Academy of Science South Africa 2005/6 Annual Report

ASSAfShort Bio of MembersMinistry of Commerce in Afghanistan. He has been theCEO of the South African Bureau of Standards.■ Eliot Kahn was Dean of Law at the University of theWitwatersrand.■ Loveness Kaunda is Director of the InternationalAcademic Programmes Office at the University of CapeTown. Previously she was Dean of Students at the Universityof Cape Town.■ Michael Charles Kew is Dora Dart Professor ofMedicine, University of Witwatersrand, Director of theMRC/University Molecular Hepatology Research Unit,Physician-in-charge, Liver Clinic, Johannesburg AcademicHospital, Honorary Consultant Hepatologist, Chris Hani/Baragwanath Hospital.■ Benito Makhala Khotseng is Visiting Professor ofComparative Education at Seton Hall University, NewJersey, USA. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the FreeState University in Bloemfontein■ Ralph Emmanuel Kirsch was Professor in the Departmentof Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universityof Cape Town. He has served as President of the Collegesof Medicine of South Africa.■ Johann Frederick Kirsten is Professor and Head of theDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Extension andRural Development. at the University of Pretoria.■ Duard Godfried Kleyn is Professor and Dean of theFaculty of Law at the University of Pretoria.■ Horst Helmut Klump is Professor emeritus of Biochemistryat the University in Cape Town and VisitingProfessor in the Department of Chemistry and BiologicalChemistry, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.■ Carolina Koornhof is Dean of the Faculty of Economicand Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria.■ Girish Jayant Kotwal is Professor and Chair of MedicalVirology and member of the Institute of Infectious Diseasesand Molecular Medicine at the University of CapeTown. He is currently Senior International Wellcome TrustFellow for biomedical Sciences in South Africa.■ Bernard Christiaan Lategan is Director of the StellenboschInstitute for Advanced Study. He was dean ofthe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and served on theCouncil of the University of Stellenbosch.■ Attie Johannes Ligthelm is Dean of the School of Dentistryof the University of Pretoria. He joined the Faculty ofDentistry and served as Head of the Department of OralPathology and Oral Biology at the University of Pretoria.■ Brenda Louw is Professor in the Department of CommunicationPathology at the University of Pretoria. Sheis also the Director of the Centre for Early Intervention inCommunication Pathology.■ Johann R. E. Lutjeharms is the Professor and head ofOcean Climatology at the University of Cape Town.■ Silvana Luyckx is a Visiting Professor at the School ofChemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of theWitwatersrand.■ Christopher Cuthber Posela Madiba is Chief Directorfor Systems Development and Coordination in theDepartment of Education. He was a lecturer in Physicsat the University of Witwatersrand and was an AssociateResearcher at the Schonland Centre for Nuclear Sciences.■ Nomathemba Virginia Magi is a Project Manager atthe Department of Education. She was the Dean of theFaculty of Education at the University of Zululand.■ Sunil Dutt Maharaj is Professor of Applied Mathematicsin the School of Mathematical Sciences at the Universityof KwaZulu-Natal and Director of the Astrophysics andCosmology Research Unit. He was Head of School ofMathematical Sciences.■ William M. Makgoba is Professor and Vice-Chancellorat the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Previously, he wasPresident of the Medical Research Council and DeputyVice-Chancellor at the University of the Witwatersrand.■ Duma Enoch Malaza is Executive Director of HigherEducation South Africa. He is the former Director of QualityAssurance at the University of Pretoria. He has served106Promoting Excellence in Science for Society