Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg., University of the Witwatersrand PhD (Palaeontology), MSc (Palaeontology), BSc Honours (Palaeontology) - University of the Witwatersrand Bcom Honours (Information Systems), BCom - Rhodes University
Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg Dr Marcel Nagar is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the NRF SARChI Chair: African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg where she obtained her doctoral degree in Political Science in 2019. Her research interests include African Politics, South African Politics, South African Public Policy and Administration, International Political Economy, and the broader debates surrounding the Democratic Developmental State. She is the author of The Road to Democratic Development Statehood: The Cases of Ethiopia, Mauritius, and Rwanda. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Michael Wysession, Ph.D., is Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. He is an expert on the Earth’s inner structure and has mapped various sections of the Earth and is most noted for his map of the Earth’s core-mantle boundary. Professor Wysession's research in seismology has primarily involved the computer modeling and interpretation of seismic data for Earth structure, addressing questions of Earth composition and dynamics. Areas of focus have been core-mantle boundary region structure and dynamics, core structure, physical causes of mantle and crustal attenuation, causes of intraplate volcanism and seismicity, and the forensic identification of seismic sources such as nuclear tests and military operations. He is the first geologist to map the Earth’s core-mantle boundary, some 2,000 miles below our feet. His research has been supported by 22 NSF grants, as well as funding from the Packard, Kemper, Lilly, and Pew Foundations.
Postdoctoral research fellow, Southern Cross University Marine’s research interests lie primarily in coral reef recovery along environmental gradients, whether recovery occurs naturally or is kickstarted by restoration actions. Her overarching research goal is to pinpoint what slows down the recovery of reefs, which often differs from reef to reef, to offer context-specific management options to fix it.
Assistante de recherche, MSc, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Marianne Piochon a obtenu sa Maîtrise en Ressources Renouvelables à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi en 2008. Après ses études, elle a travaillé dans divers laboratoires en France (Yves Rocher, CHU Poitiers/INSERM), Royaume-Uni (Abbott) et Canada (INRS) afin de diversifier son expertise dans le domaine des biosciences. Depuis 2021, elle est revenue à l'UQAC pour travailler avec le Professeur André Pichette en tant qu'assistante de recherche au sein du Centre de Transformation et de Valorisation des Bio-produits (CTVB). Elle participe à divers projets de recherche tels que la découverte de nouvelles molécules bioactives issues des plantes de la forêt boréale, la valorisation des résidus de l'industrie forestière, le développement d’approches de production de molécules à haute valeur ajoutée, etc. Champ d'expertise: Chimie des produits naturels, Chimie analytique, Synthèse organique
