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Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions

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Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity Available:​​​
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Postdoctoral Fellowship

Department of Horticulture & Department of Mechanical  Engineering (collaborative)

Scope of Research: Digital Shadowing of Citrus Supply: Optimising Market Rentention and Access


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15  July 2024Dr Tarl Berry​
Postdoctoral Fellowship

Department of Industrial Engineering

Research Focus: Exploring Dual-Use Item Regulations and Innovating Compliance Strategies.


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31 May 2024
Dr Cornelia Malherbe  or 
Prof Corne Schutte 



Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Stellenbosch Business School

Research Focus: Entrepreneurship in the context of extreme poverty and conflict.


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30 May 2024
Ms Esmari Huysamen
Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Focus: Genetic characterization of an inherited neuromuscular diseases (NMD) cohort utilizing next generation sequencing  (NGS) data. 


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15 May 2024
Prof Franclo Henning
Postdoctoral  Fellowship

Department of Biochemistry 

Project Title: Synchronisation of weakly coupled biological oscillator


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15 May 2024
Prof Jacky Snoep
Postdoctoral  Fellowship

South African Grape and Wine Research Institute & Department of Chemical Engineering 

Scope of Research: the study will develop a CFD model simulating multi-phase fluid flow and oxygen transfer in a commercial-size wine tank. 


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10 May 2024Prof Wessel du Toit
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Centre for Multi-dimensional Visualisation (MuVISU)

Research Focus: Machine learning for compositional data.


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03 May 2024
Stephan van der Westhuizen
Postdoctoral Fellowships

National Research Foundation (NRF)

Funding Opportunities

NRF Free-standing Postdoctoral Fellowships:
  • Natural Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Technology
  • Social Science
  • Humannities 
NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships:
  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Engineering Computer Science 
  • Physics 
  • Astronomy
  • Mathematical Sciences 
  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Science
  • Ecology
  • Medical science 
  • Social Science 
NRF Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowship:
  • Management: Financial Management; Accounting, Auditing, Statistics, Actuarial Science
  • Biological Science: Biotechnology
  • Physical Science: Mathematical sciences, Physics, Geology, Computer Sciennce, Information Systems, Chemistry. 
  • Engineering: All fields including Agricultural Science, Transportation Studies, Tourism, Demography

02 May 2024
PostdocInfo@sun.ac.za
Postdoctoral Fellowship

Department of Exercise, Sport & Lifestyle Medicine.

Research Focus: Injury and illness Surveillance in Paralympic athletes and other adapted sports medicine research.


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30 April 2024
Prof Wayne Derman
Postdoctoral  Fellowship

​Faculty of AgriScience & Department of History

Research Focus: The cultivation of the Indigenous and underutilised Bambara groundnut in the Southern Africa- to understand how indigenous communities have interacted with, and managed, this important crop over time. 


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30 April 2024
Dr E Phiri
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

​Faculty of Theology

Scope of Research: The New Testament and ecology- exploring the theme from the viewpoint of ancient cosmology, with attention to both texts and contexts.


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30 April 2024
Prof. Jeremy Punt
Postdoctoral  Research Fellowship

Macroeconomics​

Department of Economics

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15 January 2024
 (or until the position is filled)

Prof Guangling Liu​
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
Eco-evolutionary modelling of biodiversity changes in open adaptive communities.​

Scope of Research: This project aims to use mathematical and statistical tools to monitor and predict the dynamics and patterns of community transitions when facing cross-scale stressors, such as habitat loss, biological invasions, and climate change. It brings together advanced mathematical models and statistical methods with real biodiversity data to create in-depth understanding of how ecological communities and interaction networks assemble and operate in changing environments. ​

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This call remains open until filled or 31/12/2028
​Ms JE Swart

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