Vol 1 - Support Services Ufs Ac Za - University of the Free State

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Issued byThe Directorate Research DevelopmentUniversity of the Free State, South AfricaEditorialLise KrielIn cooperation with The Write CompanyLanguage revisionNanette LötterSuzette BothaChristo FourieLayoutChrysalis advertising and publishingPhotographersStephen CollettLeonie BolleursPrintingOranje PrintersContact detailsProf Frans SwanepoelTel: +27 (0)51 401 3047E-mail: swanepf.rd@ufs.ac.zaWebsite: www.ufs.ac.za
Table of ContentsForeword .................................................................................................................................................2Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State .................................................................2Chairperson of the University Research Committee ..................................................................................4Director of Research Development ...........................................................................................................6Significant Institutional Accomplishments ......................................................................................10A Strategy for Quality Research ..............................................................................................................12Quality and Excellence ............................................................................................................................13Equity and Diversity ................................................................................................................................16Financial Sustainability ...........................................................................................................................20Support Systems ....................................................................................................................................22Research Outputs ...................................................................................................................................24The Strategic Academic Cluster Initiative ................................................................................................26Cluster 1: Water Management in Water-scarce Areas .............................................................................30Cluster 2: New Frontiers in Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development ........................................31Cluster 3: Transformation in Highly Diverse Societies .............................................................................34Cluster 4: Technologies for Sustainable Crop Industries in Semi-arid Regions .........................................36Cluster 5: Materials and Nanosciences ...................................................................................................38Cluster 6: Advanced Biomolecular Research ...........................................................................................40Internationalisation ..........................................................................................................................44Research Commercialisation and Cooperation with Industry .........................................................50Postgraduate Student Support ........................................................................................................58Outstanding Research Achievements ..............................................................................................64Outstanding Contributions to the UFS Research Culture ........................................................................66Excellence at National and International Research Forums .....................................................................75Inaugural Lectures ..................................................................................................................................80Faculty Research ...............................................................................................................................84Economic and Management Sciences ....................................................................................................86Health Sciences ......................................................................................................................................90The Humanities ......................................................................................................................................94Law ........................................................................................................................................................98Natural and Agricultural Sciences .........................................................................................................104Theology ..............................................................................................................................................1081
Page 3: Celebrating research development an
Page 7 and 8: Message from Prof Frederick FourieF
Page 9 and 10: Message from Prof Teuns VerschoorTh
Page 11 and 12: Message from Prof Frans Swanepoelma
Page 13 and 14: Future VisionA new strategic framew
Page 15 and 16: Significant Institutionalplishments
Page 17 and 18: Significant Institutional Accomplis
Page 19 and 20: Prof James duPreez, B2-ratedresearc
Page 21 and 22: students from priority groups - exh
Page 23 and 24: Table 1: Promising Emerging Researc
Page 25 and 26: There has been a similarly signific
Page 27 and 28: Minister Mosibudi Mangena (Minister
Page 29 and 30: Attending the recognition functionf
Page 31 and 32: The Strategic Academicr Initiative2
Page 33 and 34: The Strategic AcademicCluster Initi
Page 35 and 36: odies are sustained by their ecosys
Page 37 and 38: programmes are not imple mented eff
Page 39 and 40: transformation. Such transformation
Page 41 and 42: y biotic and abiotic constraints in
Page 43 and 44: Focus Areas1. Nano solid state mate
Page 45 and 46: dimensional electrophoretic analysi
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Page 50 and 51: Staff members at the UFS Internatio
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Research Commercialisationand Coope
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Research Commercialisation andCoope
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Foundation (NRF), which contributes
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58Student
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Postgraduate students are the resea
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students; post graduate topics; sup
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Outstanding Researchements65
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Outstanding Research AchievementsTh
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Prof Max Finkelstein, Senior Profes
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Prof Johan Meyer, Senior Professor
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evalua tion panel for the European
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of the Free State’s Department of
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Delivered the best presentation on
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Shaw, WDepartment of Medical Physic
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At Judge Fritz Brand’s inaugural
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At Prof Alice Pell’s inaugural le
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Research85
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Economic and Management SciencesMes
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Prof Letticia Moja (Dean: Faculty o
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leukaemia and to test new anti-canc
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It is also a priority to make funds
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esearch and development. In the fol
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LawMessage from the Dean: Prof Joha
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through the unlocking of a source t
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Natural and Agricultural Sciencesth
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TheologyMessage from the Dean: Prof
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