/Prof. Isabelle Ansorge (UCT) & Dr. Sebastiaan Swart (University of Gothenburg)
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: Study of Atmospheric Aerosols in a South African Coastal Region
Supervisors: Dr. Katye Altieri (UCT), Prof. Jacques Piazzola (University 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 (University of Gothenburg) & Dr. Sarah-Anne Nicolsen
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
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)
Rodrigue Imbol Koungue
Thesis title: Study of the South East Atlantic ocean with a focus on Benguela Nino and Nina
Supervisors: A/Prof. Mathieu Rouault (UCT), Dr. Serena Illig (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse France / ICEMASA, Dept. of Oceanography, UCT) & Dr. Julie Deshayes (CNRS-IRD-MNHN / ICEMASA, Dept. of Oceanography, 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: Mark Matthews (CyanoLakes), Stewart Bernard (CSIR) & 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)
Tanya Marshall
Thesis title: Investigating the Nitrogen Budget of the Subtropical South Atlantic Ocean
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT)
Website: The Fawcett LAB
Daneeja Mawren
Thesis title: Variability of the upper ocean processes and tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean
Supervisor: Prof. Chris Reason (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. Sandy Thomalla (CSIR)
Precious Mongwe
Thesis title: Sensitivity of the Seasonal air-sea CO2 Flux to Fine-scale Physical and Biogeochemical Dynamics in the Southern Ocean.
Supervisors: A/Prof. Marcello Vichi (UCT) & Dr. Pedro Monteiro (CSIR)
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: Change in the annual cycle over South Africa and ocean hotspots
Supervisor/s: Prof. Chris Reason(UCT) & Dr. Thando Ndarana (UP)
Bernardino Nhantumbo
Thesis title: Drivers and trends of sea level variability along the east and south coast of Southern Africa
Supervisors: Frank Shillington & Dr. Björn Backeberg (Nansen-Tutu Centre, Dept of Oceanography, UCT), Prof. Chris Reason (UCT) & Dr. Jan Even Nilsen (NERSC, Norway)
Arielle Nkwinkwa Njouodo
Thesis title: On the Role of the Agulhas Current on weather, climate and river of South Africa
Supervisors: A/Prof. Mathieu Rouault(Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine-Environmental Research, 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 (Univ. de Bretagne Occidentale, UBO, France), Dr. Claude Roy (IRD, France) & Dr. Gildas Cambon (IRD, France)
Juliano Dani Ramanantsoa
Thesis title: Coastal upwelling at the south of Madagascar
Supervisors: A/Prof. Mathieu Rouault(Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine-Environmental Research, UCT), Dr. Marjolaine Krug (CSIR / UCT), Dr. Pierrick Penven & Dr. Jonathan Gula (Uni. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, Brest, 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 in the Indian Subantarctic marine systems
Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Fawcett (UCT) & Prof. Rosemary Dorrington (Rhodes University)
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)
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)