Aaron Vardi
Thesis Title: Oxygen isotopes for olivine phenocrysts: a review and analysis of four ocean islands
Supervisor/s: Dr Petrus Le Roux and Professor Chris Harris
Why I love geology: We live on this big rock. Why not find out more about it?
Akhil Rampersadh
Thesis Title: Dinosaur footprints in a remote area of Lesotho: A multidisciplinary study on dinosaur behaviour in a dynamic Early Jurassic palaeo-ecosystem (Upper Elliot Formation).
Supervisor/s: Dr's Emese Bordy and Lara Sciscio
Email: rmpakh001@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: I grew up reading books about dinosaurs and developed a fascination towards ancient life and the Earth’s mysteries. Studying rocks gives me a glimpse of the mysteries that shaped the Earth and a history of life and death in my hands.
Chad Peel
Thesis Title: Mineral chemistry of Saltpeterkop megacrysts
Supervisor/s: Dr Phil Janney
Email: plxcha003@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: I love being able to look at a rock and understand the millions (if not billions) of years of history. It feels like a superpower.
Guy Salomon
Thesis Title: The factors affecting seismological and geodetic estimates of earthquake stress drops
Supervisor/s: Dr Alastair Sloan
Email: g101salomon@gmail.com
Why I love geology: I love that we have the opportunity to go out in the field and see new places.
Jorgina Akushika
Thesis Title: Geochemistry of the Skorpion zinc deposit, Eccles Ridge, Southern Namibia
Supervisor/s: Dr Lynnette Greyling
Email: aksjor001@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: What is more precious than studying the most beautiful creation granted to us.
Organisations: Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) , Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) and Namibian Student Society (NAMSOC UCT)
Lorena Tafur
Thesis Title: Feasibility of water-fluxed melting in continental crust
Supervisor/s: Dr Johann Diener
Email: tfrlor002@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: Because when life gives you rocks, you can make schist happen.
Organisations: Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
Maposholi Mokhethi
Thesis Title: Palaeo-climatic signature of the Cana fossil site in the upper Elliot Formation of Lesotho
Supervisor/s: Dr's Emese Bordy and Lara Sciscio
Email: mkhmap003@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: Maybe one day, after all the pressure I'm enduring, I'll turn into a diamond.
Organisations: Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
Rivoningo Chauke
Thesis Title: Quaternary depositional history on the continental slope offshore Cape Town, South Africa
Supervisor/s: Professor John Compton and Dr. Eugene Bergh
Email: chkriv003@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology: There is a mine at my backyard
Jahman Bopape
Thesis Title: Mineral equilibria modeling of fluid source related to gold mineralization at Tongon mine, Birimian Senoufo Greenstone Belt of northern Côte d'Ivoire
Supervisor/s: Dr's Johann Diener and Lynnette Greyling
Why I love geology: Because I am passionate about understanding the Earth and how it first became a pleasant place for humans to live in and how to manage it and sustain its resources.
Xolamzi Mqhayi
Thesis Title: Comparing the nature and host rock of the copper deposit of the Kansanshi mine to that of the Zambian Copper-belt
Supervisor/s: Dr Lynnette Greyling
Email: mqhxol002@myuct.ac.za
Why I love geology:From an early age I was fascinated with how rocks change from place to place, and wanted to know why. Secondly I wanted to know why we have Gold in Gauteng but I do not have it in my home. Why can’t I dig a hole and find gold if its underground? These were the questions that attracted me to this field. I love geology because rocks and their association are like history books of the geological past
Siyanda Mabaso
Thesis title: The mineral chemistry study of the Olivine Melilitite in Saltpeterkop
Supervisor/s: Dr Phil Janney
Email: mbssiy006@myuct.ac.za
Andri Ntema
Thesis title: The geochemistry of marine sediments from the sand piper project off Walvis Bay, Namibia, and their potential oxygen demand during marine phosphate mining
Supervisor/s: Professor John Compton
Email: antema29@gmail.com
Why I love geology: Live, Laugh, Love Geology