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Dr Ereck Chakauya, senior scientist and research group leader of the CSIR Biosciences plant expression group, was born 33 years ago in Chiredzi, a small town in the sugarcane growing area south-east of Zimbabwe.
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Dheepak was born in Durban, a city famous for its golden beaches and warm waters. He grew up in Silverglen, a suburb of Chatsworth. He registered for a BSc degree at the then University of Durban-Westville and did not complete his studies.
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Daniel Visser, a senior biotechnologist at CSIR Biosciences was born in Kimberley, South Africa, the capital of the Northern Cape, also known as the Diamond City. He moved to Johannesburg in 1980 to pursue his secondary education at Krugersdorp High School.
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Kersch Naidoowas born in KwaZulu-Natal and had a bit of a nomadic childhood as he schooled at various towns such as Queenstown, Tongaat, La Mercy and the Lower South Coast. As a young boy, he was inquisitive and very passionate about the manufacture of items around him; leading to his eventual decision to become a chemical engineer.
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Natasha Govender says this new research field is exciting and very challenging. She is a senior researcher with the mobile intelligent autonomous systems (MIAS) group that resides within the CSIR modelling and digital science research domain. MIAS focus is field robotics.
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Professor Reinhart Poprawe – managing director of the Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT – was one of those men who, through his international laser expertise, helped decide the future of laser research and development in South Africa. |
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Senior CSIR scientist and remote sensing specialist, Philip Frost, is blazing a trail into Africa and abroad to put detection information directly into the hands of those best equipped to deal with the potential devastation of fires.
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Being able to converse with fellow South Africans in 10 official languages – including Sign language - holds a major advantage for CSIR social researcher Gerty (Gertrude) Matsebe.
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Starting off as an assistant labourer in his father’s bricklaying business did not deter Dr Donald Mkhonto from attaining success in a highly scientific research career.
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Dr Siyakatshana is a senior researcher at CSIR Modelling and Digital Sciences' Advanced Mathematical Modelling (AMM) competency area .
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Sandile Ngcobo (30) is a young, learned and modern South African man but has not forgotten his roots. This young Zulu inkosana hails from Kwa-Mafunze village on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal. Mapholoba, his clan name, is from a royal family but he shies away from divulging his royal lineage. |
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He was only 26 when appointed as acting manager of CSIR Modelling and Digital Sciences’ information security competency area last year – and this at an age when many researchers are still cutting their proverbial (scientific) teeth. Now Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo leads the biometric research group as a senior research scientist. |
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South Africans now have the opportunity to use a mother language of their choice when interacting with technology, thanks to the research of Aditi Sharma. Her work in the human language technology (HLT) research group of the CSIR Meraka Institute, supports the use and promotion of mother language. The use of mother language is endorsed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). |
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After six months in the United States as a visiting scholar, PhD student Thabo Gcwabaza returned home with valuable knowledge gained from his learning experience and the distinct possibility of collaboration. He brought both back to the CSIR. |
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