Doughnut Talk Roster 2025
The scheduled Doughnut Talks are held in the Oceanography Dept Seminar Room every alternate Wednesday at 1pm. All are welcomed.
Student Name | Degree | Title | Supervisor | Date of Talk |
Amelia Deary | PhD | Early phytoplankton community development in the Southern Ocean Marginal Ice Zone | Sarah Fawcett | 09-Apr-25 |
Nomvula Mpongose | PhD | Extreme heat characteristics in the East coastal regions of the Southern Hemisphere | Chris Reason | 09-Apr-25 |
Lynette van Schalkwyk | Postdoc | Weather stations, balloons and drylines: A weather campaign in the Kalahari during peak Summer | Ross Blamey, Chris Reason | 23-Apr-25 |
Matthew Carr | PhD | Investigating Indian Ocean upwelling through modelling experiments | Chris Reason | 23-Apr-25 |
Humeshni Pillay | PhD | Hyperspectral retrieval algorithms for optically complex waterbodies in the Western Cape | Natasha Karenyi, Marie Smith, Lisl Lain | 07-May-25 |
Amber Sneddon | MSc | Atmospheric river climatology for the South Atlantic basin using image processing-based methodologies | Ross Blamey, Chris Reason | 07-May-25 |
Christiaan van Niekerk | PhD | Tracing sources of atmospheric nitrogen using stable isotope | Katye Altieri | 21-May-25 |
Philile Mvula | PhD | Juliet Hermes | 21-May-25 | |
Keagan Petersen | MSc | Marcello Vichi | 21-May-25 | |
Wanjiru Thoithi | PhD | Understanding the impacts of multi-year La Niña events on rainfall over southeastern Asia |
Chris Reason | 04-Jun-25 |
Amanda Masilela | MSc | A Langrangian analysis of moisture transport over the Berg-Olifants and Breede-Gouritz catchments | Moagabo Ragoasha, Sarah Roffe, Ramontsheng Rapolaki | 04-Jun-25 |
Lillina Ruiters | MSc | Seasonal variability of phytoplankton photophysiology in the Southern Ocean | Marcello Vichi | 04-Jun-25 |
Clea Welch | MSc | Juliet Hermes, Janet Sprintall, Tammy Morris, Neil Malan | 18-Jun-25 | |
Emma Fahraeus | PhD | Sarah Fawcett | 18-Jun-25 | |
Nikita Qosholo | MSc | Moagabo Ragoasha | 02-Jul-25 | |
Tshikana Rasehlomi | PhD | Marjolaine Krug, Babatunde Abiodun | 02-Jul-25 | |
Joshua Mirkin | PhD | Sarah Fawcett | 02-Jul-25 | |
Mishka Rawatlal | PhD | Katye Altieri | 16-Jul-25 | |
Nomkwezane Kobo | PhD | Babatunde Abiodun | 16-Jul-25 | |
Pelonomi Sakwe | MSc | Katye Altieri | 16-Jul-25 | |
Nokuthula Nkadimeng | MSc | Isabelle Ansorge, Issufo Halo, Tarron Lamont | 30-Jul-25 | |
Wayne de Jager | Postdoc | Marcello Vichi | 30-Jul-25 | |
Lebogang Makgati | PhD | Chris Reason | 30-Jul-25 | |
Sheveenah Taukoor | Postdoc | Isabelle Ansorge, Babatunde Abiodun, Annette Samuelsen | 13-Aug-25 | |
Sifiso Mpapane | MSc | Marcello Vichi | 13-Aug-25 | |
Anele Mahlangu | MSc | Moagabo Ragoasha, Thulwaneng Mashifane | 13-Aug-25 | |
Pelonomi Sakwe | MSc | Katye Altieri | 27-Aug-25 | |
Magata Mangatane | PhD | Marcello Vichi | 27-Aug-25 | |
Dayna Collins | MSc | Marcello Vichi | 27-Aug-25 | |
Tallulah Graziani | MSc | Juliet Hermes, Moagabo Ragoasha, Mike Roberts, Steven Herbette | 10-Sep-25 | |
Christo Whittle | PhD | Isabelle Ansorge | 10-Sep-25 | |
Olivia Dawson | MSc | Sarah Fawcett | 10-Sep-25 | |
Sadiyah Rawat | PhD | Sarah Fawcett, Raquel Flynn | 01-Oct-25 | |
Shaza Qalela | MSc | Katye Altieri, Sarah Fawcett | 01-Oct-25 | |
Caroline Sejeng | PhD | Isabelle Ansorge, Juliet Hermes, Issufo Halo, Laura, Kerry | 15-Oct-25 | |
Mulalo Maphugwi | PhD | Ross Blamey, Chris Reason | 15-Oct-25 | |
Mashudu Khunwana | MSc | Moagabo Ragoasha | 15-Oct-25 | |
Calvin Swart | MSc | Sarah Fawcett | 29-Oct-25 | |
Sizwekazi Yapi | PhD | Sarah Fawcett | 29-Oct-25 | |
Sarah du Preez | MSc | Tarron Lamont, Jenny Huggett, Isabelle Ansorge | 12-Nov-25 | |
Zaine Perry | MSc | Moagabo Ragoasha, Ramontsheng Rapolaki, Sarah Roffe | 12-Nov-25 | |
Sina Wallschuss | PhD | Sarah Fawcett | 26-Nov-25 | |
Zara Prew | PhD | Sarah Fawcett, AJ Smit, Tommy Bornman | 26-Nov-25 |