Dear colleagues and students

Induction to the College of Fellows at UCT is one of the highest recognitions an academic staff member can receive for their work. It signals original, distinguished academic work that merits special acknowledgement.

This year the university welcomes nine new fellows who have broken boundaries to get to where they are today and have reached an esteemed level of success in their respective fields.

The nine permanent UCT academics who have been awarded a Fellowship this year are:

• Professor Michael Claeys
  Department of Chemical Engineering
  Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
• Professor Joan Hambidge
  School of Languages & Literatures
  Faculty of Humanities
• Professor Nicola Illing
  Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
  Faculty of Science
• Professor Hanri Mostert
  Department of Private Law
  Faculty of Law
• Professor Mpiko Ntsekhe
  Department of Medicine
  Faculty of Health Sciences
• Professor Ntobeko Ntusi
  Department of Medicine
  Faculty of Health Sciences
• Professor Francis Nyamnjoh
  School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics
  Faculty of Humanities
• Professor Fiona Ross
  School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics
  Faculty of Humanities
• Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahnle
  Cape Heart Institute
  Faculty of Health Sciences

The College of Fellows also recognises outstanding scholarly work by young academics who have made significant independent contributions to research in their field with the College of Fellows’ Young Researcher Award.

The College of Fellows Young Researcher awardees are:

• Ms Lauren Kohn
  Department of Public Law
  Faculty of Law
• Dr George Mahashe
  Michaelis School of Fine Art
  Faculty of Humanities
• Associate Professor Christopher Ouma
  Department of English Literary Studies
  Faculty of Humanities
• Associate Professor Amir Patel
  Department of Electrical Engineering
  Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment

You can view the citations for the new fellows and the young researcher awardees on a feature page on the UCT website.

Please join us in congratulating our colleagues on this incredible milestone in their careers.

Sincerely

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng
Vice-Chancellor

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