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Staff and Students
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Prof. Soebur Razzaque
Director
Telephone: 011 559 (+2330)
E-mail: srazzaque@uj.ac.za
Office: C1-Lab, 236 (Second Floor), APK Campus
Dr. Lutendo Nyadzani
Ms. Chanelle Gouws
Specialist Assistant
Telephone: 011 559 (+4144)
E-mail: capp@uj.ac.za / chanelleg@uj.ac.za
Office: C1-Lab, 237 (Second Floor), APK Campus
Ms. Layla Limalia
Administrative Assistant
Telephone: 011 559 (+4144)
E-mail: capp@uj.ac.za /濒补测濒补濒蔼耻箩.补肠.锄补听
Office: C1-Lab, 237 (Second Floor), APK Campus
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Dr. Khushboo Dixit
Dr. Ankur Ghosh
Dr. Tamador Aldowma
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: taalodwma@uj.ac.za
Office: C1-Lab, 238 (Second Floor), APK Campus
PhD Students
Mr. Mfuphi Ntshatsha
Mr. Luyanda Mazwi
Mrs. Thando Kekana
PhD Student
E-mail: Thandom@uj.ac.za
Office: C1-Lab, 240, APK Campus
Masters Students
Ms. Mogkadi Ramavhuya
Master Student
Office: C1-Lab, 237 (Second Floor) , APK Campus
Honours Students
Mr. Thabang Moeketsi
Honours Student
Tshilidzi Muronga
Honours Student
Visiting Staff
Prof. Lili Yang
Visiting Associate Professor
Institution: Sun Yat-sen University, China
Dr. Jagdish Joshi
Visiting Research Associate
Institution: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
Associated Researchers
Dr. Saeeda Sajjad
Associated Researcher听
Associate of Theoretical Research lnstitute (TRIPAS), Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Past Visitors
Ms. Tamina Mondal
Visitor (PhD Student)
Indian Institute of Technology
Duration: 26 October – 14 November 2025
Ms. Khushboo Sharma
Visitor (PhD Student)
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
Duration: 15 September – 04 October 2025
Mr. Francesco Xotta
Visitor (PhD Student)
| University of Nova Gorica, Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology |
(Slovenia)
Duration: 11 September – 20 September 2025
Professor Gabrijela Zaharijas
Visitor (Professor)听
University of Nova Gorica, Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology (Slovenia)听
Duration: 12 September – 21 September 2025
Mr Per Arne Sevle Myers
Visitor (PhD Student)听
Universite catholique de听 Louvain (Belgium)
Duration: February – April 2025
Ms Salmoli Ghosh
Visitor (2nd year masters student)
Institution: National centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundemental Research听
Reason for Visit: Present Seminar Talk
Duration:听 21st August 2024
Dr. Ann Njeri
Visitor (Assistant Professor)
Institution: Newcastle University, UK听
Reason for Visit: Present Outreach Talk
Duration:听 2 August 2024
Dr. Gopolang Mohlabeng
Visitor (Assistant Professor)
Institution: Simon Fraser University, Canada
Reason for Visit: Present Seminar Talk
Duration: 29 July 2024
Prof. Mirjana Povic
Visitor (Assistant Professor)
Institution: Space Science and Geospatial Institute in Ethiopia
Reason for Visit: Present Outreach Talk
Duration: 21 June 2024
Prof. Tibra Ali
Visitor (Associate Dean of Research of the School of Data and Sciences)
Institution: Brac University
Reason for Visit: Present at Quantum Workshop
Duration: 1-7 May 2023 / 5-9 February 2024
Dr. Shajid Haque
Visitor (Senior Lecturer)
Institution: University of Cape Town (UCT)
Reason for Visit: Present at Quantum Workshop
Duration: 5-9 February 2024
Dr. Feraol Dirirsa
Visitor
Institution: Ethiopian Technology Institute
Reason for Visit: Conduct Research
Duration: 3 months (2022)
Dr. Saikat Das
Visitor (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Institution: Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University (Japan)
Duration: 15-26 October 2022
Ms. Gunjan Tomar
Visitor (PhD Student)听
Institution: Raman Research Institute (India)听
Duration: 15-23 October 2022