Inaugural Lectures

Troubling Violence: A Praxis for Transformative Learning

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Professor Vaughn Mitchell John

BA, BA (Hons), MA (Cum Laude), PhD (UKZN)

Integrated Innovative Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Losses of Horticultural Crops

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Professor Tilahun Seyoum Workneh

BSC (Agricultural Engineering), MEngSc (Agricultural and Food Engineering), PhD (Food Science)

On Some Geometric Structures in Smooth Manifolds

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Professor Fortuné Massamba

Bsc, Msc, Ad.PGDG (UCAD), Ad.PGDM (IMSP), PhD (ICTP/IMSP)

Microbial Factories and Artificial Intelligence – Fixing Global Bugs with Tiny Bugs

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Professor Evariste Bosco Gueguim Kana

BSc (Pure and Applied Biology); MSc (Biotechnology); PhD (Microbiology)

Running rings around oxygen and nitrogen to discover lead molecules for pharmaceuticals

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Professor Neil Koorbanally

BSc, BSc(HONS), MSc (cum laude), PhD (Natal)

Monitoring the Atmosphere from Space and Ground Based Remote Sensing

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Professor Sivakumar Venkataraman

B.Sc (Physics), M.Sc (Physics), B.Ed (Physical Science and English), P.G.D.C.A (Post-Graduate diploma in Computer Applications), Ph.D (Specialized in Atmospheric Physics, though ISRO – India Space Research Organization)

Low achievement outcomes in mathematics: Issues of learning, teaching and Common Sense

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Professor Sarah Bansilal

B.Paed (UDW), Bsc (Hons)- Distinction (UNISA), MSc Mathematics (UNISA), D.Maths Ed (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)

Finding Poetry in Professional Learning: A Polyvocal Bricolage

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Professor Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan

BA (UNP), HDE (UND), BEd Honours, MEd, PhD (UKZN)