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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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Van Niekerk’s research interests focus on urban climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, as well as geo-spatial and demographic trend analysis.
Mkasi focuses on characterising solar photovoltaic (PV) modules for indoor and outdoor conditions, performing quality and reliability testing of solar PV and solar resource measurements and analysi
Le Roux studies various water-borne pathogens and water microbiology aspects such as microbial source tracking, fate and transport, microbial bioremediation and rapid detection methods.