SARAO Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024
Call opens on: 01 June 2023
Closing Date for Applicants: 31 August 2023
Download SARAO – HCD – Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024 – Application Guide (pdf)
Apply at: https://nrfconnect.nrf.ac.za
For more information contact:
Dr Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka
Email: mzamxaka@sarao.ac.za
Telephone: +27 11 268 3424
Contact Details of Potential Host Supervisors for Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2024
Contact Details of Potential Host Supervisors for Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2024
| No. | Your Full Name (Title, First Name and Surname) | Name of University (where postdoctoral fellow will be registered / employed) | Your Email Address | Your Area/s of Research Specialisation |
| 1 | Prof Mattia Vaccari | University of Cape Town | mattia.vaccari@uct.ac.za | Machine Learning Applications in Astronomy, Multi-Wavelength Galaxy/AGN Evolution, Multi-Wavelength Time-Domain Surveys |
| 2 | Dr Jacinta Delhaize | University of Cape Town | jacinta@ast.uct.ac.za | Galaxy evolution, extragalactic HI and radio continuum surveys, AGN, source finding |
| 3 | Dr Kshitij Thorat | University of Pretoria | kshitij.thorat@up.ac.za | Radio galaxies, Machine Learning applications to multiwavelength data |
| 4 | Dr Kenda Knowles | Rhodes University | k.knowles@ru.ac.za | Galaxy clusters, Magnetism, Radio galaxies |
| 5 | Dr Jack Radcliffe | University of Pretoria | jack.radcliffe@up.ac.za | Galaxy evolution, AGN feedback, VLBI surveys (science or technical), SKA |
| 6 | Prof Kavilan Moodley | UKZN | kavilan.moodley@gmail.com | Radio cosmology, 21cm intensity mapping, diffuse emission in galaxy clusters |
| 7 | Dr Lucia Marchetti | University of Cape Town | lucia.marchetti@uct.ac.za | Multiwavelenght Galaxy/AGN Formation and evolution, Strong gravitational lensing, Big Data visualisation techniques |
| 8 | Prof Lerothodi Leeuw | University of the Western Cape, Cape Town | Lerothodi@gmail.com, LLeeuw@uwc.ac.za | Galaxy Evolution. Epoch of Reionization, Astro-Particle Physics. Physics Communication and Education |
| 9 | Prof Tinus Stander | University of Pretoria | tinus.stander@up.ac.za | Microwave and mm-wave electronics, microelectronics and receivers |
| 10 | Prof. Yin-Zhe Ma | Stellenbosch University/UKZN | mayinzhe.pi@gmail.com, ma@ukzn.ac.za | 21-cm intensity mapping, radio galaxy survey, Epoch of Reionization, Radio search for dark matter |
| 11 | Dr Marcellin Atemkeng | Rhodes University | m.atemkeng@ru.ac.za | Radio interferometric techniques, Machine learning for radio astronomy, Big data and learning algorithms |
| 12 | Prof James Chibueze | North-West University/UNISA | james.chibueze@gmail.com | Exploring the 3D structure of the Milky Way using the MeerKAT Galactic Plane Legacy Survey |
| 13 | Prof Oleg Smirnov | Rhodes University | o.smirnov@ru.ac.za | Observational techniques, calibration and imaging algorithms, radio astronomy software |
| 14 | Dr Geoff Beck | University of the Witwatersrand | geoffrey.beck@wits.ac.za | Multi-frequency indirect dark matter searches |
| 15 | Prof Amanda Weltman | University of Cape Town | amanda.weltman@uct.ac.za | Fast Radio Bursts, Radio Cosmology, Dark Energy, fundamental physics |
| 16 | Dr Marisa Geyer | University of Cape Town | marisa.geyer@uct.ac.za | Pulsars, transients, fundamental physics, gravitational radiation |
| 17 | Prof. Matt Hilton | University of the Witwatersrand | matt.hilton@wits.ac.za | Galaxy clusters, diffuse radio emission in clusters, galaxy evolution (star formation and AGNs in/around cluster environments) |
| 18 | Prof. Mario Santos | University of the Western Cape | mgrsantos@uwc.ac.za | Cosmology with radio telescopes, 21cm intensity mapping with MeerKAT and the SKA. Reionization and the HERA telescope |
| 19 | Prof Roger Deane | University of the Witwatersrand | roger.deane@wits.ac.za | Strong lensing with MeerKAT(+); Galaxy Evolution with VLBI Surveys; binary SMBHs |
| 20 | A/Prof. Sarah Blyth | University of Cape Town | sarblyth@ast.uct.ac.za | HI and galaxy evolution in the LADUMA survey |
| 21 | Dr Alvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz | University of Cape Town | alvaro.delacruzdombriz@uct.ac.za | Large-scale structure, indirect dark matter detection, theoretical cosmology, black holes |
| 22 | Dr. Gianni Bernardi | Rhodes University | g.bernardi@ru.ac.za | 21cm cosmology, galaxy clusters, fast radio bursts, interferometric techniques (calibration and imaging). |
| 23 | Prof Matthys Botha | Stellenbosch University | mmbotha@sun.ac.za | Computational electromagnetics for radiation and scattering analysis |
Last Updated on June 5, 2023
