Staff Members | Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town

Staff Members

Academic | Administrative and Support | Postdoctoral Fellows | Emeritus and Honorary | Associated Honorary Researchers

Academic Staff
	Prof. R.C. Kraan-Korteweg (Head of Department)		Prof Tom Jarrett (Professor) SARCHI Chair (from June 2012)
	Prof. C. Carignan (Professor) SKA SARCHI Chair		A/Prof. P.A. Woudt (Associate Professor)
	Dr. K. van der Heyden (Senior Lecturer)		Dr. Sarah Blyth (Lecturer) SKA Position
	Dr. Vanessa McBride (Lecturer) Joint SAAO/UCT position		Prof. P.A. Whitelock (Visiting Professor) Joint SAAO/UCT Position
	Prof R Fender (SKA Visiting Professor)		Em. Dist. Prof. B. Warner (Emeritus Professor) Senior Scholar

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Administrative and Support Staff
	Ms. Carol Marsh (Administrative Officer)		Ms. Roslyn Daniels (Senior Secretary)
	Ms. Nicky Walker (NASSP Administrator)		Ms. Bianca Kuck (System Administrator)
	Mr. Siphelo Funani (NASSP IT System Administrator)

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Postdoctoral fellows at the Astronomy Department
	Dr. Garry Angus ACGC Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr. Richard Armstrong SKA Postdoctoral Fellow
	Dr. Kelley Hess SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr. Danielle Lucero SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow
	Dr. Natasha Maddox SKA Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr. David Puglielli SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow
	Dr. Valerio Ribeiro SKA Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr. Matthew Schurch UCT Postdoctoral Fellow
	Dr. Roger Deane SKA Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr. Maciej Bilicki SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow
	Dr. Ed Elson NRF/MWL Postdoctoral Fellow		Dr Mickaël Coriat SKA Postdoctoral Fellow

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Emeritus and honorary staff at the Astronomy Department
	Hon. Prof. M.W. Feast (Honorary Professor)		Dr. Ian Stewart (Honorary Research Associate)

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Honorary researchers associated with the Astronomy Department
	Prof. P.K.S. Dunsby (Honorary academic member) NASSP Director		Hon. Prof. P.A. Charles (Honorary Professor) University of Southhampton
	Hon. Prof. W.J.G de Block (Honorary Professor) ASTRON, NL		Hon. Prof. T. Williams (Honorary Professor) Director SAAO

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Departmental Profile

The Department of Astronomy at the University of Cape Town is the largest university-based astronomy group in the country and has strong ties (and joint positions) with the South African Astronomical Observatory and the South African Square Kilometre Array office. The department primarily comprises observational (optical, near-infrared and radio) astronomers, with international leaders in the fields of large-scale structure of galaxies, dark matter in galaxies, low surface brightness galaxies, the uncovering of galaxies hidden by the Milky Way, the extra-galactic distance scale, and cataclysmic variable stars. The department is also closely associated with a number of other groups within various UCT departments, such as the cosmology group of the applied mathematics department, the astro-particle group of the physics department, and members of the electrical engineering department who are involved in space science and radio telescope technology development.