Prof Wieland Gevers: Institution builder of note
Prof Wieland Gevers: Institution builder of note In 1970, a 32-year-old Wieland Gevers faced a big decision: To stay in North America,...
Tag : Legends of South African Science
George Ellis: the down-to-earth cosmologist
by AdminBraai
For somebody who has spent much of his time thinking about the structure of the universe, Professor George Ellis is remarkably down-to-earth. Over the past...
Paul Cilliers understood the nature of complexities
by AdminBraai
Paul Cilliers passed away in 2011 leaving behind his family, friends and colleagues, and an impressive body of work on the topic of complexity. It...
The doyenne of seeds: Patricia Berjak
by AdminBraai
Professor Patricia Berjak was born in Johannesburg on 29 December 1939. After attaining her BSc (Hons) cum laude in biochemistry from the University of the...
Quarraisha Abdool Karim: protecting women against HIV
by AdminBraai
Few AIDS researchers have done as much to help the plight of poor, rural women in South Africa as Quarraisha Abdool Karim. This is her...