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To meet its mandate of improving the quality of life of South Africans, the CSIR relies on its most important asset, its people. The CSIR’s multidisciplinary nature positions the organisation to help solve the increasingly complex problems of our time. This multidisciplinary science, engineering and technology base is made up of individuals who are highly specialised in their respective fields. They are geneticists, virologists, software developers, polymer chemists, applied mathematicians and industrial engineers, just to name a few.
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Wu leads the establishment of research activities in fibre laser development at the CSIR, with a focus on high power mid-infrared fibre lasers.
Ombinda-Lemboumba’s research focuses on developing optical technologies to image and manipulate biological samples. These technologies include building a laser beam optical trapping/sorting system which will allow noise-free single-cell analysis via Raman Spectroscopy to interrogate the molecular content of different cytoplasmic regions of live HIV-1 infected cells to provide new data on HIV-1 pathogenesis for applications in point-of-care diagnostics.
Jideani’s research interests include the design and development of signal processing algorithms with a particular focus on underwater sonar imaging systems.
Chief Executive Officer, Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa