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Brian Herbert Harvey
My interests are in behavioural neuroscience and neuro- and psychopharmacology, with a special interest in anxiety and stress related disorders, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia. My research focuses on mechanisms of synaptic and cellular signalling, and especially…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/lissinda-du-plessis
Lissinda du Plessis
I study the relationships between physiochemical properties of drugs, their formulations and the effects on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. I work interdisciplinary and integrate chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and molecular toxicology in my research. I am actively engaged in various areas of pharmaceutics including biochemical,…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/andrew-manson
Andrew Manson
I am a Research Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, North-West University, Mahikeng Campus. I was a former professor of History and Dean in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Mahikeng Campus.http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/lesetja-jan-legoabe
Lesetja Jan Legoabe
Lesetja Legoabe, BPharm, MSc, PhD (NWU) is full professor and a director at the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacen). His research interest is the design, synthesis, and development of small molecules with potential therapeutic values. Over the years he trained PhD and MSc students in pharmaceutical chemistry and…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/p-ndlela
P Ndlela
Dr Ndlela's field of expertise is South African and African-American Literature. He is currently working with Professor I.S. Mekoa: (Research Professor in the School of Research and Postgraduate Studies) in a Research Project titled: “Culture, Identity & Nation-Building in South Africa”.http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/marie-preston
Marie Preston
Research in the field of Teaching and Learning: My research career started in 2012 when I conducted research in collaboration with Mrs Veruschka Perlser-Carstens and Mr Andre Swart (both from the School of Accounting Sciences), on student performance in subjects such as Commercial Law, Auditing and Taxation. We presented a research paper at the…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/sanne-ter-horst
Sanne ter Horst
Prof. Sanne ter Horst is a professor in Mathematics who works on metric constrained interpolation and extrapolation problems. These kinds of problems originate in complex analysis, where they have been studied since the early 20th century, but are currently viewed more as part of functional analysis and operator theory. To handle such problems…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/ch%25C3%25A9-weldon
Ché Weldon
Amphibian conservation has received increasing attention following the 2005 global declaration of the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP), with placed a high premium on amongst other increasing the capacity of conservation research required to combat this global crisis. It is within this research field of amphibian conservation that I have…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/werner-nell
Werner Nell
Werner started his academic career as a student assistant in the Sociology department in 1996, and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the North-West University. Werner obtained his PhD in Sociology in 2005 at the NWU, and completed a Master’s degree in Positive Psychology at the same institution in 2014. His…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/sebastiaan-rothmann
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Prof. Ian Rothmann’s research interest is the assessment and development of human potential and flourishing in institutions within multicultural contexts. After completing his PhD, he focused on burnout, stress, coping and suicide within multicultural organisational contexts. With the changing intellectual climate in Psychology after 2000 (towards…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/caroline-piotrowska
Caroline Piotrowska
I am a lecturer and researcher working in the field of linguistics, and a member of the UPSET research focus area, at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University. I started my academic career by completing my BA in Humanities at North-West University in 2011, and received an award as the best performer in the final year for Bachelor…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/johanita-kirsten
Johanita Kirsten
Johanita Kirsten, senior lecturer in Afrikaans Linguistics at the Vanderbijlpark Campus of the North-West University, is interested in recent and ongoing changes in Afrikaans language use. She completed her MA and PhD in Afrikaans and Dutch (Historical Linguistics) at the NWU under supervision of prof. Bertus van Rooy, and received the ABSA Bronze…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/maristi-partridge
Maristi Partridge
After completing a degree in Language Practice I worked as a classroom interpreter and freelance language practitioner. I started work at the NWU in 2007 as junior lecturer where I presented modules in Academic Literacy, Language Practice and English Linguistics. The modules that focussed on the influence of various linguistic theories on…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/mari-leigh-pienaar
Mari-Leigh Pienaar
After completing my BA degree, I enrolled for a BA Honours degree in Language Practice at the NWU’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, which I obtained with distinction. I then enrolled for my masters degree at the same institution, under the supervision of Dr Ia Esterhuizen and Prof. Haidee Kruger. The dissertation sprouted from two subjects that I completed…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/natasha-ravyse
Natasha Ravyse
Natasha Ravyse is a Senior Lecturer at the North-West University’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, at the Faculty of Law, with a background including a B.ed (Senior Phase and FET); an Honours in Literature; and an MA in English (receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Award in 2014 for the best MA dissertation). She completed her PhD in Linguistics and Literary…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/ronel-wasserman
Ronel Wasserman
My research career started in 2009 when I began compiling the Historical Corpus of South African English, consisting of personal and business letters, news reportage, fiction and non-fiction from all over the country, and spanning from the 1820s to the present. I became more and more interested in the grammatical and semantic changes that occurred…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/carina-mels
Carina Mels
Carina Mels is full-time Research Professor and Director of the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) at the North-West University (NWU), South Africa. Carina has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and acted as post-graduate study supervisor to more than 20 Masters and Ph.D students. On two occasions her students received the Vice-…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/leon%25C3%25A9-malan
Leoné Malan
Leoné Malan, registered teacher and nurse, commenced with research in 2007 and holds the position of full professor at the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus. Her passion for Neurophysiology teaching ensured a teaching excellence award in 2008. Rated as an established researcher (National Research Foundation), she aims to underpin a…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/petrus-van-der-merwe
Petrus van der Merwe
Peet van der Merwe was born in Kuruman, South Africa in 1973 and is currently living in Potchefstroom South Africa. He is a senior lecturer and researcher in tourism management at North-West University: Potchefstroom Campus, School for Business Management. As researcher he also forms part of the NRF research unit TREES (Tourism Research in…http://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/sanet-janse-van-vuuren