{"id":2512,"date":"2017-01-09T08:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T08:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/?page_id=2512"},"modified":"2022-09-21T07:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T07:40:55","slug":"research-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/research-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2017\/01\/NRFRISA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3381 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2017\/01\/NRFRISA-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2017\/01\/NRFRISA-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2017\/01\/NRFRISA.jpg 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5956 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2021\/02\/sanap-logo-gebruik.jpg 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6533 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-1024x329.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-768x247.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-1536x493.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/files\/2022\/06\/Approved-Science-and-Innovation-DSI-cmyk-02-4-2048x658.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Herewith a list of the current NRF-funded projects within the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanap.ac.za\/explore\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to view the previously funded project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>2021 &#8211; 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-6\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-6 tablepress-responsive dataTable no-footer dtr-inline\" role=\"grid\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-6_info\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\" role=\"row\">\n<th class=\"column-1 sorting_disabled\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Research Project<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2 sorting_disabled\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Affiliation<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3 sorting_disabled\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Principal Investigator<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seamester.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SEAmester-South Africa&#8217;s Floating University<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UCT<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof IJ Ansorge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/svrg.sun.ac.za\/digital-transformation-of-sa-agulhas-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Digital SA Agulhas II &#8211; Flagship for Vessel 4.0<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SU<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof A Bekker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmr.mandela.ac.za\/Research-Training\/Research-Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avian scavengers as indicators of recovery of an island biota<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">NMU<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr MA Connan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.ac.za\/microbial-ecology-and-genomics\/article\/1928624\/prof-don-cowan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comparative microbial ecology of pan-Antarctic soils<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UP<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof DA Cowan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marionseals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marion Island Marine Mammals in Changing Environments: Individual Heterogeneity and Population Processes<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UP<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof PJN de Bruyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarahefawcett.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parallel cycling of nitrogen and iron in the upper Southern Ocean: implications for biological CO2 drawdown and global ocean fertility<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UCT<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr SE Fawcett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/T_Lamont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAMOC-SA<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Bayworld<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr T Lamont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanichumanities.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa, Antarctica and the Arts<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UP<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr CM Lavery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sansa.org.za\/tag\/dr-stefan-lotz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polar Space Weather Studies<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SANSA<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr SI Lotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.ac.za\/microbial-ecology-and-genomics\/article\/1928839\/thulani-makhalanyane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhanced insights regarding the ecology, evolution and function of marine microbiomes<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UP<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof TP Makhalanyane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unisa.ac.za\/sites\/corporate\/default\/Colleges\/Agriculture-&amp;-Environmental-Sciences\/Schools,-departments,-centres-&amp;-units\/School-of-Agriculture-and-Life-Sciences\/Department-of-Life-and-Consumer-Sciences\/Staff-members\/Dr-T-McIntyre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ross seal ecology, behaviour and physiology in a changing environment<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UNISA<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr T McIntyre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astro.ukzn.ac.za\/people\/kavilan-moodley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Observing Dawn in the Cosmos<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UKZN<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof K Moodley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csir.co.za\/dr-thato-mtshali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seasonal Iron speciation in the Southern Ocean, from open ocean environments to naturally fertilized sub-Antarctic Islands (Marion and Gough Islands)<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">DEFF<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr TN Mtshali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Werner_Nel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landscape and climate interactions<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UFH<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof W Nel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socco.org.za\/about\/#team-member-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary and Future Drivers of CO2 and Heat in the Southern Ocean<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">CSIR<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Dr S Nicholson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/antarcticlegacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antarctic Legacy of South Africa<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SU<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Ms R Olivier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uct.ac.za\/article\/-2019-07-15-polar-cyclones-antarctic-sea-ice-and-a-cruise-to-understand-it-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Influence of physical and biogeochemical processes on the Mechanical properties of Antarctic Sea Ice<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">UCT<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">T Rampai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19 odd\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ee.sun.ac.za\/djjversfeld\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signal Processing and Control of a long-range Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Cetacean Detection in the Antarctic and Southern Sea<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SU<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof DJJ Versfeld<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20 even\">\n<td class=\"column-1 dtr-control\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.sansa.org.za\/researcher\/mkosch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SANAE HF radar<\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SANSA<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Prof MJ Kosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Herewith a list of the current NRF-funded projects within the South African National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) Click here to view the previously funded project. 2021 &#8211; 2023 Research Project Affiliation Principal Investigator SEAmester-South Africa&#8217;s Floating University UCT Prof IJ Ansorge The Digital SA Agulhas II &#8211; Flagship for Vessel 4.0 SU Prof 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