Academy of Science South Africa 2005/6 Annual Report

ASSAfShort Bio of MembersDeputy Director-General and Head of the Department ofAgriculture Land and Environment in Limpopo Province.■ John Reginald Nuttall Taylor is Professor of FoodScience at the University of Pretoria. He was Head of theFood Science Department at the University of Pretoria.■ Petro Terblanche is Professor and Executive Director ofthe Technology and Innovation Directorate at the MedicalResearch Council of South Africa.She was formerly thehead of the CSIR’s Biochemtek division.■ Jennifer Ann Thomson is a Professor in the Departmentof Molecular and Cell Biology, UCT. She was Professorand Head of the Department of Microbiology, UCT;Director of the Laboratory for Molecular and Cell Biology,CSIR; and Associate Professor, Department of Genetics,WITS University.■ Phillip Vallentine Tobias is Professor Emeritus andHonorary Professorial Research Fellow in the School ofAnatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. Hehas been Honorary Professor at University of Pennsulvania,University of Vienna, University of Balearic Isles, CambridgeUniversity, University of Florence, Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large,Cornell University and Director, Palaeo-AnthropologyResearch Unit/Sterkfontein Research Unit.■ Peter Daughtrey Tyson is Professor Emeritus, formerDeputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-Principal, Director ofthe Climatology Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand.He has served as the Vice-President ICSU andthe Chairman START Scientific Steering Committee.■ Peter Christopher Julius Vale is Nelson MandelaProfessor of Politics and Head of the Department of Politicaland International Studies at Rhodes University. He wasDirector of Research at the SA Institute of InternationalAffairs. He has been a Professor at Rhodes (twice) and atthe University of the Western Cape.■ Annél van Aswegen is Director: Human Resourcesat the University of Pretoria. She was Acting Registrar:Professional Services and a member of the Executive atthe University of South Africa.■ Jan Horn van Heerden is Professor and Head of Departmentof Economics at the University of Pretoria.■ Willem Francois Petrus van Heerden is Professor andHead of the Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Biologyin the School of Dentistry at the University of Pretoria.■ Paul David van Helden is Professor and Head of MedicalBiochemistry at Stellenbosch University. He is theDirector of the MRC/US Centre for Molecular and CellularBiology, and co-director of the DST Centre of Excellencein molecular tuberculosis research.■ Anton Albert van Niekerk is Professor of Philosophyand Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics and Headof the Unit for Bioethics at the University of Stellenbosch.Previously, he was Chair of the Philosophy Department atStellenbosch.■ Frederik van Niekerk is Institutional Director:Research, Innovation, Human Resources and StudentAffairs for North-West University. He was previouslyVice-Principal: Academic Affairs at the former PotchefstroomUniversity.■ Hendrik Christoffel Janse van Rensburg is Director ofthe Centre for Health Systems Research & Developmentat the University of The Free State. Formerly, he was Headthe Department of Sociology.■ Johan van Staden is Professor of Botany at the Universityof Kwazulu-Natal, and Editor of the South AfricanJournal of Botany.■ Johan van Wyk was Professor of Electrical Engineeringat the Rand Afrikaans University, and Dean of theEngineering Faculty.■ Johan van Zyl is Professor of Agricultural Economics andthe Group Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Limited. Hewas previously CEO of Santam and Vice-Chancellor andPrincipal at the University of Pretoria.■ Daniel W. Verwoerd is an Emeritus Professor ofVirology, Agricultural Research Council-OnderstepoortVeterinary Institute.112Promoting Excellence in Science for Society