Category: 2025 NRF Awards

Mathematical Sciences Professor James Raftery Department of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria Professor James Raftery’s current research looks at the algebra of logic, including both the concrete and the abstract aspects. His work has covered various areas including

Engineering Professor Josua Meyer Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University The thermal sciences is the main area of Professor Josua Meyer’s research, focusing on heat exchangers. His work looks at internal forced convection, the transitional flow regime, nanofluids,

Law Professor David McQuoid-Mason School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal Professor Ivan Vladislavic is a renowned novelist, essayist and editor. His career began at Ravan Press as the Social Studies and Literary Editor. After this, he embarked on a 25-year

Paleoscience Dr Curtis W Marean Centre for Coastal Paleoscience, Nelson Mandela University Dr Curtis Marean’s work focuses on paleoanthropology, studying the origins of modern humans and areas such as hunter-gatherer adaptations to coastal and grassland ecosystems and diet and the

Medical Sciences Professor Gary Maartens Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Gary Maartens is an emeritus professor and senior research scholar at the University of Cape Town. He is a clinician-researcher and an international authority on the therapeutic aspects

Social Sciences Professor Philip Hallinger Department of Education Leadership and Management, University of Johannesburg Professor Philip Hallinger is internationally recognised as an innovator in school leadership and leadership development. His research focuses on principal instructional leadership, problem-based learning, simulation-based learning,

Medical Sciences Professor Kelly Chibale Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town With a background and PhD in the field of synthetic organic chemistry, Prof Kelly Chibale’s research focuses on infectious disease drug discovery. He is the Founder and Director