Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand
Graduated with BSc Honours (Cum Laude) from University of Natal, Durban, in 1984 before completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the tectonic and metamorphic history of the Eastern Pyrenees in France. Joined Wits University in 1990. Served two 5-year terms as Head of the School of Geosciences at Wits (2009-2019). Has published more than 100 scientific peer-reviewed articles of which approximately half are related to impact cratering. Co-author of a popular book on the Vredefort impact (W.U. Reimold & R.L. Gibson (2009): Meteorite Impact! The Danger from Space and South Africa's Mega-Impact, the Vredefort Structure. Springer, 337p.)
Meteorite strike in South Africa: scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from
Sep 06, 2024 07:09 am UTC| Science
On a Sunday morning in late August 2024 a nine-year-old girl named Eli-zé du Toit was sitting on her grandparents porch near a small town in South Africas Eastern Cape province, when she heard a long rumble, then...
Meteorite discovery: unusual finds by South African farmer add to space rock heritage
Sep 28, 2023 02:47 am UTC| Science
Meteorites fragments of rock that have fallen to Earth from space in spectacularly fiery meteors have been the subject of public fascination, awe, myths and even religious worship for thousands of years. In recent...