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Faculty & Technical Staff
Moumita Aich
Research Scientist
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Adam Amara
Faculty
University of Portsmouth
Kevin Bandura
Faculty
West Virginia University
Bruce Bassett
Faculty
AIMS (South Africa)/SARAO/SAAO/UCT
Martin Bucher
Faculty
Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7
Tzu-Ching Chang
Research staff
NASA JPL
Cynthia Chiang
Faculty
McGill University
Jean-Francois Cliche
E. Engineer
McGill University
Romeel Dave
Faculty
University of Edinburgh & University of the Western Cape
Dirk De Villiers
Faculty
Stellenbosch
Jacobus Diener
Faculty
Botswana International University of Science & Technology
Matt Dobbs
Faculty
McGill University
Ken Ganga
Faculty
Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7
Tim Gibbon
Faculty
Nelson Mandela University
Neeraj Gupta
Faculty
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Matt Hilton
Faculty
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Adam Hincks
Faculty
University of Toronto
Roufurd Julie
SARAO Liaison
SARAO
Aris Karastergiou
Faculty
University of Oxford
Jean-Paul Kneib
Faculty
EPFL
Martin Kunz
Faculty
University of Geneva
Michelle Lochner
Faculty
University of the Western Cape
Roy Maartens
Faculty
University of the Western Cape
Stuart MacPherson
Faculty
Durban University of Technology
Christian Monstein
Faculty
ETH-Zurich
Kavilan Moodley
Faculty
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Peter William Morris
Senior Technician
Durban University of Technology
Laura Newburgh
Faculty
Yale University
Prince Osei
Research Staff
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, AIMS (Ghana), Quantum Leap Africa
Jeffrey Peterson
Faculty
Carnegie Mellon University
Aritha Pillay
Faculty
Durban University of Technology
Alexandre Refregier
Faculty
ETH-Zurich
Andre Recnik
Computing Specialist
University of Toronto
Ian Howard Rout
Infrastructure Project Manager
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mario Santos
Faculty
University of the Western Cape
Jon Sievers
Faculty, Co-PI
McGill University
Oleg Smirnov
Faculty
Rhodes University & SARAO
Kendrick Smith
Faculty
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Raghunathan Srianand
Faculty
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pieter Stronkhorst
Technical Staff
SARAO
Russ Taylor
Faculty
Universities of Cape Town & Western Cape
Peter Timbie
Faculty
University of Wisconsin
Emma Elizabeth Tolley
Data Scientist
EPFL
Cornelius (Corrie) Ungerer
Project Engineer (interim)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Jacques van Dyk
Systems Engineer
Pronex Engineering Management Consultants
Keith Vanderlinde
Faculty
University of Toronto
Thierry Viant
Technical Staff
ETH-Zurich
David Waswa
Senior Research Associate
Nelson Mandela University
Amanda Weltman
Faculty
University of Cape Town
Patrick Woudt
Faculty
University of Cape Town
Support Staff
Mafungwashe Nwabisa Matyolo
HIRAX Project Manager
Nontuthuko Nombuso Xulu
Principal Financial Officer
Noxolo Sibisi
Administrator
Veruschka Simes
Research Lab Technician
Postdoctoral Fellows
Michele Bianco
EPFL
Tianyue Chen
EPFL
Devin Crichton
ETH-Zurich
Aaron M. Ewall-Wice
UC Berkeley
Adelie Gorce
McGill University
Sheean Jolicoeur
University of the Western Cape
Ronniy Joseph
McGill University
Surajit Kalita
University of Cape Town
Dionysios Karagiannis
University of the Western Cape
Piyanat (Boom) Kittiwisit
University of the Western Cape
Hariharan Krishnan
University of Cape Town
Arun Naidu
University of Oxford
Edwin Retana
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Benjamin Saliwanchik
Yale University
Richard Shaw
University of British Columbia
Peter Sims
McGill University
Mugundhan Vijayaraghavan
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Anthony Walters
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Amadeus Wild
University of the Western Cape
Dallas Wulf
McGill University
Students
Pascale Berner
PhD Student
ETH-Zurich
Supervisor: Alexandre Refregier
Keshav Bechoo
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Shruti Bhatporia
PhD Student
University of Cape Town
Supervisor: Amanda Weltman
Tamera Cassie
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Lisa Dayaram
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Simthembile Dlamini
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Amanda Di Nitto
MSc Student
McGill University
Supervisor: Jonathan Sievers
Chris Finlay
PhD Student
University of Geneva
Supervisor: Martin Kunz
Sindhu Gaddam
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Kit Gerodias
MSc Student
McGill University
Supervisor: Cynthia Chiang
Austin Gumba
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Jon Sievers / Cynthia Chiang
Ian Hendricksen
MSc Student
McGill University
Supervisor: Cynthia Chiang and Matt Dobbs
Pascal Hitz
MSc Student
ETH-Zurich
Supervisor: Alexandre Refregier
Mona Jalilvand
PhD Student
McGill University
Supervisor: Martin Kunz
Joseph Kania
PhD Student
West Virginia University
Supervisor: Duncan Lorimer
Mponeng Kopana
PhD Student
University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Roy Maartens
James Jena
PhD Student
Nelson Mandela University
Supervisor: Tim Gibbon
Shreyam Krishna
PhD Student
EPFL
Emily Kuhn
PhD Student
Yale University
Vincent MacKay
PhD Student
University of Toronto
Mthokozisi Mdlalose
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Yinzhe Ma and Jon Sievers
Warren Naidoo
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Viraj Nistane
PhD Student
University of Geneva
Xinyu Pan
MSc Student
McGill University
Supervisor: Jonathan Sievers
Tasmiah Papiah
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Elizabeth Pieters
MSc Student
McGill University
Aritha Pillay
PhD Student
Durban University of Technology
John Podczerwinski
Grad student
University of Wisconsin
Supervisor: Peter Timbie
Venu Prayag
MSc Student
University of Cape Town
Isibabale Qhoboshiyane
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Liantsoa Finaritra Randrianjanahary
PhD Student
University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Roy Maartens
Cyndie Russeawon
MSc student
Rhodes University
Supervisor: Oleg Smirnov
Ajith Sampath
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Pranav Sanghavi
PhD Student
West Virginia University
Supervisor: Kevin Bandura
Onkabetse Sengate
PhD Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Jon Sievers
Tsepo Shekoasha
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Lutho Sola
MSc Student
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Supervisor: Kavilan Moodley
Junaid Townsend
MSc Student
University of the Western Cape
Supervisor: Mario Santos
William Charles Tyndall
PhD Student
Yale University
Supervisor: Laura Newburgh
Zheng Zhang
PhD Student
APC/ENS
Supervisor: Martin Bucher and Francois Boulanger (co-supervisor)
