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  TEACHING STAFF
 

EMESE BORDY JOHN COMPTON
Senior Lecturer Associate Professor
Clastic sedimentology, basin analysis, stratigraphy, Karoo in southern Africa, continental ichnology Low-temperature sedimentary geochemistry, global carbon cycles
emese.bordy@uct.ac.za john.compton@uct.ac.za
021 650 2901 021 650 2927
Room 501 Room 404
 
JOHANN DIENER AKE FAGERENG
Lecturer Lecturer
Metamorphic petrology, migmatisation, phase equilibria modelling Structural geology, faults, fluid flow and fluid-rock interaction, rheology of fault rocks, field geology
johann.diener@uct.ac.za ake.fagereng@uct.ac.za
021 650 2925 021 650 2926
Room 402 Room 409
 
CHRIS HARRIS PHIL JANNEY
Professor Senior Lecturer
Stable isotopes in igneous rocks and hydrological systems, economic geology Elemental and radiogenic isotopes of continental and oceanic mantle-derived rocks and meteorites
chris.harris@uct.ac.za phil.janney@uct.ac.za
021 650 4886 / 3275 021 650 2929
Room 304 Room 201
 
ANTON LE ROEX PETRUS LE ROUX
Chamber of Mines Professor of Geochemistry; Dean of Science Senior Research Officer
Geochemistry and evolution of mafic igneous rocks MC-ICP-MS facility
anton.leroex@uct.ac.za petrus.leroux@uct.ac.za
021 650 2902 021 650 4139 (office) or 4806 (lab)
Room 310 Room 153
 
DAVID REID STEVE RICHARDSON
Associate Professor HEAD OF DEPARTMENT; Associate Professor
Precambrian geology, igneous petrology, mineralisation, geochemistry Isotope geochemistry, geochronology, diamonds, mantle evolution
david.reid@uct.ac.za steve.richardson@uct.ac.za
021 650 2910 021 650 2921 / 2931
Room 210 Room 353
 
GEORGE SMITH
Senior Lecturer
Geophysics
george.smith@uct.ac.za
021 650 2924
Room 301
 
POSTDOCTORAL AND AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS

LYNNETTE GREYLING CHRISTIE ROWE
Post-doctoral fellow Assistant Professor, McGill University, Canada
Economic geology: Orogenic gold mineralization and fluid evolution of Birimian greenstone belts, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, in collaboration with Randgold Resources Structural geology, fault rocks, fault weakening
lynnette.greyling@uct.ac.za christie.rowe@mcgill.ca
021 650 2911
Room 209
 
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

SHIRLEY WHITMORE
Administrative Officer
Departmental/Financial Affairs
Shirley.Whitmore@uct.ac.za
021 650 2931
Room 353
 
SCIENTIFIC / TECHNICAL OFFICERS, RESEARCH STAFF AND DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANTS

BRUCE CAIRNS TANYA DREYER
Principal Technical Officer Senior Scientific Officer
Workshops, Laboratory Maintenance XRD Laboratory, Teaching Laboratories
Bruce.Cairns@uct.ac.za tanya.dreyer@uct.ac.za
021 650 2906 / 4095 021 650 2932
Room 152 Room 356
 
KERRYN GRAY JOHN HARRISON
Chief Scientific Officer Chief Technical Officer
MC-ICP-MS facility Machining, Workshops, Vehicle Pool
kerryn.gray@uct.ac.za john.harrison@uct.ac.za
021 650 2922 021 650 2905
Room 153 Room 202
 
VICTOR MOISEY FAYROOZA RAWOOT
Principal Technical Officer Scientific Officer
Electronic Maintenance Sample preparation for the Stable Isotope and ICP-MS Laboratories
Victor.Moisey@uct.ac.za Fayrooza.Rawoot@uct.ac.za
021 650 2907 021 650 2909/3667
Room 202 Room 208
 
CHRISTEL TINGUELY
Chief Scientific Officer
Electron Microprobe and ICP-MS labs
Christel.Tinguely@uct.ac.za
021 650 2908 (office)
Room 408
 
PATRICK SIEAS ERNEST STOUT
Technical Assistant Departmental Assistant
Environmental Analytical Laboratories Sample Preparation
Patrick.Sieas@uct.ac.za Ernest.Stout@uct.ac.za
021 650 5368 021 650 5368
Room 309 Preparation Lab
 
RENE VAN DER MERWE JONATHAN VAN ROOYEN
Thin Section Technician Departmental Assistant
Normal Thin Section Laboratory Rock Storage
Rene.vanderMerwe@uct.ac.za Jonathan.vanrooyen@uct.ac.za
021 650 2905 021 650 5368
Thin Section Lab 015 Preparation Lab
 
DAVID WILSON IVAN WILSON
Thin Section Technician Departmental Assistant
Thin Sections, Polishing Laboratory Workshop, Vehicle Pool
David.Wilson@uct.ac.za Ivan.Wilson@uct.ac.za
021 650 2905 021 650 2905
Thin Section Lab 015 Workshop