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dr mArGAret ArChibAld
Lecturer; analysis of algorithms and combinatorics.
dr mArK bermAn
Lecturer; group theory; universal algebra; set theory and
model theory.
dr tirivAnhu ChinyoKA
Lecturer; computational fluid dynamics.
dr ebrAhim frederiCKs
Lecturer; lie symmetries analysis of stochastic differential
equations; lie symmetries analysis of partial differential
equations; lie symmetries analysis of ordinary differential
equations; applying lie symmetries to fluid mechanics,
applying lie symmetries to mathematics of finance.
dr robert mArtin
Lecturer, functional analysis; operator theory.
dr Andriy pototsKyy
Lecturer, rectification of brownian motion, directed
transport of particles in molecular rectifiers; many body
systems: non-equilibrium dynamical density functional
theory; fluctuations and noise induced motion: stochastic
differential equations, jump processes, collective
phenomena in coupled stochastic networks; pattern
formation in complex systems.
mr Kenneth rAfel
Lecturer; mathematics education.
dr Jesse rAtZKin
Lecturer; geometric analysis.
dr neill robertson
Lecturer; functional analysis; locally convex spaces;
descriptive set theory; infinite-dimensional holomorphy.
dr deon solomons
Lecturer; thermodynamics of spacetime; Interference and
diffraction phenomena in gravitational lensing; structure
formation in the universe; theories of higher order gravity.
dr holGer spAKoWsKi
Lecturer; theoretical computer science; computational
complexity.
dr Christine sWArt
Lecturer; cryptography, number theory, recurrence
sequences.
dr vitAli vouGAlter
Lecturer; nonlinear analysis; partial differential equations;
mathematical biology.
dr AmAndA WeltmAn
Lecturer; string theory; cosmology; gravity.
senior scholar
emeritus distinGuished professor GeorGe
ellis
Distinguished Professor of complex systems; cosmology
and general relativity theory; emergence and functioning
of complex systems, including the human brain; science
policy; mathematics and science education; metaphysics
of cosmology and its connections to ethics and religion;
social indicators.
research staff
dr AnAbelA brAndão
Senior Research Officer, MARAM; Southern Ocean
toothfish assessment;SA west coast rock lobster surveys;
minke whales, SA abalone assessment.
dr CArryn de moor
Senior Research Officer, MARAM; S.A. sardine and
anchovy assessment and management.
dr susAn holloWAy
Senior Research Officer, MARAM; S.A. west and south
coast rock lobster and horse mackerel assessment; whale
management procedures.
dr Kenneth huGhes
Honorary Research Associate; number theory; algebra;
algebraic geometry; topological quantum field theory;
p-adic analysis, nil-theta functions.
dr évA plAGányi-lloyd
Honorary Research Associate; multispecies modelling;
fisheries assessment and management ecological
modeling, S.A. abalone assessment.
Distinguished visitors
emeritus professor bernhArd bAnAsCheWsKi
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – pointfree
topology; partially ordered algebraic systems; applied
category theory.
professor roy mAArtens
Director of Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University
of Portsmouth, UK – Relativity, Cosmology, Gravity.
Honorary staff
emeritus professor ronAld beCKer
Differential equations (bifurcations, abstract equations);
theory of algorithms (graph partitioning, sorting networks)
and Mathematical Finance.
emeritus professor GuillAume brümmer
Topology and category theory group; categorical topology;
asymmetric topology and uniformity.
UCT ReseaRCh RepoRT '11