Position: 
  • Professor and Dean of EBE
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Qualifications:
  • BSc (Chem Eng) University of Cape Town (1985)
  • MSc(Chem Eng) University of Cape Town (1987)
  • PhD (Eng) University of Cape Town (1993)
Professional Affiliations:
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (FIChemE); 2014
  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers (FSAIChE); 2012
  • Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering (FSAAE); 2011
  • Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FSAIMM); 2013
  • Fellow of the University of Cape Town College of Fellows; 2012
  • Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF); 2010
  • Registered Professional Engineer, Engineering Council of South Africa (PrEng), 1990;
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Research Interests: 
  • Industrial precipitation and crystallisation
  • Recovery of value from effluent streams
  • Water treatment through crystallisation
  • Eutectic Freeze Crystallisation
  • Product and particle analysis
  • Process analysis and control for optimised product quality
  • Crystallisation process development
  • Aqueous chemistry modelling of speciation
  • Thermodynamic equilibria
  • Hydrodynamic and population balance modelling of precipitation systems