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Academic Staff

Prof. Makaiko Chithambo (HoD)

Professor
BSc(Malawi), MPhil (Sussex), PhD(Edinburgh)


Contact Details:

Email: m.chithambo@ru.ac.za

Phone: +27 (46) 603 8450

Fax: +27 (46) 603 8757

Location: Physics Building, Room 34

 

Research interests:

  • Prof Makaiko Chithambo is Professor of Physics and Head of the Physics Department.
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Prof. Justin Jonas

Director
Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies

 

Contact Details:

Email: j.jonas@ru.ac.za

Phone: +27 (46) 603 7487

Location: Physics Building, Room 45 

Prof. Oleg Smirnov

SKA Research Chair
Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies

 

Contact Details:

Email: o.smirnov@ru.ac.za

Phone: +27 (46) 603 7487

Location: Physics Building, Room 42(1)

Dr. David Roux

Senior Lecturer
MSc(Rhodes), PhD(UCT)

 

Contact Details:

Email: d.roux@ru.ac.za

Phone:+27 (46) 603 8548

Fax: +27 (46) 603 8757

Location: Physics Building, Room 40

Research interests:

  • Study of nuclei at extremes of angular momentum using large multi-detector gamma-ray spectrometer array.

Prof. AJM Medved

Associate Professor
BSc, MSc, PhD (Manitoba)

 

Contact Details:

Email: j.medved@ru.ac.za

Phone:+27 (46) 603 7376

Location: Physics Building, Room 41

  • Research Interests: Prof. Medved is a theoretical physicist working in the areas of gravitation and quantum field theory. Linked research.
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Dr. Shadrack Nsengiyumva

Lecturer
BSc(Rwanda), MSc(Stellenbosch), PhD(UCT)

 

Contact Details:

Email: s.nsengiyumva@ru.ac.za

Phone:+27 (46) 603 8452

Location: Physics Building, Room 38

  • Research Interests: Ion beam implantation and ion beam analysis. Study of defects and nanoscale structures.
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Dr. Jennifer Williams

Lecturer
BSc(Hons)(Rhodes), HDE(Rhodes), PhD(Cambridge)

 

Contact Details:

Email: jennifer.williams@ru.ac.za

Phone:+27 (46) 603 8454

Location: Physics Building, Room 37

  • Research Interests: Dr. Williams is interested in the pedagogy of physics with current projects concerned with ways of improving learning among first year physics students.
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Mr. Anthony Sullivan

Lecturer
MSc(Rhodes)

 

Contact Details:

Email: a.sullivan@ru.ac.za

Phone:+27 (46) 603 8455

Location: Physics Building, Room 39

  • Research Interests: Embedded control, Low cost MCU development systems and FOSS alternatives in academia.
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Dr. Stanley Kuja

Lecturer
MSc(Eldoret), MEng(Stellenbosch), PhD(Stellenbosch)

 

Contact Details:

Email: s.kuja@ru.ac.za

Phone: +27 (46) 603 8970

Fax: +27 (46) 603 8757

Location: Physics Building, Room 33A

  • Research interests: Dr Kuja’s research focuses on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) metrology, computational electromagnetic (CEM) modelling techniques, and laser/ fibre optics.