PhD Students
Howard Head
Thesis title: Climate change in the Early Jurassic: cyclicity and fluvial-aeolian interactions in the ancient desert system of southern Africa (Clarens Formation, Karoo Sgr.)
Superisor: Associate Professor Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 507 - 2, Geological Sciences Building
Email: hdxhow001@myuct.ac.za / hvhead@gmail.com
Research interests: Aeolian Sedimentology and Fluvial Sedimentology
Martin Giger
Thesis Title: Trace element based thermobarometry for peridotite xenoliths from the Kaapvaal craton
Supervisor: Associate Professor Phil Janney
Contact details:
Room 309, Geological Sciences Building
Email: martinbgiger@gmail.com
Research interests: geochemical evolution of the mantle, geochemistry and ore geology
Claire Geel
Thesis Title: Diagenesis and gas potential of the organic-rich black shales, lower Ecca Group of the Karoo Supergroup
Supervisor: Associate Professor Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 507-5, Geological Sciences
Phone: +27 74 752 4860
Email: geel.claire@gmail.com, GLXCLA002@myuct.ac.za
Research Interests: Karoo shale gas, sedimentology, geochemistry and petrophysics
Marvel Makhubele
Thesis Title: Sequence stratigraphy of the post-Jurassic in the Algoa and Gamtoos Basins: Implication for hydrocarbon potential in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Supervisor/s: Associate Professor Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 503, Geological Science
Email: mkhmar015@myuct.ac.za
Research Interests: Exploration geophysics, play-based exploration, seismic interpretation, seismic attributes, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis
Yemi Ogungbuyi
Thesis Title: The geochemistry of carbonatites from western South Africa and southern Namibia
Supervisor/s: Associate Professor Phil Janney and Professor Chris Harris
Contact details:
Room 606, Geological Science
Ph: +27 (0)84 342 5090
Email: priscyem@gmail.com
Research interests: Petrology of carbonatites, rare earth mineralisation
Sichumilesanda Spelman
Thesis Title: The Geological Library of the Main Karoo Basin: A Preliminary 3-D geo-model
Supervisor/s: Associate Professor Emese Bordy
Contact details:
Room 503, Geological Science
Ph: +27 71 491 8520
Email: sanda.spelman@gmail.com
Interests: Sedimentary basins (Karoo Basin), 3D modeling, GIS and remote sensing
Organizations: Geological Society of Southern Africa, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers