TEACHING STAFF
 

ZVI BEN-AVRAHAM EMESE BORDY
Max Sonnenberg Professor of Marine Geoscience Senior Lecturer
Active continental margins, continental rifting Clastic sedimentology, basin analysis, stratigraphy, Karoo in southern Africa, continental ichnology
zvi@terra.tau.ac.il emese.bordy@uct.ac.za
972-3-6408528 021 650 2901
Room 501
 
JOHN COMPTON JOHANN DIENER
Associate Professor Lecturer
Low-temperature sedimentary geochemistry, global carbon cycles Metamorphic petrology, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, THERMOCALC
john.compton@uct.ac.za johann.diener@uct.ac.za
021 650 2927 021 650 2925
Room 404 Room 402
 
AKE FAGERENG CHRIS HARRIS
Lecturer Professor
Structural geology, faults, fluid flow and fluid-rock interaction, rheology of fault rocks, field geology Stable isotopes in igneous rocks and hydrological systems, economic geology
ake.fagereng@uct.ac.za Chris.Harris@uct.ac.za
021 650 2926 021 650 4886 / 3275
Room 409 Room 304
 
ANTON LE ROEX DAVID REID
Chamber of Mines Professor of Geochemistry; Dean of Science Associate Professor
Geochemistry and evolution of mafic igneous rocks Precambrian geology, igneous petrology, mineralisation, geochemistry
Anton.leroex@uct.ac.za David.reid@uct.ac.za
021 650 2902 021 650 2910
Room 311 Room 210
 
STEVE RICHARDSON GEORGE SMITH
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT; Associate Professor Senior Lecturer
Isotope geochemistry, geochronology, diamonds, mantle evolution Geophysics
Steve.Richardson@uct.ac.za George.Smith@uct.ac.za
021 650 2921 / 2931 021 650 2903
Room 353 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 JANET BUTLER
Administrative Officer SAP Administrator
Departmental/ Financial Affairs Fund Management
Shirley. Whitmore@uct.ac.za janet.butler@uct.ac.za
021 650 2931 021 650 2917
Room 353 Room 352
 
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
 
JOHN HARRISON PETRUS LE ROUX
Chief Technical Officer Senior Research Officer
Machining, Workshops, Vehicle Pool AEON EarthLAB MC-ICP-MS facility
John.harrison@uct.ac.za Petrus.leroux@uct.ac.za
021 650 2905 021 650 4139 (office) or 4806 (lab)
Workshop Room 101
 
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 2909 (office)
Rm. 208
 
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