Doughnut Talk Roster 2026
Please join us for our bi-weekly Doughnut Talks in the Oceanography Seminar Room at 1pm. All are welcomed!
Date | Presenter | Title |
1 April 2026 | Collins, Dayna | On the Ice: Learning from the field |
Wallschuss, Sina | Nitrous oxide in the Southeast Atlantic | |
15 April 2026 | Joshua Mirkin | Oxygen concentrations from across the South Atlantic |
Taylor Finn | From California undercurrent to the Benguela Current: An Introduction | |
29 April 2026 | Tanya Van der Merwe | Co-occurring atmospheric rivers and cut-off lows over the Western Cape, South Africa, and their role in driving hydrological extremes |
Amber Sneddon | Atmospheric rivers in the South Atlantic | |
13 May 2026 | Nomvula Mpungose | Spatio-temporal trends in Summer heatwave frequency across the Southern Hemisphere: An OND and JFM perspective |
Christiaan Van Niekerk | Nitrogen isotope analysis: Methods and insights from the laboratory | |
27 May 2026 | Humeshni Pillay | Modelling the atmospheric radiances over optically complex inland waterbodies in the Western Cape for the goal of atmospheric correction |
Christina Monteiro | Southern Ocean phytoplankton as picky eaters: the key to unlocking ice age carbon budgets | |
10 June 2026 | Lillina Ruiters | CANCELLED |
Lerusha Naidoo | Islands under siege: A case study on marine top predators at the Prince Edward Islands | |
| JUNE/JULY VACATION | ||
19 August 2026 | Chloë Levey | |
Nomkwezane Kobo | ||
| Zaine Perry | The curious case of tropical cyclone Gombe: A modelling perspective on a Wayward storm | |
| 2 September 2026 | Michaela Faulconbridge | |
| Olivia Dawson | ||
16 September 2026 | Amelia Deary | |
Calvin Swart | ||
| Sizwekazi Yapi | ||
30 September 2026 | Mulalo Maphugwi | |
| Zara Prew | Kelp research in South Africa: Challenges and what we have learned so far | |
| Shaza Qalela | ||
14 October 2026 | Pelonomi Sakwe | |
| Rawat, Sadiya | ||
| Mishka Rawatlal | |
28 October 2026 | Emma Fahraeus | |
| Sivuyisiwe Mbede | ||
11 November 2026 | Nikita Qosholo | |
| Vusani Mikosi | ||
| Neha Ramsarup |