Scheduled Doughnut talks are held in the Oceanography Seminar / tea room every alternate Wednesday at 1pm. All are welcomed.

Date Presenter Title
24 April Dayna Collins (MSc candidate) The spatial variability the physical and biogeochemical properties of Antarctic Sea Ice
  Mishka Rawatlal (PhD candidate) Sources of water-soluble organic carbon in Aerosols at the Cape Point GAW Station
     
8 May Jabulile Leroko (MSc candidate) Characterizing the isotopic composition of sources of atmospheric nitrate to non-industrialized regions in South Africa
  Pelonomi Sakwe (MSc candidate) EDI-SA: Characterisation of aerosol composition, phase state and pH
     
22 May Jonathan Rogerson (PhD candidate) Another brick in the wall
     
5 June Riesna Audh (PhD candidate) Rafting of Growing Antarctic Sea Ice Enhances In-Ice Biogeochemical Activity in Winter
  Sizwekazi Yapi (PhD candidate) Seasonal comparison of size-fractioned rates of net primary production, nitrogen uptake and nutrification in the southern Benguela upwelling system
19 June Ntanganedzeni Ramugondo (PhD candidate) The Botswana High in CMIP6 models
  Mbali Mthethwa (MSc candidate) An investigation on humpback whales distribution in relation to Antarctic sea ice in the IDCR/SOWER dataset
     
3 July Magata Mangatane (PhD candidate) Large scale modelling of Antarctic Sea-ice thickness using coupled and stand alone thickness
  Wanjiru Thoithi (PhD candidate) Prolonged La Niña events and rainfall in Southeastern Africa
     
17 July Matt Carr (PhD candidate) Physical ocean drivers of Indian Ocean upwelling and productivity
  Philile Mvula (PhD candidate) The physical environment surrounding the Kingklip Ridge on the upper slope of the Eastern Agulhas Bank
     
31 July Tshikana Rasehlomi (PhD candidate) Larval Anchovy Dispersal patterns in South Africa's Exclusive Economic Zone
  Zara Prew (PhD candidate) Changes in the African Seaforest over the last-half century
     
14 August Sadiyah Rawat (MSc candidate) Does the island mass effect enhance productivity and carbon export of the Subantarctic Indian Ocean?
  Wayne De Jager (PhD candidate) Detection and identification of mechanisms and trends of sea ice drift variability in the Southern Ocean
  Minay Lyell(Honours student) Coastal dynamics and nuclear plant challenges: Investigating Jellyfish Ingress at Koeberg Power Plant 
  Ajani Mnyandu(Honours student) The relationship between extreme rainfall events in KwaZulu-Natal and the El-Nino Southern Oscillation
  Michaela Faulconbridge(Honours student) Quantifying recreational fisher's understanding and experience with climate change: A case study in St Helena Bay
     
28 August Magata Mangatane (PhD candidate) Large scale modelling of Antarctic Sea-ice thickness using coupled and stand-alone configurations
  Ntanganedzeni Ramugondo (PhD candidate) The Botswana High in CMIP6 models: Annual cycle and relationship with rainfall and temperature characteristics
     
11 September Mulalo Maphugwi (PhD candidate) Long-lived mesoscale convective systems in southeastern Africa
  Christina Monteiro (MSc candidate) Using nitrate isotopes to investigate nitrate assimilation in the southwest Indian Southern Ocean
     
25 September Nomvula Mpungose (PhD candidate) Investigating the primary drivers of heatwaves in subtropical east coast cities in the Souther Hemisphere
  Tesha Toolsee (PhD candidate) Storm-driven pCO2 feedback weakens the response of air-sea CO2 fluxes in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean, a temporal and spatial perspective
     
09 October Caroline Sejeng (PhD candidate) Postponed
  Lillina Ruiters (MSc candidate) Postponed
     
23 October Sina Wallschuss (PhD candidate) The role of sediments in modulating nitrous oxide (N2O) production in the Southern Benguela Upwelling System: Insights from isotopic tracers
  Franck Ghomsi (PhD candidate) Chronicles of the rising seas: A journey through the tropical Atlantic Ocean
     
06 November Keagan Petersen (MSc candidate) Lagrangian biogeochemical modelling in the southern Benguela: Theory and one-dimensional applications
     
20 November Sifiso Mpapane (MSc candidate) Understanding the effects of photoacclimation on Southern Ocean phytoplankton: Modelling considerations and insights into seasonal assemblage composition