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Klaus Kellner
Prof Klaus Kellner was born on 27 April 1957 in Okahandja, Namibia. He is a re-elected C2 NRF rated scientists till 2016. His expertises lie in vegetation dynamics with the emphasis on SLM technologies, impacts on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) and the restoration of degraded rangelands, mostly in arid- and semi-arid systems…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/riaan-rossouw
Riaan Rossouw
Riaan is a micro-economist with more than ten years consulting, research and teaching experience. He is currently associate professor in the School of Economics at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus. He has wide-ranging knowledge in most economic sectors as well as economic development as a whole. His research interests include…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/pieter-van-der-zwan
Pieter van der Zwan
Pieter is an associate professor in the Taxation programme at the NWU. He is responsible for the Mcom Taxation degree.http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/elsa-mentz
Elsa Mentz
I started my professional career as high school Mathematics teacher and have been involved with teacher training for the past 25 years. For the past 16 years I have been actively involved with the training of Information Technology teachers and have already published two books and several research outputs in this field. I am the Director of the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/daleen-van-der-merwe
Daleen van der Merwe
Prof Daleen van der Merwe completed both a master’s and a PhD in Food Science from the University of the Free State while working as a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council – Grain Crops Institute. She has been the programme leader of the master’s and PhD in Consumer Sciences since 2008. Her research focuses on consumer information…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/mark-maboeta
Mark Maboeta
Mark is a professor in Zoology at the NWU and studied at Stellenbosch University (1992–2000) completing his PhD degree in 2000. His research focus is earthworm ecotoxicology (organismal and cellular effects) and the broader field of soil ecotoxicology (agricultural and mining areas). This research is done in order to determine soil pollution with…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/lanth%25C3%25A9-im-kruger
Lanthé (IM) Kruger
Lanthé Kruger obtained her B.Sc. degree in September 2003 at the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE), where after she started with her post-graduate studies with special focus on cardiovascular physiology. During this time, Lanthé was also appointed as a temporary lecturer (2006-2008) as well as research…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/douglas-oliver
Douglas Oliver
Douglas William Oliver, (South African citizen) was born on 29th March 1954 (one of an identical twin) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He enrolled as a pharmacy student at the North-West University (former Potchefstroom University for CHE) in 1973 after his matric (Randburgse Hoërskool, 1971) and military training in Oudsthoorn (1972). He is…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jeanetta-du-plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis
Jeanetta du Plessis, BPharm, MSc (Pharmaceutics), PhD, DTO (PU for CHE) is the director of the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences and professor of Pharmaceutics at the NWU. She is a pharmacist who is specialising in drug delivery, whilst her research focuses on topical and transdermal drug delivery. She has supervised…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/awie-kotz%25C3%25A9
Awie Kotzé
Awie F Kotzé, BPharm, MSc, PhD (NWU) is the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and a professor of Pharmaceutics at the NWU. His research focuses on the optimisation of drug delivery, especially of protein and peptide drugs of antimalarial compounds with quaternised, chitosan polymers, and with the patented PheroidTM drug…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/richard-haynes
Richard Haynes
Richard K. Haynes B.Sc. Hons (1st Class); PhD (organic chemistry) received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Western Australia, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and then at Imperial College, London. After academic appointments in the Chemistry Department at Monash University, Melbourne, and in the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/werner-heinrich-kaiser
Werner Heinrich Kaiser
Werner Kaiser is currently a full-time senior lecturer at the School of Mechanical engineering at the North-West University. He has been invlolved in Engineering educatgion since 1998 and has lectured various courses in thermal fluid science, Mechanics of machines, Computer aided drawing at the North-West Unviersity and the Tshwane University of…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/martin-van-eldik
Martin van Eldik
Prof Martin van Eldik obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the North-West University in Potchefstroom. He is an associate professor in the School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering where his research group focus on research relevant to the thermal-fluid industry with the emphasis on energy systems. The field of application is mainly…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/liezl-van-dyk
Liezl van Dyk
Prof Van Dyk's research is focused on Technology-enabled Optimization of Service Systems, specifically within the context of Health Systems Engineering. Early research outputs (2001 - 2008) relates on the Technology-enabled Optimization of Learning Management Systems. Research outputs related to this theme include 5 peer reviewed journal…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/mphegolle-ephraim-moshidi
Mphegolle Ephraim Moshidi
Teaches Supply Chain Management for Industrial Engineering students.http://news.nwu.ac.za/prestigious-royal-society-inducts-nwu-professor
Prestigious Royal Society inducts NWU professor
Prof Chaundry M Khalique, from the International Institute for Symmetry Analysis and Mathematical Modelling on the Mahikeng Campus of the North-West University (NWU), has recently been inducted as one of three 2016 fellows of the prestigious Royal Society of South Africa. The Royal Society of South Africa, founded in 1908, is an independent,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/af/oorbrug-die-wiskundegaping-%25E2%2580%2593-%25E2%2580%2599n-tweede-kans-op-sukses-vir-matrikulante
Oorbrug die Wiskundegaping – ’n tweede kans op sukses vir matrikulante
Vier jaar sedert die bekendstelling van die Oorbrug die Wiskundegaping- (BTMG-) leerprogram aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se Vanderbijlparkkampus het talle leerders nie net hulle vrees vir wiskunde verloor nie, maar is ook florerende studente wat hulle universiteitstudies in die veld van BCom en BSc volg. Talle van hierdie leerders het van…http://news.nwu.ac.za/bridging-mathematical-gap-%25E2%2580%2593-offering-matriculants-second-chance-success
Bridging the Mathematical Gap – offering matriculants a second chance at success
Four years since the inception of the Bridging The Mathematical Gap (BTMG) learning programme at the North-West University’s (NWU's) Vanderbijlpark Campus, many learners have not only overcome towards anxiety for mathematics, but are also flourishing as students pursuing their university studies within the BCom and BSc fields. Many of these…http://news.nwu.ac.za/research-commons-spaces-contribute-graduate-and-research-output-nwu
Research commons spaces contribute to graduate and research output at NWU
To keep abreast of the trends of the twenty-first-century, the North-West University’s (NWU’s) academic libraries has embarked on major space renovations since 2014. One such renovation includes the establishment of research commons spaces at each of the three campus libraries. The research wing for master’s and doctoral students at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/combatting-corruption-are-lifestyle-audits-part-answer