Academy of Science South Africa 2005/6 Annual Report

Short Bio of MembersASSAf■ Ann Bernstein is Director of the Centre for Developmentand Enterprise (CDE). She is a visiting professor atthe University of Cape Town and has been a member ofthe Board of the Development Bank.■ Arvin Bhana is Director of Research, HSRC and Professorof Psychology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Previously,he was the Head of Department at the School ofPsychology at the University of Durban-Westville.■ Ramesh Bharuthram is Dean of the Faculty Science,University of the Witwatersrand, and was Director:Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he alsowas Professor of Physics, Dean of Faculty of Science andDeputy Vice Chancellor.■ Krish Bharuth-Ram is Professor at the University ofKwaZulu-Natal and Director of iThemba Labs.■ Kanti Bhoola is Honorary Professor in the Faculty ofHealth, University of Witwatersrand, and Head of theInflammation/Immunology Unit, University of WesternAustralia. Previously, he was Professor of Clinical andExperimental Pharmacology at the University of Natal.■ Judith Bishop is Professor of Computer Science atthe University of Pretoria. Prior to her appointment shelectured at the University of the Witwatersrand, rising toProfessor and Head of Department.■ Nigel Tempest Bishop is Professor of Applied Math-ematics at the University of South Africa. He lectured atthe University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, untilhis appointment as Professor at UNISA.■ Elspeth C. Botha is the Manager of Innovation at theUniversity of Stellenbosch.■ Rudie P. Botha is Professor of General Linguistic at theUniversity of Stellenbosch. He is a Research Fellow at theNetherlands Institute for Advanced Studies.■ Thomas Hamilton Bothwell is Emeritus Professor ofMedicine and an Honorary Professorial Research Fellowat the University of the Witwatersrand. He was AcademicHead of the Department of Medicine and Chief Physician,at the Johannesburg Hospital and Dean of Faculty ofMedicine at the University of the Witwatersrand.■ Paul Anthony Bowen is Professor and Head of the Departmentof Construction Economics and Managementat the University of Cape Town.■ Charles Kimberley Brain was Research Director at theTransvaal Museum.■ George Branch is Professor of Zoology and the MarineBiology Research Institute, University of Cape Town. Hehas been Deputy Director of the Marine Biology ResearchInstitute and Director of the Coastal Ecology Research Unit.■ Chris Brink is Vice-Chancellor and Principal of theUniversity of Stellenbosch. He was previously Professorand Head of Mathematics at the University of Cape Townand Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University ofWollongong in Australia.■ Paul Andries Brink is Professor and Chairman of theResearch Committee, Department of Internal Medicine,University of Stellenbosch.■ James R. Bull is Professor Emeritus and HonoraryResearch Associate in Organic Chemistry at the Universityof Cape Town.■ Sandra Beatrice Burman is Professor of Socio-LegalStudies at the University of Cape Town and Director ofthe Interfaculty Centre for Socio-Legal Research. Shewas a Research Fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, OxfordUniversity.■ Philip Allen Charles is Director of the South AfricanAstronomy Observatory (SAAO). Previously he wasProfessor and Head of Astronomy at the University ofSouthampton.■ Arthur Chaskalson is the former Chief Justice of SouthAfrica. He was also the President of the new ConstitutionalCourt of South Africa.■ Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan is a palaeobiologist in thedepartment of Zoology, University of Cape Town. Shewas Director of the Natural History Collections of IzikoMuseums of Cape Town.Annual Report 2005/06101