Academic Staff:

• Dr Sheldon Strydom (Head of Department)
• Prof Ian Meiklejohn (Professor)
• Dr Sinenhlanhla Memela-Radebe (Senior Lecturer)
• Dr Gillian McGregor (Lecturer)
• Ms Philippa Irvine (Lecturer)

Emeritus Professors:

• Prof Fred Ellery (Professor)
• Roddy Fox
• Colin Lewis
• John McDaniel
• Kate Rowntree

Research Associates and Visiting Professors:

• Professor Per Assmo (Högskolan Väst)
• Professor Jan Boelhouwers (Uppsala)
• Mr Ben Cobbing (Conservation Support Services)
• Professor Ian Foster (Northampton)
• Professor Kevin Hall (Northern British Columbia)
• Professor Thembela Kepe (Toronto)
• Dr Anne Lemahieu (Mauritius)
• Professor Etienne Nel (Otago)
• Dr Des Pyle (Stenden University)
• Dr Bennie van der Waal (Clearstream Consultants)

Administrative, Technical & Support Staff

• Ms Sibonise Mlomzale (Geotechnical and Spatial Information Specialist)
• Abe Ngoepe
• Sakhile Singata

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BSc, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD (UKZN)

Head of Department, Senior Lecturer

Teaching:

Earth Science 101, Geography 202, Geography 301, Geography Honours (Advanced Climatology and Climate Change)

Research and Teaching Interests:

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Agricultural Meteorology, Pyrogeography, Mountain Environments

Email: sheldon.strydom@ru.ac.za

Office: Room 26

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