FNAS Directors

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

Director: Prof Lebo Katata-Seru

Deputy Director: Prof Cobus Kriek 

School of Biological Sciences

Director: Prof Lesego Mohale-Tom

Deputy Director: Prof Oziniel Ruzvidzo

School of Geo- and Spatial Sciences

Director: Prof Stuart Piketh

School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Director: Prof David Kubayi

Deputy Director: Prof Clovis Noutchie

School of Agricultural Sciences

Director: Prof Simon Letsoalo

School of Computer Science and Information Systems

Director: Prof Estelle Taylor

Deputy Director: vacant

Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics

Director: Prof Helgard Raubenheimer

Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre

Director: Dr Motheo Koitsiwe

Unit for Data Science and Computing

Director: Prof Roelien Goede

Focus Area for Human Metabolomics

Director: Prof Roan Louw

Centre for Space Research

Director: Prof Amare Abebe 

Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management 

Director: Prof Carlos Bezhuidenhout 

Chemical Resource Beneficiation

Director: Prof Henning Krieg

Material Science Innovation and Modelling 

Director: Prof Ashmore Mawire

Pure and Applied Analytics

Director: Prof Louis Labuschange 

Centre for Human Metabolomics

Director: Dr Ilse Du Preez

Centre for Water Sciences and Management 

Acting Director: Prof Mark Maboeta

Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology

Director: Prof Helen Drummond

Niche Area for Food Safety and Security 

Director: Prof Upenyu Marume