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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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Chang uses numerical ocean models to investigate the Southern Ocean. The ocean model configuration provides a platform to study the oceanic processes of the surface mixed layer that influences carbon exchange between the ocean and atmosphere as well as to explore the important spatial scales involved in this exchange.
Hlabela’s research focuses on the design, optimisation, operation and maintenance of water distribution networks, wastewater treatment processes and ports infrastructure.
Dr Ntshotsho is a restoration ecologist whose primary research interests centre on evidence-based restoration, including examining what constitutes and contributes to effective ecological restoration.
Thomalla’s area of interest lies in understanding the biological carbon pump through measurements of phytoplankton community structure and primary production, and interpreting these data in terms of their physical and biogeochemical control mechanisms.