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2019 SU Research Excellence Awards
Author: Afdeling Navorsingsontwikkeling, Division for Research Development
Published: 12/12/2019

​The annual Research Excellence Award ceremony was held at STIAS on 5 December 2019. The awards were presented to SU researchers who made the biggest contribution to accredited publications (based on audited publication statistics of the 2017-output year) and doctoral graduates (December 2018/March 2019 graduations).

For the purpose of the recognition with regards to accredited publications, two categories were taken into account, namely (i) SU researchers making the biggest contributions in terms of the publication subsidy units (PUs) of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) (cut-off this year was 4.15) and (ii) SU researchers who produced the highest number of accredited research publications in collaboration with their national and international research partners and students (cut-off this year was 14). In this round, researchers who delivered 3 or more doctorates for the period mentioned were also acknowledged.

The awards were presented by prof Eugene Cloete, Vice-Rector (Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies). According to prof Cloete, research publications and doctoral graduates are among the most important products that are delivered by SU researchers. These activities make a critical contribution to expanding SU's international reputation as an excellent research university and make a significant contribution to SU's annual income. More importantly is the fact that new knowledge generated at SU in this manner is transferred to a global audience, thus enhancing the application of research results and the establishment of high level human capacity. “Researchers delivering these types of outputs of high quality are regarded as some of the most important assets at any university. I consider it a privilege to be able to give recognition to the outstanding performance of this group of researchers".

The following researchers received awards:

RESEARCH AWARDS  CATEGORY:
Prof Pia AddisonConservation Ecology and EntomologyNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Charles AdjasiUSBNumber of doctorates delivered
Dr Alexander AndrasonAncient StudiesNumber of research output units
Prof Zsa-Zsa BoggenpoelPublic LawNumber of research output units
Prof Juliana ClaassensOld and New TestamentNumber of research output units
Prof Mark CottonPaediatrics and Child HealthNumber of research outputs
Prof Nuraan DavidsEducation Policy StudiesNumber of research output units
Imke de KockIndustrial EngineeringNumber of research outputs
Prof Ronnie DonaldsonGeography and Environmental StudiesNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Karen EslerConservation Ecology and EntomologyNumber of research outputs and number of doctorates delivered
Prof Magda Fourie-MalherbeCurriculum StudiesNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Dennis FrancisSociology and Social AnthropologyNumber of research output units
Prof Johann GörgensIndustrial EngineeringNumber of research outputs, Number of research output units and number of doctorates delivered
Prof Sara GrobbelaarIndustrial EngineeringNumber of research outputs
Prof Lindy HeineckenSociology and Social AnthropologyNumber of research output units
Prof Cang HuiMathematicsNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Ashraf KageePsychologyNumber of research outputs
Prof Bert KlumpermanChemistry and Polymer ScienceNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Leslie le GrangeCurriculum StudiesNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Antoinette MalanConservation Ecology and EntomologyNumber of research output units
Prof John MeaseyC I BNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Johann MoutonCRESTNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Josephine MusangoSchool of Public LeadershipNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Tony NaidooPsychologyNumber of research output units
Prof Thomas NieslerElectrical and Electronic EngineeringNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Linus OparaHorticultural ScienceNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Solosh PillaySchool for Public LeadershipNumber of research output units
Prof Helmut ProdingerMathematicsNumber of research output units
Prof Jeremy PuntOld and New TestamentNumber of research output units and number of doctorates delivered
Prof Dave RichardsonC I BNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Soraya SeedatPsychiatryNumber of research outputs
Prof Mark TomlinsonInstitute for Life Course Health ResearchNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Christo van der MerweAncient StudiesNumber of research output units
Prof Paul van HeldenMolecular Biology and Human GeneticsNumber of research outputs
Prof Anton van Niekerk PhilosophyNumber of research output units
Prof Jan van VuurenIndustrial EngineeringNumber of research outputs
Prof Gideon van ZijlCivil EngineeringNumber of research outputs and number of research output units
Prof Emile van ZylMicrobiologyNumber of research outputs
Prof Marianna VisserAfrican LanguagesNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Robert VoslooSystematic Theology and EcclesiologyNumber of doctorates delivered
Prof Yusef WaghidEducation Policy StudiesNumber of research output units
Prof Rob WarrenMolecular Biology and Human GeneticsNumber of research outputs
Prof Sope Williams-ElegbeMerchantile LawNumber of research output units

 

For more information, please contact Dalene Pieterse (mver@sun.ac.za) or Maryke Hunter-Hüsselmann (mh3@sun.ac.za).

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