Zenda Woodman & Shaheen Mowla
Dr Zenda Woodman of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at UCT is investigating the role of the envelope (surface) protein of HIV-1 in determining the “fitness” of […]
Darren Martin
Dr Darren Martin has been selected as the first Sydney Brenner Fellow. He is 36 years old, with academic qualifications obtained in genetics at the University of Natal, and virology […]
Keren Middelkoop & De Wet Swanepoel
Dr Keren Middelkoop completed her medical training at the University of Cape Town in 1999 and after a brief career in clinical medicine joined the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre. Here […]
Landon Myer & Cornie Scheffer
In 2013, the prize in the category Life and Earth Sciences was awarded to Prof Landon Myer from the University of Cape Town. Prof Cornie Scheffer from Stellenbosch University received the prize in the category […]
Alta Schutte & Thokozani Majozi
In 2012, the prize in Life and Earth Sciences was awarded to Professor Alta Schutte from the North-West University, and Professor Thokozani Majozi from the University of Pretoria received the […]
Bernard Slippers
Bernard Slippers is an Associate Professor in Genetics at the University of Pretoria (UP). He is a research leader of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme and Centre of Excellence in […]
Esta van Heerden
In 2009, the award went to Dr Esta van Heerden, a biochemistry researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology at the University of the Free State.
Albert Modi
Prof Albert Modi has been the Dean and Head of the School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences since November 2011. He was employed by the then University of Natal […]
Jens Gutzmer
Prof Jens Gutzmer is the founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. He is professor and head of the research group in economic geology and petrology at […]
Olive Shisana
Olive Shisana is Chief Executive Officer of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town and immediate past-President of the International Social Science Council. […]