Research Group
The CSIR is a multidisciplinary organisation with a vast range of science, engineering and technology competences, rooted in the minds of its qualified, experienced and renowned experts. The organisation’s range of expertise include broad fields of science such as mathematics; computer and information science; applied sciences such as urban and town planning; physical sciences; chemical sciences; earth and related environmental science; and biological sciences.
It also includes engineering and technological fields such as civil engineering; architecture; mechatronics; microsystems such as microfluidics; systems engineering; mining engineering; electrical and electronic engineering; mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; materials engineering; industrial engineering; and nanotechnology. The organisation also has expertise in health and medical sciences. In the agricultural sciences, expertise includes agricultural ecology, molecular diagnostics and agroprocessing. Expertise rooted in social sciences includes resource economics.
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Agroprocessing refers to a subset of the manufacturing sector that processes raw materials and intermediate products derived from the agricultural sector.
Molecular diagnostics is the use of molecular biology techniques to detect and characterise disease pathogens at a point-of-care, meaning in the field.
The CSIR’s skills base in atmospheric chemistry includes specialised knowledge and expertise in photochemistry modelling.
Medicinal chemistry is the application of biology and chemistry to the design of new drugs for treating diseases.