MSc Students
T'Nielle Haupt
Thesis Title:Palaeo-environmental and palaeoclimatic signatures of key vertebrate footprint sites in the Lower Jurassic upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Supervisor: Dr Emese Bordy
Contact Details:
Room 309, Geological Sciences
Email: hpttni001@myuct.ac.za
Research Interests: sedimentology, palaeontology, palaeoclimatology
Miengah Abrahams
Thesis Title: Dinosaur tracking in the Early Jurassic Elliot Formation
Supervisor: Dr. Emese Bordy
Contact Details:
Room 507-3, Geological Sciences
Email: miengahabrahams@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Sedimentology, ichnology and chronostratigraphy
Yambi Dinis
Thesis Title: Sedimentary architecture of the late Mesozoic Oudtshoorn Basin
Supervisor/s: Dr. Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 5th floor, 507-4, Geological Sciences
Phone: +27 76 88 55 966
Email: dnsyam001@myuct.ac.za, yrdd_0723@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Onshore Mesozoic rift basins of South Africa and South African Mesozoic stratigraphy
Melody Fynn
Thesis Title: Microseismic observations in the Karoo, Leeu-Gamka: An assessment of the kinematics and stress field of the Karoo
Supervisor/s: Dr. Beth Kahle
Contact details:
Room 407, Geological Sciences
Email: fynmel001@myuct.ac.za
Research Interests: Hydrocarbons, seismology, neotectonics
Bianca Harrison
Thesis Title: Resolving the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary: Micropalaentology and sedimentology of the Vanrhynsdorp Group, South Africa and the Vestertana Group, Finnmark, Norway
Supervisor/s: Dr. Emese Bordy (UCT), Dr. Wendy Taylor (UCT) and Assoc. Professor Anette Högström (Tromsø University Museum, UiT)
Contact details:
Room 302, Geological Sciences
Email: Bianca.Harrison@alumni.uct.ac.za
Research Interests: Micropalaeontology, sedimentology and palaeoclimatology
Leslie Huang
Thesis Title: Pre-Rift evolution of Malawain high-grade basement rocks
Supervisor/s: Dr. Johann Diener
Contact details:
Room 309, Geological Sciences
Email: hngles002@myuct.ac.za
Why I study Geology: 'Geology is love, geology is life.'
Michael Kirchner
Thesis Title: Geochemistry and petrogenesis of olivine melilitites from Namaqualand, South Africa
Supervisor/s: Dr. Phil Janney
Contact details:
Room 407, Geological Sciences
Cell: +27 (0)79 567 9440
Email: mdkirchner@googlemail.com
Research Interests: Igneous petrology of alkaline rocks
Manoka Marageni
Thesis Title: An investigation of rare earth element enrichment processes in diatremes and related carbonatites in Saltpeter Kop, NC
Supervisor/s: Drs. Philip E. Janney and Lynnette Greyling
Contact details:
Room 302, Geological Sciences
Cell: +27 (0)76 867 7224
Email: roxly@live.com
Research Interests: Igneous petrology and geochemistry
Kwenidyn Mulder
Thesis Title: O-isotope zonation in quartz phenocrysts as a tool to understand the evolution of felsic magmas at Koegelfontein, Northern Cape
Supervisor/s: Professor Chris Harris
Contact details:
Room 407, Geological Science
E-mail: mldkwe001@myuct.ac.za
'Geology is a universal science which interlinks every other branch of science, and uses the best instrumentation that modern technology has to offer.'
Lisias Negonga
Thesis Title: The Origin and Formation of the Albitite Marker, Otjikoto Gold Mine, Central Namibia
Supervisor/s: Dr. Lynnette Greyling and Professor Chris Harris
Contact Details:
Room 407, Geological Science
Email: Lisias.Negonga@alumni.uct.ac.za
Research Interests: Economic geology
Organisations: Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
Camille Olianti
Thesis Title: A low-d18O hydrothermal breccia from the Koegel Fontein Complex, South Africa
Supervisor: Professor Chris Harris
Contact details:
Email: camille.olianti@gmail.com
Research Interests: Geochemistry, environmental geochemistry, hydrogeology, igneous petrology and economic geology
Why I love geology: Geology gives me the immensity of time. It is a constant reminder of our ephemeral time on Earth and that we should fully and cheerfully live the little time we have.
Melissa Oosthuizen
Thesis Title: Mapping and modelling marine and river terraces throughout southern Africa
Supervisor: Dr. Beth Kahle
Contact details:
Room - Geological Sciences
Email: melissa.oosthuizen@alumni.uct.ac.za
Research Interests: Marine geology and associated coastal phenomenon including pelletal phosphorite sediments from Southern Africa; geomorphological markers; Geodynamics, malacology and micropaleontology.
Chelsea Rebelo
Thesis Title: Geochemistry and stable isotopes of layered kyanite-bearing xenoliths from Roberts Victor kimberlite, Kaapvaal Craton
Supervisor/s: Professor Steve Richardson, Dr. Beth Kahle and Professor John Gurney
Contact details:
Room 309, Geological Science,
Email1: rblche001@myuct.ac.za
LinkedIn: Chelsea Rebelo
ResearchGate: Chelsea Rebelo
Blog: http://talkgeosci.wordpress.com
Organisations:
Postgrad Science Students' Council- Administration
GSSA Western Cape Branch: UCT, Departmental Representative
Megan Runds
Thesis Title: Sedimentology and depositional environment of a marine target in southern Namibia: 3D stratigraphic architecture and alluvial diamond potential
Supervisor/s: Dr. Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 309, Geological Science
Email:
Ellwin Shiimi
Thesis Title: The Contrast In Composition, Geothermal Gradient And The Extent Of Mantle Metasomatism In The Proterozoic Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle Beneath The Namaqua-Natal And Rehoboth Province Of Southern Africa: An Investigation Of Garnet And Spinel Peridotites.
Supervisor/s: Dr. Phil Janney
Contact details:
Room 302, Geological Science
Email: ellwin.shiimi@alumni.uct.ac.za
Travis Smithard
Thesis Title: Tectonic and structural evolution of the Southern Outeniqua Basin, constrained by the interpretation of industry 2D seismic data
Supervisor/s: Dr. Beth Kahle
Contact details:
Room 407, Geological Science
Email: SMTTRA009@myuct.ac.za
'My passion in geology is for the exploration and exploitation of both conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon energy sources'
Chris van der Linde
Thesis Title: Sediment supply patterns and process in the Enon Formation, Gamtoos Bains, Eastern Cape South Africa
Supervisor/s: Dr. Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 507-2, Geological Science
Email: chrisvdl91@outlook.com
Research Interests: The Stratigraphy of the high energy Mesozoic sediments of South Africa