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Management Committee

 Directorate

The Management Committee of the Water Institute is responsible for contributing to the institute's strategic and business plans, cluster projects, teaching and learning initiatives and for  identifying opportunities to further the institute's vision and mission. The Water Institute is proud to introduce our current Management Committee:
 
Prof Hannes Rautenbach
Acting Director of the Water Institute
Chairperson of the Management Committee
Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM)
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. 
Tel: +27 12 420 2173
Email: hannes.rautenbach@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water and Climate

Prof Rivka Kfir
Extraordinary Professor for the Water Institute
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology 
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Tel: +27 12 420 2173
Email: rivka.kfir@up.ac.za

 

 Management committee members

Prof John Annandale
Department of Plant Production and Soil Science
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
Email: john.annandale@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water and Crops

Prof Norman Casey
Department of Animal and Wildlife Science
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
Email: norman.casey@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water and Livestock

Prof Evans Chirwa
Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Build Environment and Information Technology
Email: evans.chirwa@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water Utilisation Engineering
TEACHING AND LEARNING:
Postgraduate programmes in Water Utilisation

Matthys Dippenaar
Department of Geology
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Email: matthys.dippenaar@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Groundwater

Prof Lise Korsten
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Email: lise.korsten@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Food Quality and Safety

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Dr Jan Myburgh
Department of Paraclinical Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Sciences
Email: jan.myburgh@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Aquatic Ecosystem Health

Prof Jana Olivier
Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and meteorology
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Email: jana1@mweb.co.za

CLUSTER
Hot Water Springs / Fog Water Harvesting

Prof Nic Olivier
SADC Centre for Land Related, Regional and Development Policy
Faculty of Natural and Agfricultural Sciences
Email: nic.olivier@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Law and Governance

 

Prof Egmont Rohwer
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Natural and Agfricultural Sciences
Email: egmont.rohwer@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Organic Chemistry

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Prof Maureen Taylor
Department of Medical Virology
Faculty of Health
Email: maureen.taylor@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water and Health

 

Prof Fanie van Vuuren
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Build Environment and Information Technology
Email: fanie.vanvuuren@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water Resources Engineering
TEACHING AND LEARNING:
Postgraduate programmes in Water Resourses Engineering

 

Prof Fanus Venter
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Email: fanus.venter@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Water and Microbiology

 

Prof Ronny Webber
Department of Mining Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Build Environment and Information Technology
Email: ronny.weber@up.ac.za

CLUSTER
Mining Engineering