The top 20 postdoctoral fellows at SU's are awarded as best postdoctoral fellows annually on Postdoctoral Research Day. They each receive R 10 000 and a certificate of recognition for their outstanding research output as well as their contribution in academia through student training, presentations at conferences as well as other non-academic endeavors.
Initiated in 2017 by the Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies, Prof Eugene Cloete, and sponsored by the SU's Postdoctoral Society and the Division for Research Development, the Postdoctoral Research Day provides a platform for postdoctoral fellows to showcase their research activities.
Similar to every year postdoctoral society organized PDS Virtual Research SUmmit on postdoctoral research day and 20 postdocs were honored for their extra ordinary contribution for research and academics while working at Stellenbosch University.
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Postdoctoral fellow Host Department
Dr Betrand Ayuk Prof XG Mbhenyane Human Nutrition
Dr James Baxter--Gilbert Prof John Measey Botany and Zoology
Dr Rachelle Bester Prof HJ Maree Genetics
Dr Charl Deacon Prof Mike Samways Conservation Ecology and Entomology
Dr Maaike Eken Prof Wayne Derman Institute of Sports and Exercise Medicine
Dr Wynand Goosen Prof Michele Miller Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
Dr Tess Gridley Prof Conrad Matthee Botany and Zoology
D Dominique Leibbrandt Prof Quinette Louw Physiotherapy
Dr Tando Maduna Prof Ben Loos Physiological Sciences
Dr Marthie Momberg Prof Dion Forster Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology
Dr Andrew Ndiripo Prof Harald Pasch Chemistry and Polymer Science
Dr Henry Nkabyo Prof Klaus Koch/Dr Robert Luckay Chemistry
Dr Marietjie Pauw-Conradie Prof Stephanus Muller Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation
Dr Patricia Swart Prof Sian Hemmings Psychiatry
Dr Kim Trollope Prof Johann Görgens Process engineering
Dr Gustav van Niekerk Prof Anna-Mart Engelbrecht Physiological Sciences
Dr Julia van Schalkwyk Prof Michael Samways Conservation Ecology and Entomology
Dr Anton Du Preez van Staden Prof Carine Smith Physiological Sciences
Dr Rouxjeane Venter Prof Grant Theron Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics
Dr Andrew Watson Prof J Miller Earth Sciences
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The following postdoctoral fellows (in alphabetical order) were honored at the Research Day, 2019:
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Shameemah Abrahams (Biomedical Sciences)
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Hayley Clements (Centre for Complex Systems in Transition)
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Rosemary Cripwell (Microbiology)
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Anna Hartfort (Philosophy)
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Martin Heine (Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)
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Heidi Hirsch (Botany and Zoology)
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Marion Javal (Conservation Ecology)
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Tanya Kerr (Biology and Human Genetics)
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Lizabé Lambrechts (Africa Open Institute)
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Gina Leisching (Biomedical Science)
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Mohsen Mandegari (Process Engineering)
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Jan-Lukas Menzel (Earth Science)
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Corneile Minaar (Botany and Zoology)
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Charissa Naidoo (Biomedical Science)
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Mario Mairal Pisa (Botany and Zoology)
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Julia Riley (Botany and Zoology)
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Letitia Schoeman (Horticultural Sciences)
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Wendy Stone (SU Water Institute)
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Alemayehu Tsige (Horticultural Sciences)
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Caitlin Uren (Biomedical Sciences)