Prof. Reddy has Engineering Degrees from the University of Cape Town and Cambridge University. He was appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics in 1989, and South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics in 2006. He is currently Director at the Centre for Research in Computational and Applied Mechanics Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of
Prof. Turok (PhD Imperial College London, 1983) was recently appointed as the Inaugural Higgs Chair by the University of Edinburgh. He held the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Niels Bohr Chair in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute. He was Perimeter’s Director from 2008 to 2019, in recognition of which he was awarded the title of Director
Dr Badsha holds an MSc from the University of Natal and is the former chief executive officer of the Cape Higher Education Consortium. In December 2020, she received the degree Doctor of Education (DEd), honoris causa, from Stellenbosch University, in recognition of her visionary, courageous and innovative leadership in steering the transformation of the higher education
Prof. Hahne was educated at the University of Pretoria, (BSc 1960, with distinctions in Physics III, Mathematics III and Applied Mathematics III and M Sc 1964 ) and the University of Cape Town (Ph D 1967). At Stellenbosch University he served as Chairman of Department of Physics (1985 – 1986, and 1990 – 1991), and